tuna
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) enPR: tyo͞o'nə, IPA(key): /ˈtjuː.nə/
- (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈtʃuː.nə/
- (General American) enPR: to͞o'nə, IPA(key): /ˈtu.nə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːnə
Etymology 1[edit]


From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic تُنّ (tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō), "I rush, dart along"). Doublet of tonno.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
tuna (countable and uncountable, plural tuna or tunas)
- Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
- 1887, John White, The Ancient History of the Maori, page 84:
- Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).
- The edible flesh of the tuna.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- ahi tuna (Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus)
- yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
- albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
- Allison tuna (Thunnus albacares)
- bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
- blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus)
- bluefin tuna (Thunnus spp.)
- bullet tuna (Auxis rochei)
- dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
- frigate tuna (Auxis thazard)
- great tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
- leaping tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
- little tuna (Euthynnus alletteratus)
- longfin tuna, long-finned tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
- mackerel tuna (Auxis thazard)
- skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- striped tuna (Katsuwonus spp. et al.)
- white tuna (Thunnus alalunga, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)
- yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
- yellowtail tuna (Seriola quinqueradiata)
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
tuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thunnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- tuna at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ^ Stephan Guth, editor (2013–2023), “tunn تُنّ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Arabic[1], University of Oslo, Bibliotheca Polyglotta, retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ “tuna, n.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Taíno.

Noun[edit]
tuna (plural tunas)
- The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
- The fruit of the cactus.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams[edit]
Akawaio[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Journal of the Walter Roth Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, issue 13 (2001), page 12: "(Both Kapon and Pemon groups use tuna to mean "water", but Pemon employ konok which specifically means "rain" - a word which is lacking in the Akawaio language so that tuna is used to refer to rain and to water in general.)"
Apalaí[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Edward Henry Koehn, Sally Sharp Koehn, Vocabulário Básico, Apalaí-Português Dicionário da Língua Apalaí (1995), page 52
Bagua[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely ultimately from Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Aquiles, Pérez, Los puruhuayes, volume 2, page 314 (1970)
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes
Carijona[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
- (Carijona) water
Synonyms[edit]
- túuna (Hianacoto)
References[edit]
- Las lenguas indígenas de América y el español de Cuba (1993)
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: tu‧na
Noun[edit]
tuna
- The name of a small, glossy-black, worm-like snake, deadly poisonous, found in moist places in grasses and weeds, possibly the blind snake.
Chaima[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
Chamorro[edit]
Verb[edit]
tuna
- (transitive) to laud, to praise
Cumanagoto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely from Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
- Misiones jesuíticas en la Orinoquía (1625-1767) (1992, José del Rey Fajardo, Universidad Católica del Táchira), page 573: agua Tam. tuna; Map. tuna; Yab. tuna; Chai, tuna; Cum. tuna;
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna f
- ton (unit of weight)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- tuna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tuna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tuna
- third-person singular past historic of tuner
Galibi Carib[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)
Hixkaryana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
Usage notes[edit]
- This term is obligatorily unpossessed.
References[edit]
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN, page 170
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Arabic تُنَّ (tunna), تُنّ (tunn), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “I rush, dart along”).
Noun[edit]
tuna (first-person possessive tunaku, second-person possessive tunamu, third-person possessive tunanya)
- tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
Etymology 2[edit]
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tuna (“deficient, failing, lacking”), from Sanskrit तुन्न (tunna, “struck, hurt”).
Adjective[edit]
tuna
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tuna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Macushi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Languages of the Amazon (2012), page 188
Malay[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).
Noun[edit]
tuna (Jawi spelling تونا, plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)
- The name of a mudsnake or eel with a yellowish body, possibly the marbled eel, Anguilla marmorata.
- 2015 December 6, Shaiful Shahrin Ahmad Pauzi, “Rezeki lampam mabuk menyerah diri [Pixilated tinfoil barb surrendered itself]”, in Berita Harian[2], archived from the original on 20 March 2016:
- Mohd Akhmal berkata, selain ikan lampam, seorang penduduk turut dapat menangkap seekor belut tuna seberat hampir tiga kilogram menggunakan jala.
- Mohd Akhmal said, besides a tinfoil barb, a resident has managed to catch a marbled eel weighing almost three kilograms using a net.
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna (Jawi spelling تونا, plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)
- tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
Hyponyms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).
Noun[edit]
tuna (plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)
Adjective[edit]
tuna
Derived terms[edit]
Regular affixed derivations:
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- tunaaksara (“illiterate”)
- tunaanggota (“limbless”)
- tunabudi (“foolish”)
- tunadaksa (“disability”)
- tunakarya (“jobless”)
- tunakerna (“deaf”)
- tunanetra (“blind”)
- tunasusila (“unmannered”)
- tunatertib (“troublemaker”)
- tunawicara (“mute, aphonic”)
- tunawisma (“homeless”)
Further reading[edit]
- "tuna" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “tuna” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna
- eel of various species, including the longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and shortfin eel (Anguilla australis)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “tuna” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Mapoyo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
- Misiones jesuíticas en la Orinoquía (1625-1767) (1992, José del Rey Fajardo, Universidad Católica del Táchira), page 573: agua Tam. tuna; Map. tuna; Yab. tuna; Chai, tuna; Cum. tuna;
Maquiritari[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “tuna”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “tuna”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Hall, Katherine (2007), “tuna”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna n
Opón[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
Synonyms[edit]
- tuná-in'i /tuna-iño
References[edit]
- Caminos de historia en el Carare-Opón (1999), page 254: Agua . . . Tuna
- Boletín de la Academia Colombiana (1959): en el Opón-Karare: tuna
Panare[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna
- Alternative form of tïna (“water”)
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
- Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the Rainbow: Nature and Supernature among the Panare (2014)
- Marie-Claude Mattei Müller, Yoroko: a Panare shaman's confidences (1992), page 141
Pemon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Journal of the Walter Roth Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, issue 13 (2001), page 12: "(Both Kapon and Pemon groups use tuna to mean "water", but Pemon employ konok which specifically means "rain" - a word which is lacking in the Akawaio language so that tuna is used to refer to rain and to water in general.)"
- ^ 2006, Katia Nepomuceno Pessoa, Fonologia Taurepang e comparação preliminar da fonologia de línguas do grupo Pemóng (família Caribe), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, attachment 7.
- Katia Nepomuceno Pessoa, Fonologia Taurepang e comparação preliminar da fonologia de línguas do grupo Pemóng (família Caribe) (2006), page 139
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).[1]
Noun[edit]
tuna f (plural tunas)
- (music) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
tuna
- inflection of tunar:
References[edit]
- ^ “tuna” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Pukapukan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).
Noun[edit]
tuna
- a kind of fish
- a striped lagoon eel, toothless and edible
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Purukotó[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuná
References[edit]
- Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
- Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451
Quechua[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna
- prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) and its fruit
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tuna | tunakuna |
accusative | tunata | tunakunata |
dative | tunaman | tunakunaman |
genitive | tunap | tunakunap |
locative | tunapi | tunakunapi |
terminative | tunakama | tunakunakama |
ablative | tunamanta | tunakunamanta |
instrumental | tunawan | tunakunawan |
comitative | tunantin | tunakunantin |
abessive | tunannaq | tunakunannaq |
comparative | tunahina | tunakunahina |
causative | tunarayku | tunakunarayku |
benefactive | tunapaq | tunakunapaq |
associative | tunapura | tunakunapura |
distributive | tunanka | tunakunanka |
exclusive | tunalla | tunakunalla |
ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunay | tunaykuna |
accusative | tunayta | tunaykunata |
dative | tunayman | tunaykunaman |
genitive | tunaypa | tunaykunap |
locative | tunaypi | tunaykunapi |
terminative | tunaykama | tunaykunakama |
ablative | tunaymanta | tunaykunamanta |
instrumental | tunaywan | tunaykunawan |
comitative | tunaynintin | tunaykunantin |
abessive | tunayninnaq | tunaykunannaq |
comparative | tunayhina | tunaykunahina |
causative | tunayrayku | tunaykunarayku |
benefactive | tunaypaq | tunaykunapaq |
associative | tunaypura | tunaykunapura |
distributive | tunayninka | tunaykunanka |
exclusive | tunaylla | tunaykunalla |
qampa (your) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunayki | tunaykikuna |
accusative | tunaykita | tunaykikunata |
dative | tunaykiman | tunaykikunaman |
genitive | tunaykipa | tunaykikunap |
locative | tunaykipi | tunaykikunapi |
terminative | tunaykikama | tunaykikunakama |
ablative | tunaykimanta | tunaykikunamanta |
instrumental | tunaykiwan | tunaykikunawan |
comitative | tunaykintin | tunaykikunantin |
abessive | tunaykinnaq | tunaykikunannaq |
comparative | tunaykihina | tunaykikunahina |
causative | tunaykirayku | tunaykikunarayku |
benefactive | tunaykipaq | tunaykikunapaq |
associative | tunaykipura | tunaykikunapura |
distributive | tunaykinka | tunaykikunanka |
exclusive | tunaykilla | tunaykikunalla |
paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunan | tunankuna |
accusative | tunanta | tunankunata |
dative | tunanman | tunankunaman |
genitive | tunanpa | tunankunap |
locative | tunanpi | tunankunapi |
terminative | tunankama | tunankunakama |
ablative | tunanmanta | tunankunamanta |
instrumental | tunanwan | tunankunawan |
comitative | tunanintin | tunankunantin |
abessive | tunanninnaq | tunankunannaq |
comparative | tunanhina | tunankunahina |
causative | tunanrayku | tunankunarayku |
benefactive | tunanpaq | tunankunapaq |
associative | tunanpura | tunankunapura |
distributive | tunaninka | tunankunanka |
exclusive | tunanlla | tunankunalla |
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunanchik | tunanchikkuna |
accusative | tunanchikta | tunanchikkunata |
dative | tunanchikman | tunanchikkunaman |
genitive | tunanchikpa | tunanchikkunap |
locative | tunanchikpi | tunanchikkunapi |
terminative | tunanchikkama | tunanchikkunakama |
ablative | tunanchikmanta | tunanchikkunamanta |
instrumental | tunanchikwan | tunanchikkunawan |
comitative | tunanchiknintin | tunanchikkunantin |
abessive | tunanchikninnaq | tunanchikkunannaq |
comparative | tunanchikhina | tunanchikkunahina |
causative | tunanchikrayku | tunanchikkunarayku |
benefactive | tunanchikpaq | tunanchikkunapaq |
associative | tunanchikpura | tunanchikkunapura |
distributive | tunanchikninka | tunanchikkunanka |
exclusive | tunanchiklla | tunanchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunayku | tunaykukuna |
accusative | tunaykuta | tunaykukunata |
dative | tunaykuman | tunaykukunaman |
genitive | tunaykupa | tunaykukunap |
locative | tunaykupi | tunaykukunapi |
terminative | tunaykukama | tunaykukunakama |
ablative | tunaykumanta | tunaykukunamanta |
instrumental | tunaykuwan | tunaykukunawan |
comitative | tunaykuntin | tunaykukunantin |
abessive | tunaykunnaq | tunaykukunannaq |
comparative | tunaykuhina | tunaykukunahina |
causative | tunaykurayku | tunaykukunarayku |
benefactive | tunaykupaq | tunaykukunapaq |
associative | tunaykupura | tunaykukunapura |
distributive | tunaykunka | tunaykukunanka |
exclusive | tunaykulla | tunaykukunalla |
qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunaykichik | tunaykichikkuna |
accusative | tunaykichikta | tunaykichikkunata |
dative | tunaykichikman | tunaykichikkunaman |
genitive | tunaykichikpa | tunaykichikkunap |
locative | tunaykichikpi | tunaykichikkunapi |
terminative | tunaykichikkama | tunaykichikkunakama |
ablative | tunaykichikmanta | tunaykichikkunamanta |
instrumental | tunaykichikwan | tunaykichikkunawan |
comitative | tunaykichiknintin | tunaykichikkunantin |
abessive | tunaykichikninnaq | tunaykichikkunannaq |
comparative | tunaykichikhina | tunaykichikkunahina |
causative | tunaykichikrayku | tunaykichikkunarayku |
benefactive | tunaykichikpaq | tunaykichikkunapaq |
associative | tunaykichikpura | tunaykichikkunapura |
distributive | tunaykichikninka | tunaykichikkunanka |
exclusive | tunaykichiklla | tunaykichikkunalla |
paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tunanku | tunankukuna |
accusative | tunankuta | tunankukunata |
dative | tunankuman | tunankukunaman |
genitive | tunankupa | tunankukunap |
locative | tunankupi | tunankukunapi |
terminative | tunankukama | tunankukunakama |
ablative | tunankumanta | tunankukunamanta |
instrumental | tunankuwan | tunankukunawan |
comitative | tunankuntin | tunankukunantin |
abessive | tunankunnaq | tunankukunannaq |
comparative | tunankuhina | tunankukunahina |
causative | tunankurayku | tunankukunarayku |
benefactive | tunankupaq | tunankukunapaq |
associative | tunankupura | tunankukunapura |
distributive | tunankunka | tunankukunanka |
exclusive | tunankulla | tunankukunalla |
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).
Verb[edit]
a tuna (third-person singular present tună, past participle tunat) 1st conj.
- to thunder
- to speak thunderously
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | a tuna | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | tunând | ||||||
past participle | tunat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | tun | tuni | tună | tunăm | tunați | tună | |
imperfect | tunam | tunai | tuna | tunam | tunați | tunau | |
simple perfect | tunai | tunași | tună | tunarăm | tunarăți | tunară | |
pluperfect | tunasem | tunaseși | tunase | tunaserăm | tunaserăți | tunaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să tun | să tuni | să tune | să tunăm | să tunați | să tune | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | tună | tunați | |||||
negative | nu tuna | nu tunați |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Samoan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Noun[edit]
tuna
Sapará[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tu꞉ná
References[edit]
- Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
- Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna f (plural tunas)
- prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (Opuntia, especially Opuntia ficus-indica)
- Synonym: higo de tuna
- nopal
- Synonyms: nopal, higuera de tuna, higuera de Indias
Usage notes[edit]
- Tuna is a false friend, and does not mean a kind of fish in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of tuna is atún.
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French tune, possibly from roi de Thunes (“king of Tunis”), a title used by leaders of vagabonds.
Noun[edit]
tuna f (plural tunas)
- (Spain) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes, called in the Americas estudiantina
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: tuna
Further reading[edit]
- “tuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tuna (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
tuna f (plural tunas)
- female equivalent of tuno
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
tuna
- inflection of tunar:
Swahili[edit]
Verb[edit]
tuna
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tunâ
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuna
See also[edit]
Tamanaku[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 316-7
- Misiones jesuíticas en la Orinoquía (1625-1767) (1992, José del Rey Fajardo, Universidad Católica del Táchira), page 573: agua Tam. tuna; Map. tuna; Yab. tuna; Chai, tuna; Cum. tuna;
Tetum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
Trió[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
Further reading[edit]
- Eithne Carlin, A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname (2004)
Wayana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Sergio Meira, Primeras observaciones sobre la lengua yukpa (2005) (mentions "wayana tuna he wai " in notes)
Wayumará[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuná
References[edit]
- Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
- Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451
Yabarana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun[edit]
tuna
References[edit]
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
- Misiones jesuíticas en la Orinoquía (1625-1767) (1992, José del Rey Fajardo, Universidad Católica del Táchira), page 573: agua Tam. tuna; Map. tuna; Yab. tuna; Chai, tuna; Cum. tuna;
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