tuna

See also: Tuna and tuná

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, UK) enPR: tyo͞o'nə, IPA^(key): /ˈtjuː.nə/
• (US) enPR: to͞o'nə, IPA^(key): /ˈt(j)u.nə/

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• Rhymes: -uːnə

Etymology 1

Relative sizes of various tunas tuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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").

Noun

tuna (countable and uncountable, plural tuna or tunas)

1. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
   • 1887, John White, The Ancient History of the Maori, 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).

2. The edible flesh of the tuna.

Synonyms

• tuna fish, tunny

Derived terms

• yellowfin tuna

Translations

fish

• Arabic: (collective) تُونَة‎ f (tūna), سَمَك اَلتُّن‎ m (samak at-tun)

  Hijazi Arabic: تونة‎ f (tūna)

  Moroccan Arabic: طون‎ (ṭūn)

• Armenian: թյուննոս (tʿyunnos)
• Bulgarian: риба тон f (riba ton)
• Catalan: tonyina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吞拿魚, 吞拿鱼 (tan¹ naa⁴ jyu²)

  Mandarin: 金槍魚 (zh), 金枪鱼 (zh) (jīnqiāngyú)

• Czech: tuňák (cs) m
• Danish: tun (da) c
• Dutch: tonijn (nl) m
• Esperanto: tinuso
• Faroese: tunfiskur m
• Finnish: tonnikala (fi)
• French: thon (fr) m
• Friulian: ton m
• Galician: atún (gl) m, túnido (gl) m
• Georgian: თინუსი (tinusi)
• German: Thunfisch (de) m, Thun (de) m
• Greek: τόνος (el) m (tónos)

  Ancient: θύννος m (thúnnos)

• Hebrew: טונה‎ (he) f
• Hungarian: tonhal (hu)
• Ido: atuno (io)
• Irish: tuinnín m
• Italian: tonno (it) m
• Japanese: 鮪 (ja) (まぐろ, マグロ, maguro), ツナ (tsuna)

• Korean: 다랑어 (ko) (darang'eo), 참다랑어 (ko) (chamdarang'eo), 참치 (ko) (chamchi)
• Latin: thunnus m
• Latvian: tuncis
• Ligurian: tónno m
• Lithuanian: tunas m
• Macedonian: туна f (tuna)
• Malay: tuna, aya
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tunfisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: tunfisk m

• Persian: ماهی تن‎ (mâhi-ye ton)
• Polish: tuńczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: atum (pt) m
• Romanian: ton (ro)
• Russian: туне́ц (ru) m (tunéc)
• Slovak: tuniak (sk) m
• Slovene: túna f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tunowa ryba f

• Spanish: atún (es) m
• Swedish: tonfisk (sv) c
• Tagalog: tulingan, atun
• Thai: ทูน่า (tuu-nâa); โอ (th) (oo)
• Turkish: orkinos (tr), ton balığı (tr)
• Ukrainian: туне́ць m (tunécʹ)
• Vietnamese: cá ngừ đại dương
• Welsh: tiwna (cy) m
• Yiddish: טונפֿיש‎ m (tunfish)

flesh

• Finnish: tonnikala (fi)
• German: Thunfisch (de) m, Thun (de) m
• Hungarian: tonhal (hu)
• Lao: ທູນາ (thū nā)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tunfisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: tunfisk m

• Okinawan: トゥナ (tuna)
• Polish: tuńczyk (pl) m

References

See also

• tuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thunnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

From Taíno.

Prickly pear.

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

1. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
2. The fruit of the cactus.

Translations

type of cactus

• Spanish: nopal (es) f

fruit of the cactus

• Spanish: tuna (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 부채선인장 (buchaeseoninjang)

See also

• xoconostle

Further reading

• Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• -naut, aunt, naut., tuan

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Akawaio

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water
2. rain

References

• 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.)"

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Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

See also

• paru

References

• Edward Henry Koehn, Sally Sharp Koehn, Vocabulário Básico, Apalaí-Português Dicionário da Língua Apalaí (1995), page 52

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Bagua

Etymology

Likely ultimately from Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• Aquiles, Pérez, Los puruhuayes, volume 2, page 314 (1970)
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes

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Carijona

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. (Carijona) water

Synonyms

• túuna (Hianacoto)

References

• Las lenguas indígenas de América y el español de Cuba (1993)

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧na

Noun

tuna

1. The name of a small, glossy-black, worm-like snake, deadly poisonous, found in moist places in grasses and weeds, possibly the blind snake.

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Chaima

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317

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Chamorro

Verb

tuna

1. (transitive) to laud, to praise

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Cumanagoto

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• 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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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuna]

Noun

tuna f

1. ton (unit of weight)

Further reading

• tuna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tuna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: tunas, tunât

Verb

tuna

1. third-person singular past historic of tuner

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Galibi Carib

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)

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Hixkaryana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

Usage notes

• This term is obligatorily unpossessed.

References

• Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN, page 170

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.na]
• Hyphenation: tu‧na

Etymology 1

From Arabic تُنَّ‎ (tunna), تُنّ‎ (tunn), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “I rush, dart along”).

Noun

tuna (first-person possessive tunaku, second-person possessive tunamu, third-person possessive tunanya)

1. tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).

Adjective

tuna

1. damaged

Derived terms

• ketunaan
• tunadaksa

 

Further reading

• “tuna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Macushi

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
• Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Languages of the Amazon (2012), page 188

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Malay

FWOTD – 12 October 2020

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuna/
• Rhymes: -una, -na, -a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).

Noun

tuna (Jawi spelling تونا‎, plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)

1. 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^[1], 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.

Hyponyms

• belut tuna
• ular tuna
• tuna sungai

Synonyms

• ikan linang

Etymology 2

From English tuna.

Noun

tuna (Jawi spelling تونا‎, plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)

1. tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

Hyponyms

• ikan tuna

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).

Noun

tuna (plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)

1. wound

Adjective

tuna

1. damaged, flawed, injured

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• ketunaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• tertuna [agentless action] (teR-)

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

• "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.

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʉ.nɐ]

Noun

tuna

1. eel of various species, including the longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and shortfin eel (Anguilla australis)

Derived terms

• herehere-tuna
• pepe tuna
• pā tuna
• rama tuna
• tuna heke
• tuna hinahina
• tuna kaingārā
• tuna korokoro

 

References

• “tuna” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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Mapoyo

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• 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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Maquiritari

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuna]

Noun

tuna

1. water
2. river, watercourse

Derived terms

• tuna awono ökato

References

• 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^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tuna n

1. definite plural of tun

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Opón

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

Synonyms

• tuná-in'i /tuna-iño

References

• Caminos de historia en el Carare-Opón (1999), page 254: Agua . . . Tuna
• Boletín de la Academia Colombiana (1959): en el Opón-Karare: tuna

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Panare

Noun

tuna

1. Alternative form of tïna (“water”)

References

• 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

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Pemon

FWOTD – 6 September 2014

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈna/

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• 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.)"

• Katia Nepomuceno Pessoa, Fonologia Taurepang e comparação preliminar da fonologia de línguas do grupo Pemóng (família Caribe) (2006), page 139

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From tunar.

Verb

tuna

1. third-person singular present indicative of tunar
2. second-person singular imperative of tunar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. (music) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes

Related terms

• tuno

Further reading

• tuna on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).

Noun

tuna

1. a kind of fish
2. a striped lagoon eel, toothless and edible

Derived terms

• tuna taupulepule
• tuna wenua
• palu tuna

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

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Purukotó

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuná

1. water

References

• Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
• Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451

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Quechua

Noun

tuna

1. prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) and its fruit

Declension

declension of tuna

	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

possessive forms of tuna

ñuqap - first-person singular

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 - second-person singular

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 - third-person singular

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 - first-person inclusive plural

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 - first-person exclusive plural

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 - second-person plural

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 - third-person plural

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

Verb

a tuna (third-person singular present tună, past participle tunat) 1st conj.

1. to thunder
2. to speak thunderously

Conjugation

    conjugation of tuna (first conjugation, no infix)

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

• tunare

Related terms

• detuna
• tunet
• tun

See also

• fulgera
• trăsni

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tuna

1. eel

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Sapará

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tu꞉ná

1. water

References

• Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
• Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuna/, [ˈt̪u.na]

Etymology 1

From Taíno [Term?].

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (Opuntia, especially Opuntia ficus-indica)

   Synonym: higo de tuna

2. nopal

   Synonyms: nopal, higuera de tuna, higuera de Indias

Usage notes

• 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

From French tune, possibly from roi de Thunes (“king of Tunis”), a title used by leaders of vagabonds.

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

2. (Spain) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes, called in the Americas estudiantina

Descendants

• → Portuguese: tuna

Further reading

• “tuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Tuna (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. female equivalent of tuno

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuna

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tunar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tunar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tunar.

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Swahili

Verb

tuna

1. first-person plural present affirmative of -wa na

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Tamanaku

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• 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;

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Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. eel

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Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

Further reading

• Eithne Carlin, A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname (2004)

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Wayana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• Sergio Meira, Primeras observaciones sobre la lengua yukpa (2005) (mentions "wayana tuna he wai " in notes)

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Wayumará

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuná

1. water

References

• Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
• Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451

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Yabarana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• 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;