tuni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuni"

Central Dusun

Noun

tuni

1. sound

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /tù.ní/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tɪ̀.nɪ́]

Adverb

tùni

1. long ago

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /tú.nìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tɪ́.nìː]

Noun

tunī̀ m (possessed form tunìn)

1. reminder

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuni/

Noun

tuni

1. plural of tuno

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tunь. Perhaps cognate with Polish tani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -uɲi
• Syllabification: tu‧ni

Adjective

tuni (comparative tuńšy, superlative nejtuńšy, adverb tunjo)

1. cheap

   Synonym: pśigódny

   Antonym: drogi

Declension

Declension of tuni

	singular					dual			plural
	masculine		neuter	feminine		virile	nonvirile		virile	nonvirile
	animate	inanimate
nominative vocative	tuni		tunje	tunja		tunjej			tunje
genitive	tunjego tunjeg¹			tunjeje tunjej¹		tunjeju			tunich
dative	tunjemu tunjem¹			tunjej		tunima			tunim
accusative	tunjego tunjeg¹	tuni	tunje	tunju		tunjeju	tunjej		tunje, tunich	tunje
instrumental	tunim			tunjeju tunjej¹		tunima			tunimi
locative	tunjem tunim²			tunjej		tunima			tunich

¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tuni”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tuni”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tunʲ]

Verb

tuni

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tuna

Sicilian

Etymology

tu +‎ -ni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuni/
• Hyphenation: tù‧ni

Pronoun

tuni

1. alternative form of tu

Usage notes

• The suffix -ni is sometimes added to avoid leaving primary stress on the final syllable.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English tune.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tuni class IX (plural tuni class X)

1. tune

   Synonym: lahani

Uneapa

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Oceanic *tuni, a variant form of *toni (compare Gela tinoni which may reflect an infixed form in <in>).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuni/

Noun

tuni

1. person

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366