tuno

See also: tunó and Tunø

English

A tin of tuno

Alternative forms

• Tuno, TuNO

Etymology

Blend of tuna +‎ no, from the trademark TUNO produced by Loma Linda Foods.

Noun

tuno (uncountable)

1. A vegan or vegetarian tuna fish substitute, usually soy or chickpea-based
   • 1987, Faye Hammel, Sylvan Levey, chapter 5, in Frommer's Hawaii on $45 a day, Prentice Hall Press, pages 129-130:

     Not only are there “unreal” vegetarian sandwiches like tofu burger, Vigor burger, wham salad (like ham), and tuno salad (like tuna), all bulging with sprouts, shaved carrots, and sunflower seeds, and only costing $1.95 to $2.95, but there are now “real” sandwiches, still health-oriented, like bull burger, which has less than 2% fat, and bacon and pastrami sandwiches with no nitrates ($2.50 to $2.95).

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.

Verb

tunó

1. to roast in or over a fire (of meat, fish, bananas or root foods)

See also

• dapek
• letson
• tingdag

References

• Headland, Thomas N.; Headland, Janet D. (1974), A Dumagat (Casiguran) - English Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-28)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 168

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧no

Noun

tuno

1. coconut milk

Derived terms

• tinunoan

Anagrams

• tuon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuno/

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• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: tu‧no

Noun

tuno (accusative singular tunon, plural tunoj, accusative plural tunojn)

1. ton (US), tonne (UK)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuno/

Noun

tuno (plural tuni)

1. ton (US), tonne (UK)

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.

Verb

túno

1. to roast

Derived terms

• magtuno
• manuno
• panunowan
• sinuno
• tunowan

References

• Vanoverbergh, Morice (1972), “Isneg-English Vocabulary”, in Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications‎^[2], number 11, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →JSTOR, page 594

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog tunaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊˈno/ [tʊˈno]
• Hyphenation: tu‧no

Adjective

tuno

1. melted

Derived terms

• ikatuno
• makatuno
• matuno
• tunauan

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nu/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tunar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tuno.

Noun

tuno m (plural tunos)

1. a member of a tuna

Further reading

• “tuno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tuno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuno/ [ˈt̪u.no]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: tu‧no

Etymology 1

Noun

tuno m (plural tunos, feminine tuna, feminine plural tunas)

1. member of a tuna

Etymology 2

Verb

tuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of tunar

Further reading

• “tuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025