tuna
English
Pronunciation
- (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
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From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Doublet of tonno.
Noun
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
Derived terms
- ahi tuna (Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus)
- 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)
- park the beef bus in tuna town
- skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- striped tuna (Katsuwonus spp. et al.)
- tuna casserole
- tuna junkie
- tuna melt
- tuna salad
- tuna taco
- white tuna (Thunnus alalunga, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)
- yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
- yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
- yellowtail tuna (Seriola quinqueradiata)
Descendants
- → Armenian: թունա (tʻuna)
Translations
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References
tuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thunnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “tuna”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “tuna, n.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.
Etymology 2
From Taíno.
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Noun
tuna (plural tunas)
- The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
- The fruit of the cactus.
- 1907, Experiment Station Work, volume 3, page 94:
- THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN
Derived terms
Translations
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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
Further reading
Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Akawaio
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
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.)"
Apalaí
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
See also
References
- Edward Henry Koehn, Sally Sharp Koehn, Vocabulário Básico, Apalaí-Português Dicionário da Língua Apalaí (1995), page 52
Bagua
Etymology
Likely ultimately from Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
References
- Aquiles, Pérez, Los puruhuayes, volume 2, page 314 (1970)
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes
Carijona
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
- (Carijona) water
Synonyms
- túuna (Hianacoto)
References
- Las lenguas indígenas de América y el español de Cuba (1993)
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧na
Noun
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
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
References
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
Chamorro
Verb
tuna
- (transitive) to laud, to praise
Cumanagoto
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
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;
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
tuna f
- ton (unit of weight)
Declension
Further reading
- “tuna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “tuna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
French
Pronunciation
Verb
tuna
- third-person singular past historic of tuner
Hixkaryana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
Usage notes
- This term is obligatorily unpossessed.
References
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN, page 170
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic تُنَّ (tunna), تُنّ (tunn), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).
Noun
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
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tuna (“deficient, failing, lacking”), from Sanskrit तुन्न (tunna, “struck, hurt”).
Adjective
tuna
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tuna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuna (possessed tunary)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 392
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “tuna”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 472; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 462
- Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Pieter C. Muysken (2004) The Languages of the Andes
Macushi
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
References
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Languages of the Amazon (2012), page 188
Malay
Pronunciation
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)
- 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[3], 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
Hyponyms
Etymology 2
Noun
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
Etymology 3
From Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).
Noun
tuna (plural tuna-tuna, informal 1st possessive tunaku, 2nd possessive tunamu, 3rd possessive tunanya)
Adjective
tuna
Derived terms
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
- "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
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tuna
- eel of various species, including longfin eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and shortfin eels (Anguilla australis)
Derived terms
References
- “tuna” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Mapoyo
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
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;
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tuna n
Opón
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
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
Panare
Noun
tuna
- 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
Pemon
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuna
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.)"
- ^ 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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).[1]
Noun
tuna f (plural tunas)
- (music) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tuna
- inflection of tunar:
References
- ^ “tuna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Pukapukan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa (“freshwater eel”).
Noun
tuna
- a kind of fish
- a striped lagoon eel, toothless and edible
Derived terms
Further reading
Purukotó
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuná
References
- Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
- Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451
Quechua
Noun
tuna
- prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) and its fruit
Declension
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
Etymology
Inherited 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.
- to thunder
- to speak thunderously
Conjugation
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
Related terms
See also
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Noun
tuna
Sapará
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tu꞉ná
References
- Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
- Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
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
- 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
Borrowed from French tune, possibly from roi de Thunes (“king of Tunis”), a title used by leaders of vagabonds.
Noun
tuna f (plural tunas)
- (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)
- female equivalent of tuno
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tuna
- inflection of tunar:
Swahili
Verb
tuna
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈnaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈn̪aʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: tu‧na
Adjective
tunâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtuna/ [ˈt̪uː.n̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -una
- Syllabification: tu‧na
Noun
tuna (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ)
See also
Anagrams
Tamanaku
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
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;
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna.
Noun
tuna
Trió
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
Further reading
- Eithne Carlin, A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname (2004)
Wayana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
References
- Sergio Meira, Primeras observaciones sobre la lengua yukpa (2005) (mentions "wayana tuna he wai " in notes)
Wayumará
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuná
References
- Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
- Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451
Yabarana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Noun
tuna
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;
Ye'kwana
ALIV | tuna |
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Brazilian standard | tuna |
New Tribes | tuna |
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tuna.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuna
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “tuna”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[4], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 399: “[ṭuna] 'water' […] tuna - water”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “tuna”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[5], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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