tonina
See also: toniña, toñina, and tónina
Spanish
Alternative forms
- toñina
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Catalan tonyina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈnina/ [t̪oˈni.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: to‧ni‧na
Noun
tonina f (plural toninas)
- common bottlenose dolphin
- tuna
Derived terms
- tollina
- tonina overa
Further reading
- “tonina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014