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/
Audio (US) (file)
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"). Doublet of tonno.[1][2]

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, 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

tuna fish, tunny

Derived terms

ahi tuna (Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus)
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
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)
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
striped tuna (Katsuwonus spp. et al.)
white tuna (Thunnus alalunga, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
yellowtail tuna (Seriola quinqueradiata)

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)
Azerbaijani: tunes
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／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)
Khmer: ធូណា (thuunaa)
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

tuna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thunnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
tuna at OneLook Dictionary Search

Stephan Guth, editor (2013–2023), “tunn تُنّ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Arabic‎, University of Oslo, Bibliotheca Polyglotta, retrieved 24 February 2023.
“tuna, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.

Etymology 2

From Taíno.

Prickly pear.

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

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

Derived terms

Halimeda tuna

Translations

type of cactus

Spanish: nopal (es) f

fruit of the cactus

Catalan: figa de moro f
Spanish: tuna (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Anagrams

-naut, aunt, naut., tuan

Akawaio

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

water
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.)"

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

water

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

water

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

water

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

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;

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtuna]

Noun

tuna f

ton (unit of weight)

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: tunas, tunât

Verb

tuna

third-person singular past historic of tuner

Galibi Carib

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

water

References

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

Hixkaryana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

water

Usage notes

This term is obligatorily unpossessed.

References

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

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)

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

damaged

Alternative forms

tuna-

Derived terms

ketunaan
tunadaksa

Macushi

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

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

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)

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, 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

ikan linang

Hyponyms

belut tuna
ular tuna
tuna sungai

Etymology 2

From English tuna.

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

ikan tuna

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).

Noun

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

wound

Adjective

tuna

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”)

Maori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʉ.nɐ]

Noun

tuna

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

Derived terms

herehere-tuna
pā tuna
pepe 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.

Mapoyo

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

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;

Maquiritari

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tuna]

Noun

tuna

water
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, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tuna n

definite plural of tun

Opón

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

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

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

FWOTD – 6 September 2014

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuˈna/[1]

Noun

tuna

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.)"

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtũ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nɐ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).[1]

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

(music) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes

Related terms

tuno

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuna

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

References

“tuna” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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

tuna taupulepule
tuna wenua
palu tuna

Purukotó

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuná

water

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

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

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.

to thunder
to speak thunderously

Conjugation

conjugation of tuna (first conjugation, no infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a tuna
gerund			tunând
past participle			tunat
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
subjunctive	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

Samoan

Etymology

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

Noun

tuna

eel

Sapará

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tu꞉ná

water

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuna/ [ˈt̪u.na]
Rhymes: -una
Syllabification: tu‧na

Etymology 1

From Taíno.

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

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

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:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Verb

tuna

first-person plural present affirmative of -wa na

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tu‧na

IPA^(key): /tuˈnaʔ/, [tʊˈnaʔ]

Adjective

tunâ

(dialectal) submerged; sunk
Synonym: lubog
(dialectal) collapsed; destroyed
Synonyms: giba, bagsak, lagpak, huso

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tuna.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tu‧na

IPA^(key): /ˈtuna/, [ˈtu.nɐ]

Noun

tuna

tuna
Synonym: atun

Tamanaku

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

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;

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna.

Noun

tuna

eel

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

water

Wayana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

water

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

water

References

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

Yabarana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

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;

[1] Stephan Guth, editor (2013–2023), “tunn تُنّ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Arabic‎, University of Oslo, Bibliotheca Polyglotta, retrieved 24 February 2023.

[2] “tuna, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.

[3] 2006, Katia Nepomuceno Pessoa, Fonologia Taurepang e comparação preliminar da fonologia de línguas do grupo Pemóng (família Caribe), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, attachment 7.

[4] “tuna” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

tuna

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Indonesian

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Macushi

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Etymology 1