tuna

Likely ultimately from Proto-Cariban *tuna.


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

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


tuna

tuna (nominative singular)
tuny (nominative plural)
tuny (genitive singular)
tun (genitive plural)
tuně (dative singular)
tunám (dative plural)
tunu (accusative singular)
tuny (accusative plural)
tuno (singular vocative)
tuny (plural vocative)
tuně (locative singular)
tunách (locative plural)
tunou (instrumental singular)
tunami (instrumental plural)


tuna

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).

1887, John White, The Ancient History of the Maori, page 84:

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

en-noun

tuna (countable and uncountable, plural tuna or tunas)

→ Armenian: թունա (tʻuna)

From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.


tuna

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

THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN

1907, Experiment Station Work, volume 3, page 94:


tuna

third-person singular past historic of tuner


tuna

tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

id-noun

tuna (first-person possessive tunaku, second-person possessive tunamu, third-person possessive tunanya)

tunaku (first-person possessive)
tunamu (possessive second-person)
tunanya (possessive third-person)

From Arabic تُنَّ (tunna), تُنّ (tunn), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).


tuna

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese tuna (“deficient, failing, lacking”), from Sanskrit तुन्न (tunna, “struck, hurt”).


tuna

Mohd Akhmal berkata, selain ikan lampam, seorang penduduk turut dapat menangkap seekor belut tuna seberat hampir tiga kilogram menggunakan jala.

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 2016-03-20:

Mohd Akhmal said, besides a tinfoil barb, a resident has managed to catch a marbled eel weighing almost three kilograms using a net.

The name of a mudsnake or eel with a yellowish body, possibly the marbled eel, Anguilla marmorata.

ms-noun

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

تونا (Jawi)
tuna-tuna (plural)
tunaku (first-person informal possessive)
tunamu (possessive second-person)
tunanya (possessive third-person)

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


tuna

ms-noun

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

tuna-tuna (plural)
tunaku (first-person informal possessive)
tunamu (possessive second-person)
tunanya (possessive third-person)

From Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).


tuna

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

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


tuna

(music) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes

Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).


tuna

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of tunar:
second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tuna

Guianan:

Apalaí: tuna

Kari'na: tuna

Proto-Taranoan: *tuna

Akurio: tuna

Carijona: tuna

Trió: tuna

Wayana: tuna

Kuikuroan:

Kuikúro: tunga, tuã

Opón: tuna

Parukotoan:

Hixkaryana: tuna

Kaxuyana: tuna

Waiwai: tuuna, tuna

Pekodian:

>? Ikpeng: ga

Sapará: tu꞉ná

Venezuelan Cariban:

Chaima: tuna

Mapoyan:

Mapoyo: tuna

Yabarana: tuna:, tuna

Panare: tïna, tuna

Pemongan:

Akawaio: tuna

Macushi: tuna

Pemon: tuna

Purukotó: tuná

Tamanaku: tuna

Waimiri-Atroari: syna

Wayumara: tuná

Ye'kwana: tuna

Yukpan:

Yukpa: kuna

→? Patagón: tuná

→? Rabona: tuná


tuna

Old Japanese: 綱 (tuna)

Japanese: 綱 (tsuna)

desctree

Proto-Ryukyuan: *tuna
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai: 綱 (cuna)
Kunigami: 綱 (chinā)
Northern Amami Ōshima: 綱 (tsïna)
Okinawan: 綱 (china)
Okinoerabu: 綱 (chinā)
Southern Amami Ōshima: 綱 (θïna)
Tokunoshima: 綱 (tsïna)
Yoron: 綱 (china)
Southern Ryukyuan
Miyako: 綱 (tsïna)
Yaeyama: 綱 (tsïna)
Yonaguni: 綱 (nna)


tuna

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:

Central Malayo-Polynesian:

Sumba–Flores:

Bima: duna

Kambera: tuna

Manggarai: duna, tuna

Ngadha: duna

Timor–Babar:

Baikeno: tunɛ

Bilba: tuna

Tetun Dili: tuna

→ Eritai: tuna

Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:

Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:

Waropen: kuna

Proto-Oceanic: *tuna
Admiralty Islands:
Manus Islands:
Gele': drun
Kurti: drun
Mondropolon: cun
Southeastern Islands:
Lenkau: trun
Penchal: run
Central-Eastern Oceanic:
Central Pacific:
Fijian: duna
Proto-Polynesian: *tuna
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
Marquesic:
Hawaiian: kuna
Mangarevan: tuna
Tahitic:
Maori: tuna
Rarotongan: tuna
Rapa: tuna
Tahitian: tuna
Tuamotuan: tuna
Western Polynesian:
Ellicean-Outlier:
Nuguria: tuna
Nukuoro: tuna
Pileni: tuna
Takuu: tuna
Tuvaluan: tuna
Futunic:
Anuta: tuna
East Futuna: tuna
Futuna-Aniwa: tuna
Pukapukan: tuna
Tikopia: tuna
Samoic:
Niuatoputapu: tuna
Samoan: tuna
Tongic:
Niuean: tuna
Tongan: tuna
Rotuman: funa
Western Fijian: tuna
Micronesian: *tuna
Kosraean: ton
→ Marshallese: toṇ
Western Oceanic:
North New Guinea:
Ngero–Vitiaz
Gitua: tuna
Mbula: tuunu
Schouten:
Kairiru: tun
Wogeo: tuña
Papuan Tip:
Wedau: tuna

Western Malayo-Polynesian:

Greater Barito:

Malagasy: tona

Proto-Philippine:

Cebuano: tuna

Ibatan: tona

Yami: tona

Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:

Malay: tuna


tuna

Admiralty Islands:

Manus Islands:

Gele': drun

Kurti: drun

Mondropolon: cun

Southeastern Islands:

Lenkau: trun

Penchal: run

Central-Eastern Oceanic:

Central Pacific:

Fijian: duna

Proto-Polynesian: *tuna
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
Marquesic:
Hawaiian: kuna
Mangarevan: tuna
Tahitic:
Maori: tuna
Rarotongan: tuna
Rapa: tuna
Tahitian: tuna
Tuamotuan: tuna
Western Polynesian:
Ellicean-Outlier:
Nuguria: tuna
Nukuoro: tuna
Pileni: tuna
Takuu: tuna
Tuvaluan: tuna
Futunic:
Anuta: tuna
East Futuna: tuna
Futuna-Aniwa: tuna
Pukapukan: tuna
Tikopia: tuna
Samoic:
Niuatoputapu: tuna
Samoan: tuna
Tongic:
Niuean: tuna
Tongan: tuna

Rotuman: funa

Western Fijian: tuna

Micronesian: *tuna

Kosraean: ton

→ Marshallese: toṇ

Western Oceanic:

North New Guinea:

Ngero–Vitiaz

Gitua: tuna

Mbula: tuunu

Schouten:

Kairiru: tun

Wogeo: tuña

Papuan Tip:

Wedau: tuna

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


tuna

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:

Proto-Eastern Polynesian:

Marquesic:

Hawaiian: kuna

Mangarevan: tuna

Tahitic:

Maori: tuna

Rarotongan: tuna

Rapa: tuna

Tahitian: tuna

Tuamotuan: tuna

Western Polynesian:

Ellicean-Outlier:

Nuguria: tuna

Nukuoro: tuna

Pileni: tuna

Takuu: tuna

Tuvaluan: tuna

Futunic:

Anuta: tuna

East Futuna: tuna

Futuna-Aniwa: tuna

Pukapukan: tuna

Tikopia: tuna

Samoic:

Niuatoputapu: tuna

Samoan: tuna

Tongic:

Niuean: tuna

Tongan: tuna

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


tuna

Northern Ryukyuan:

Kikai: 綱 (cuna)

Kunigami: 綱 (chinā)

Northern Amami Ōshima: 綱 (tsïna)

Okinawan: 綱 (china)

Okinoerabu: 綱 (chinā)

Southern Amami Ōshima: 綱 (θïna)

Tokunoshima: 綱 (tsïna)

Yoron: 綱 (china)

Southern Ryukyuan

Miyako: 綱 (tsïna)

Yaeyama: 綱 (tsïna)

Yonaguni: 綱 (nna)


tuna

a striped lagoon eel, toothless and edible

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


tuna

tuna (nominative singular)
tunakuna (nominative plural)
tunata (accusative singular)
tunakunata (accusative plural)
tunaman (dative singular)
tunakunaman (dative plural)
tunap (genitive singular)
tunakunap (genitive plural)
tunapi (locative singular)
tunakunapi (locative plural)
tunakama (singular terminative)
tunakunakama (plural terminative)
tunamanta (ablative singular)
tunakunamanta (ablative plural)
tunawan (instrumental singular)
tunakunawan (instrumental plural)
tunantin (comitative singular)
tunakunantin (comitative plural)
tunannaq (abessive singular)
tunakunannaq (abessive plural)
tunahina (comparative singular)
tunakunahina (comparative plural)
tunarayku (causative singular)
tunakunarayku (causative plural)
tunapaq (benefactive singular)
tunakunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunapura (associative singular)
tunakunapura (associative plural)
tunanka (distributive)
tunakunanka (distributive)
tunalla (exclusive singular)
tunakunalla (exclusive plural)
tunay (nominative singular)
tunaykuna (nominative plural)
tunayta (accusative singular)
tunaykunata (accusative plural)
tunayman (dative singular)
tunaykunaman (dative plural)
tunaypa (genitive singular)
tunaykunap (genitive plural)
tunaypi (locative singular)
tunaykunapi (locative plural)
tunaykama (singular terminative)
tunaykunakama (plural terminative)
tunaymanta (ablative singular)
tunaykunamanta (ablative plural)
tunaywan (instrumental singular)
tunaykunawan (instrumental plural)
tunaynintin (comitative singular)
tunaykunantin (comitative plural)
tunayninnaq (abessive singular)
tunaykunannaq (abessive plural)
tunayhina (comparative singular)
tunaykunahina (comparative plural)
tunayrayku (causative singular)
tunaykunarayku (causative plural)
tunaypaq (benefactive singular)
tunaykunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunaypura (associative singular)
tunaykunapura (associative plural)
tunayninka (distributive)
tunaykunanka (distributive)
tunaylla (exclusive singular)
tunaykunalla (exclusive plural)
tunayki (nominative singular)
tunaykikuna (nominative plural)
tunaykita (accusative singular)
tunaykikunata (accusative plural)
tunaykiman (dative singular)
tunaykikunaman (dative plural)
tunaykipa (genitive singular)
tunaykikunap (genitive plural)
tunaykipi (locative singular)
tunaykikunapi (locative plural)
tunaykikama (singular terminative)
tunaykikunakama (plural terminative)
tunaykimanta (ablative singular)
tunaykikunamanta (ablative plural)
tunaykiwan (instrumental singular)
tunaykikunawan (instrumental plural)
tunaykintin (comitative singular)
tunaykikunantin (comitative plural)
tunaykinnaq (abessive singular)
tunaykikunannaq (abessive plural)
tunaykihina (comparative singular)
tunaykikunahina (comparative plural)
tunaykirayku (causative singular)
tunaykikunarayku (causative plural)
tunaykipaq (benefactive singular)
tunaykikunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunaykipura (associative singular)
tunaykikunapura (associative plural)
tunaykinka (distributive)
tunaykikunanka (distributive)
tunaykilla (exclusive singular)
tunaykikunalla (exclusive plural)
tunan (nominative singular)
tunankuna (nominative plural)
tunanta (accusative singular)
tunankunata (accusative plural)
tunanman (dative singular)
tunankunaman (dative plural)
tunanpa (genitive singular)
tunankunap (genitive plural)
tunanpi (locative singular)
tunankunapi (locative plural)
tunankama (singular terminative)
tunankunakama (plural terminative)
tunanmanta (ablative singular)
tunankunamanta (ablative plural)
tunanwan (instrumental singular)
tunankunawan (instrumental plural)
tunanintin (comitative singular)
tunankunantin (comitative plural)
tunanninnaq (abessive singular)
tunankunannaq (abessive plural)
tunanhina (comparative singular)
tunankunahina (comparative plural)
tunanrayku (causative singular)
tunankunarayku (causative plural)
tunanpaq (benefactive singular)
tunankunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunanpura (associative singular)
tunankunapura (associative plural)
tunaninka (distributive)
tunankunanka (distributive)
tunanlla (exclusive singular)
tunankunalla (exclusive plural)
tunanchik (nominative singular)
tunanchikkuna (nominative plural)
tunanchikta (accusative singular)
tunanchikkunata (accusative plural)
tunanchikman (dative singular)
tunanchikkunaman (dative plural)
tunanchikpa (genitive singular)
tunanchikkunap (genitive plural)
tunanchikpi (locative singular)
tunanchikkunapi (locative plural)
tunanchikkama (singular terminative)
tunanchikkunakama (plural terminative)
tunanchikmanta (ablative singular)
tunanchikkunamanta (ablative plural)
tunanchikwan (instrumental singular)
tunanchikkunawan (instrumental plural)
tunanchiknintin (comitative singular)
tunanchikkunantin (comitative plural)
tunanchikninnaq (abessive singular)
tunanchikkunannaq (abessive plural)
tunanchikhina (comparative singular)
tunanchikkunahina (comparative plural)
tunanchikrayku (causative singular)
tunanchikkunarayku (causative plural)
tunanchikpaq (benefactive singular)
tunanchikkunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunanchikpura (associative singular)
tunanchikkunapura (associative plural)
tunanchikninka (distributive)
tunanchikkunanka (distributive)
tunanchiklla (exclusive singular)
tunanchikkunalla (exclusive plural)
tunayku (nominative singular)
tunaykukuna (nominative plural)
tunaykuta (accusative singular)
tunaykukunata (accusative plural)
tunaykuman (dative singular)
tunaykukunaman (dative plural)
tunaykupa (genitive singular)
tunaykukunap (genitive plural)
tunaykupi (locative singular)
tunaykukunapi (locative plural)
tunaykukama (singular terminative)
tunaykukunakama (plural terminative)
tunaykumanta (ablative singular)
tunaykukunamanta (ablative plural)
tunaykuwan (instrumental singular)
tunaykukunawan (instrumental plural)
tunaykuntin (comitative singular)
tunaykukunantin (comitative plural)
tunaykunnaq (abessive singular)
tunaykukunannaq (abessive plural)
tunaykuhina (comparative singular)
tunaykukunahina (comparative plural)
tunaykurayku (causative singular)
tunaykukunarayku (causative plural)
tunaykupaq (benefactive singular)
tunaykukunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunaykupura (associative singular)
tunaykukunapura (associative plural)
tunaykunka (distributive)
tunaykukunanka (distributive)
tunaykulla (exclusive singular)
tunaykukunalla (exclusive plural)
tunaykichik (nominative singular)
tunaykichikkuna (nominative plural)
tunaykichikta (accusative singular)
tunaykichikkunata (accusative plural)
tunaykichikman (dative singular)
tunaykichikkunaman (dative plural)
tunaykichikpa (genitive singular)
tunaykichikkunap (genitive plural)
tunaykichikpi (locative singular)
tunaykichikkunapi (locative plural)
tunaykichikkama (singular terminative)
tunaykichikkunakama (plural terminative)
tunaykichikmanta (ablative singular)
tunaykichikkunamanta (ablative plural)
tunaykichikwan (instrumental singular)
tunaykichikkunawan (instrumental plural)
tunaykichiknintin (comitative singular)
tunaykichikkunantin (comitative plural)
tunaykichikninnaq (abessive singular)
tunaykichikkunannaq (abessive plural)
tunaykichikhina (comparative singular)
tunaykichikkunahina (comparative plural)
tunaykichikrayku (causative singular)
tunaykichikkunarayku (causative plural)
tunaykichikpaq (benefactive singular)
tunaykichikkunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunaykichikpura (associative singular)
tunaykichikkunapura (associative plural)
tunaykichikninka (distributive)
tunaykichikkunanka (distributive)
tunaykichiklla (exclusive singular)
tunaykichikkunalla (exclusive plural)
tunanku (nominative singular)
tunankukuna (nominative plural)
tunankuta (accusative singular)
tunankukunata (accusative plural)
tunankuman (dative singular)
tunankukunaman (dative plural)
tunankupa (genitive singular)
tunankukunap (genitive plural)
tunankupi (locative singular)
tunankukunapi (locative plural)
tunankukama (singular terminative)
tunankukunakama (plural terminative)
tunankumanta (ablative singular)
tunankukunamanta (ablative plural)
tunankuwan (instrumental singular)
tunankukunawan (instrumental plural)
tunankuntin (comitative singular)
tunankukunantin (comitative plural)
tunankunnaq (abessive singular)
tunankukunannaq (abessive plural)
tunankuhina (comparative singular)
tunankukunahina (comparative plural)
tunankurayku (causative singular)
tunankukunarayku (causative plural)
tunankupaq (benefactive singular)
tunankukunapaq (benefactive plural)
tunankupura (associative singular)
tunankukunapura (associative plural)
tunankunka (distributive)
tunankukunanka (distributive)
tunankulla (exclusive singular)
tunankukunalla (exclusive plural)


tuna

ro-verb

a tuna (third-person singular present tună, past participle tunat) 1st conj.

a tuna (canonical)
tună (present singular third-person)
tunat (participle past)
a tuna (infinitive)
tunând (gerund)
tunat (participle past)
tun (first-person indicative present singular)
tuni (indicative present second-person singular)
tună (indicative present singular third-person)
tunăm (first-person indicative plural present)
tunați (indicative plural present second-person)
tună (indicative plural present third-person)
tunam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tunai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tuna (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tunam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tunați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tunau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tunai (first-person indicative perfect singular)
tunași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
tună (indicative perfect singular third-person)
tunarăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
tunarăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
tunară (indicative perfect plural third-person)
tunasem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tunaseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
tunase (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
tunaserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
tunaserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tunaseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să tun (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să tuni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să tune (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să tunăm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să tunați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să tune (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tună (imperative second-person singular)
tunați (imperative plural second-person)
nu tuna (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu tunați (imperative negative plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).


tuna

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


tuna

Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia ficus-indica#Translingual

prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (Opuntia, especially Opuntia ficus-indica)


tuna

(Spain) a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes, called in the Americas estudiantina

→ Portuguese: tuna

Borrowed from French tune, possibly from roi de Thunes (“king of Tunis”), a title used by leaders of vagabonds.


tuna

first-person plural present affirmative of -wa na