tuna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuna"

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Pronunciation

• enPR: tyo͞o'nə, IPA^(key): /ˈtjuː.nə/
• (yod-coalescence) enPR: cho͞o'nə, IPA^(key): /ˈtʃuː.nə/
• (yod-dropping) enPR: to͞o'nə, IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːnə

Etymology 1

Relative sizes of various tunas

Etymology tree

Phoenicianbor.

Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor.

Latin thunnusbor.

Arabic تُنّ (tunn)

Andalusian Arabicbor.

Old Spanish atun

Spanish atúnder.

United States Spanish tunabor.

English tuna

Borrowed from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of 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.

Noun

tuna (countable and uncountable, plural tuna or tunas)

2. 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).

3. The edible flesh of the tuna.

Synonyms

• tuna fish
• tunny

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.)
• tunaburger
• tunacado
• tuna casserole
• tuna crab
• Tunagate
• tunagetti, tunaghetti
• tuna junkie
• tunalike
• Tunalock
• tuna melt
• tuna noodle casserole
• 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)
• → Cantonese: 吞拿魚 / 吞拿鱼 (tan¹ naa⁴ jyu^4-2)
• → Hebrew: טונה (túna)
• → Hijazi Arabic: تونة (tūna)
• → Japanese: ツナ (tsuna)
• → Khmer: ធូណា (thuunaa)
• → Lao: ທູນາ (thū nā)
• → Malay: tuna
• → Tagalog: tuna
• → Thai: ทูน่า (tuu-nâa)
• → Welsh: tiwna

Translations

fish

• Arabic: تُونَة f (tūna), تُنّ m (tunn)

  Hijazi Arabic: تونة f (tūna)

  Moroccan Arabic: طون (ṭūn)

• Armenian: թյունոս (hy) (tʻyunos)
• Azerbaijani: tunes
• Basque: atun
• 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 Greek: θύννος m (thúnnos)

• Hebrew: טונה (he) f
• Hungarian: tonhal (hu)
• Icelandic: túnfiskur (is) m
• Ido: atuno (io)
• Irish: tuinnín m
• Italian: tonno (it) m
• Japanese: 鮪 (ja) (まぐろ, マグロ, maguro), ツナ (ja) (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 (ms)
• Maltese: tonn m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tunfisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: tunfisk m

• Pannonian Rusyn: тунь m (tunʹ), туна f (tuna), тунєц m (tunjec)
• 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, tȗn m
• 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: ton balığı, orkinos (tr), ton
• Ukrainian: туне́ць m (tunécʹ)
• Vietnamese: cá ngừ đại dương
• Volapük: tonen
• 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “tuna, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915.

Etymology 2

From Taíno.

Prickly pear.

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

1. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
2. 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

• 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)

See also

• xoconostle

Further reading

• Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• -naut, aunt, naut., tuan

Etymology 3

Acronym of turnt up nonaffiliate.

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

1. (slang) Someone who is seen as socially successful despite not being a gang member.

Akawaio

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water
2. 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

1. water

See also

• paru

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

1. 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

1. (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

1. 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

1. water

References

• Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907), page 317

Chamorro

Verb

tuna

1. (transitive) to laud, to praise

Cumanagoto

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. 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]

• Audio:

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Noun

tuna f

1. ton (unit of weight)

Declension

Declension of tuna (hard feminine)

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

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

• Homophones: tunas, tunât

Verb

tuna

1. third-person singular past historic of tuner

Hixkaryana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

Usage notes

• This term is obligatorily unpossessed.

References

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tuna (plural tuna-tuna)

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

   Synonyms: ikan kayu, tongkol

Derived terms

Affixations

• tuna albakora
• tuna ekor panjang
• tuna loin
• tuna sirip biru
• tuna sirip kuning

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tuna (plural tuna-tuna)

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

   Synonyms: belut tuna, sidat kembang

Etymology 3

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

Prefix

tuna

1. alternative form of tuna-

Derived terms

Affixations

• ketunaan
• tuna kejenuhan
• tunadaksa

Further reading

• “tuna”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [tunna]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [tuːna]

Noun

tuna (possessed tunary)

1. water
2. river

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

Lingala

Verb

-tuna (infinitive kotuna)

1. to ask, to question

Macushi

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. 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

Makasar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʼtuna/, [ˈt̪ʰu.na]
• Hyphenation: tu‧na

Adjective

tuna (Lontara spelling ᨈᨘᨊ or 𑻦𑻴𑻨)

1. low (of price, height)

   Na ia butta matinggia ri kasaʼrakkanga, na matuna ri pammumbàng, iami antu masarro laʼbiriʼ niempòi.

   Now the ground that rises high toward the west and is low toward the east is excellent for building a dwelling.

   Tunami ballinna.

   The price is already low.

2. low in value, insignificant, minor, inferior
3. lesser, lowly, disgraced
4. poor, miserable

   Tuna memang tau toaku.

   My parents are indeed despicable.

5. cheap (in price)
6. modest, humble

   Tuna ri kana-kananna.

   He was humble in his words.

Adverb

tuna (Lontara spelling ᨈᨘᨊ or 𑻦𑻴𑻨)

1. Used in comparisons, to indicate something is lesser or equivalent in some respect.

Affixations

• attuna-tuna
• pakatuna
• tunài

Compounds

• tau tuna
• tuna gauʼ
• tuna kana-kana
• tuna lele

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[3], Brill, →DOI

Malay

FWOTD – 12 October 2020

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtuna/ [ˈt̪u.na]
• Rhymes: -una, -na, -a
• Hyphenation: tu‧na

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tuna (Jawi spelling تونا, plural tuna-tuna or tuna²)

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

   Synonym: ikan linang

   Hyponyms: belut tuna, tuna sungai, ular tuna

   • 2015 December 6, Shaiful Shahrin Ahmad Pauzi, “Rezeki lampam mabuk menyerah diri [Pixilated tinfoil barb surrendered itself]”, in Berita Harian‎^[4], 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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tuna.

Noun

tuna (Jawi spelling تونا, plural tuna-tuna or tuna²)

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit तुणति (tuṇati, “crooked”).

Noun

tuna (Jawi spelling تونا, plural tuna-tuna or tuna²)

1. (archaic) wound

Adjective

tuna (Jawi spelling تونا, comparative lebih tuna, superlative paling tuna)

1. (archaic) damaged, flawed, injured

Derived terms

Affixations

• ketunaan
• tertuna

Etymology 4

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

Prefix

tuna

1. Alternative form of tuna-

Derived terms

Affixations

• 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 Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tuna" at PRPM first version)

Māori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuna/ [ˈtʉnɐ]

Noun

tuna

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

Derived terms

• herehere-tuna
• pā tuna
• pepe tuna
• rama tuna
• tuna heke
• tuna hinahina
• tuna kaingārā
• tuna korokoro

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “tuna”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Mapoyo

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. 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;

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tuna n

1. definite plural of tun

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.nɑ/

Noun

tūna

1. genitive plural of tūn

Opón

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. 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

1. 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/

Noun

tuna

1. 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.)"

• 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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: tu‧na

Etymology 1

tuna

Borrowed from Spanish tuna (“singing group”).

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. (music, university slang) a college musical group, wearing traditional academic clothes

   Synonyms: tuna académica, estudantina

Related terms

• tuno

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuna

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

Further reading

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

Pukapukan

Etymology

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

Noun

tuna

1. a kind of fish
2. a striped lagoon eel, toothless and edible

Derived terms

• tuna taupulepule
• tuna wenua
• palu tuna

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Purukotó

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuná

1. water

References

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

Quechua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. prickly pear (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

Derived terms

• tunas mallki (“prickly pear cactus”)
• tunasqachu (“drunk”)

Further reading

• Pérez, Julio Calvo (2022) Nuevo diccionario español-quechua quechua-español, Vol. 2, Lima: University of San Martín de Porres, p. 1114.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Verb

a tuna (third-person singular present tună, past participle tunat, third-person subjunctive tune) 1st conjugation

1. to thunder
2. to speak thunderously

Conjugation

    conjugation of tuna (first conjugation, no infix)

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

• tunare

Related terms

• detuna
• tunet
• tun

See also

• fulgera
• trăsni

Samoan

Etymology

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

Noun

tuna

1. eel

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 288

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Taíno.

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

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

   Synonym: higo de tuna

2. 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)

2. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Tuna (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tuna f (plural tunas)

1. female equivalent of tuno

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuna

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

Swahili

Etymology 1

Verb

-tuna (infinitive kutuna)

1. to swell, inflate, bloat
2. to swell in anger

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tuna
Positive present -natuna Subjunctive -tune Negative -tuni Imperative singular tuna
Infinitives
Positive kutuna Negative kutotuna
Imperatives
Singular tuna Plural tuneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutuna Positive past positive subject concord + -lituna Negative past negative subject concord + -kutuna
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natuna) Singular Plural 1st person ninatuna/natuna tunatuna 2nd person unatuna mnatuna 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatuna wanatuna other classes positive subject concord + -natuna
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tuni) Singular Plural 1st person situni hatutuni 2nd person hutuni hamtuni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatuni hawatuni other classes negative subject concord + -tuni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatuna Negative future negative subject concord + -tatuna
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tune) Singular Plural 1st person nitune tutune 2nd person utune mtune 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atune watune other classes positive subject concord + -tune
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situne Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetuna Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetuna Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalituna Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalituna
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atuna) Singular Plural 1st person natuna twatuna 2nd person watuna mwatuna 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atuna watuna m-mi(III/IV) watuna yatuna ji-ma(V/VI) latuna yatuna ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatuna vyatuna n(IX/X) yatuna zatuna u(XI) watuna see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatuna pa(XVI) patuna mu(XVIII) mwatuna
Perfect positive subject concord + -metuna "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatuna "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatuna "If/When" positive subject concord + -kituna "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotuna Consecutive katuna / positive subject concord + -katuna Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katune
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nituna -tutuna 2nd person -kutuna -watuna/-kutuneni/-watuneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtuna -watuna m-mi(III/IV) -utuna -ituna ji-ma(V/VI) -lituna -yatuna ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kituna -vituna n(IX/X) -ituna -zituna u(XI) -utuna see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutuna pa(XVI) -patuna mu(XVIII) -mutuna Reflexive -jituna
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tuna- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tunaye -tunao m-mi(III/IV) -tunao -tunayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tunalo -tunayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tunacho -tunavyo n(IX/X) -tunayo -tunazo u(XI) -tunao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tunako pa(XVI) -tunapo mu(XVIII) -tunamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tuna) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetuna -otuna m-mi(III/IV) -otuna -yotuna ji-ma(V/VI) -lotuna -yotuna ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotuna -vyotuna n(IX/X) -yotuna -zotuna u(XI) -otuna see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotuna pa(XVI) -potuna mu(XVIII) -motuna
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Stative: -tunika

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuna

1. first-person plural present affirmative of -wa na

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈnaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧na

Adjective

tunâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ) (chiefly dialectal)

1. submerged; sunk

   Synonym: lubog

2. collapsed; destroyed

   Synonyms: giba, bagsak, lagpak, huso

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Phoenicianbor.

Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor.

Latin thunnusbor.

Arabic تُنّ (tunn)

Andalusian Arabicbor.

Old Spanish atun

Spanish atúnder.

United States Spanish tunabor.

English tunabor.

Tagalog tuna

Borrowed from English tuna, from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of the Spanish atún, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Doublet of atun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtuna/ [ˈt̪uː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: tu‧na

Noun

tuna (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ)

1. tuna

   Synonym: atun

See also

• tulingan

Further reading

• “tuna”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tuna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• unat

Tamanaku

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. 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

1. eel

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

Further reading

• Eithne Carlin, A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname (2004)

Wayana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. water

References

• Sergio Meira, Primeras observaciones sobre la lengua yukpa (2005) (mentions "wayana tuna he wai " in notes)

Wayumara

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuná

1. water

Alternative forms

• tuná

References

• The Central Caribs (1924)
• Vom Roraima zum Orinoco, volume 4
• Revista andina, volume 11 (1993), page 451

Yabarana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun

tuna

1. 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;

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	tuna
Brazilian standard	tuna
New Tribes	tuna

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuna]

Noun

tuna

1. water
2. river, watercourse

Derived terms

• tuna awono ökato
• tuna jedü

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “tuna”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[5], 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^[6], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021