tuna en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtjuː.nə/
- /ˈtu.nə/ yod-dropping
- (US) audio
- to͞o'nə yod-dropping
- /ˈtʃuː.nə/ yod-coalescence
- tyo͞o'nə
- cho͞o'nə yod-coalescence
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
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:
- (countable, uncountable) The edible flesh of the tuna.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tuna | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tunas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Tunagate · tuna casserole · tuna crab · tunaburger · tuna taco · yellowfin tuna · tuna salad · dogtooth tuna · longfin tuna · tuna junkie · frigate tuna · tunacado · bullet tuna · tunagetti · leaping tuna · white tuna · ahi tuna · bigeye tuna · tuna melt · Allison tuna · yellowtail tuna · striped tuna · blackfin tuna · Tunalock · tuna noodle casserole · little tuna · mackerel tuna · bluefin tuna · great tuna · albacore tuna · tunaghetti · long-finned tuna · tunalike · park the beef bus in tuna town · skipjack tuna
Descendants
吞拿鱼 · ツナ · ທູນາ · tiwna · թունա · tuna · tuna · ทูน่า · تونة · טונה · 吞拿魚 · ធូណា
Synonyms
Translations (84)
gl túnido (fish) · de Thun (fish) · ko 참치 (fish) · ko 다랑어 (fish) · uk туне́ць (fish) · ja 鮪 (fish) · hu tonhal (flesh) · sv tonfisk (fish) · el τόνος (fish) · de Thunfisch (fish) · fr thon (fish) · tl tulingan (fish) · nl tonijn (fish) · km ធូណា (fish) · ko 참다랑어 (fish) · gl atún (fish) · tl atun (fish) · bg риба тон (fish) · ro ton (fish) · pt atum (fish) · hu tonhal (fish) · fi tonnikala (flesh) · fa ماهی تن (fish) · es atún (fish) · lij tónno (fish) · vi cá ngừ đại dương (fish) · rsk тунь (fish) · de Thunfisch (flesh) · ms tuna (fish) · hy թյունոս (fish) · is túnfiskur (fish) · nn tunfisk (fish) · nb tunfisk (flesh) · ryu トゥナ (flesh) · grc θύννος (fish) · mk туна (fish) · ar تُنّ (fish) · it tonno (fish) · ary طون (fish) · pl tuńczyk (flesh) · he טונה (fish) · az tunes (fish) · pl tuńczyk (fish) · tr orkinos (fish) · io atuno (fish) · lo ທູນາ (flesh) · tr ton balığı (fish) · mfe ton (fish) · cmn 金槍魚 /金枪鱼 (fish) · dsb tunowa ryba (fish) · sk tuniak (fish) · de Thun (flesh) · ga tuinnín (fish) · lt tunas (fish) · sl túna (fish) · ms aya (fish) · rsk тунєц (fish) · cs tuňák (fish) · sl tȗn (fish) · eo tinuso (fish) · fo tunfiskur (fish) · ja ツナ (fish) · tr ton (fish) · da tun (fish) · eu atun (fish) · la thunnus (fish) · lv tuncis (fish) · vo tonen (fish) · acw تونة (fish) · th ทูน่า (fish) · yi טונפֿיש (fish) · mt tonn (fish) · fi tonnikala (fish) · cy tiwna (fish) · nn tunfisk (flesh) · yue 吞拿魚 /吞拿鱼 (fish) · ka თინუსი (fish) · th โอ (fish) · ar تُونَة (fish) · fur ton (fish) · ca tonyina (fish) · rsk туна (fish) · ru туне́ц (fish) · nb tunfisk (fish)