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tuna

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Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈtjuː.nə/
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/ˈtjuː.nə/ · /ˈtʃuː.nə/ · /ˈtu.nə/ · /ˈtjuː.nə/(UK) · /ˈtjuːnə/ · /ˈtuːnə/ · /ˈtʉ.nɐ/ · /ˈtu.nə/(US) · /ˈtju.nə/(US)

Definition of tuna

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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).”
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noun

  1. (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).”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The edible flesh of the tuna.
  3. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
  4. The fruit of the cactus.
    “THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN”

name

  1. Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden.
  2. A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels.
    “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).”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic اَلْ (al-) Phoenicianbor. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor. Latin thunnusbor. Arabic تُنّ (tunn) Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish atun Spanish atúnder. United States Spanish tunabor. English…

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Etymology tree Arabic اَلْ (al-) Phoenicianbor. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor. Latin thunnusbor. Arabic تُنّ (tunn) Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-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.

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