thunnus

See also: Thunnus

Latin

Alternative forms

• thynnus, tunnus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰun.nus/, [ˈt̪ʰʊnːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtun.nus/, [ˈt̪unːus]

Noun

thunnus m (genitive thunnī); second declension

1. tuna

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	thunnus	thunnī
genitive	thunnī	thunnōrum
dative	thunnō	thunnīs
accusative	thunnum	thunnōs
ablative	thunnō	thunnīs
vocative	thunne	thunnī

Derived terms

• *thunnina

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Middle French: thon
  • → English: tunny, thunny (archaic)
    • → Irish: tuinnín
  • French: thon
    • → Romanian: ton
    • → Turkish: ton
• Friulian: ton
• Italian: tonno
• Occitan: ton
• → Arabic: تُنّ (tunn)
  • → Portuguese: atum
  • → Spanish: atún
    • → English: tuna
      • → Arabic: تونة
      • → Welsh: tiwna
• → German: Thun, Thunfisch
• → Translingual: Thunnus

References

• “thunnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “thunnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thunnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.