tuni
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuni"
Central Dusun
Noun
tuni
Hausa
Pronunciation 1
Adverb
tùni
Pronunciation 2
Noun
tunī̀ m (possessed form tunìn)
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuni/
Noun
tuni
- plural of tuno
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tunь. Perhaps cognate with Polish tani.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.ɲi/
- Rhymes: -uɲi
- Syllabification: tu‧ni
Adjective
tuni (comparative tuńšy, superlative nejtuńšy, adverb tunjo)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||||
| nominative vocative |
tuni | tunje | tunja | tunjej | tunje | |||||
| genitive | tunjego tunjeg¹ |
tunjeje tunjej¹ |
tunjeju | tunich | ||||||
| dative | tunjemu tunjem¹ |
tunjej | tunima | tunim | ||||||
| accusative | tunjego tunjeg¹ |
tuni | tunje | tunju | tunjeju | tunjej | tunje, tunich | tunje | ||
| instrumental | tunim | tunjeju tunjej¹ |
tunima | tunimi | ||||||
| locative | tunjem tunim² |
tunjej | tunima | tunich | ||||||
¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tuni”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tuni”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tunʲ]
Verb
tuni
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tuna
Sicilian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuni/
- Hyphenation: tù‧ni
Pronoun
tuni
- alternative form of tu
Usage notes
- The suffix -ni is sometimes added to avoid leaving primary stress on the final syllable.
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
tuni class IX (plural tuni class X)
Uneapa
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Oceanic *tuni, a variant form of *toni (compare Gela tinoni which may reflect an infixed form in <in>).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuni/
Noun
tuni
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366