tuni

See also: tuñi

Hausa

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /tù.ní/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̀.nɪ́]

Adverb

tùni

  1. long ago

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /tú.nìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ́.nìː]

Noun

tunī̀ m (possessed form tunìn)

  1. reminder

Ido

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuni/

Noun

tuni

  1. plural of tuno

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tunь. Perhaps cognate with Polish tani.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtunʲi/

Adjective

tuni (comparative tuńšy, superlative nejtuńšy, adverb tunjo)

  1. cheap
    Synonym: pśigódny
    Antonym: drogi

Declension
Declension of tuni
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative tuni tunja tunje tunjej tunje
Genitive tunjego tunjeje tunjego tunjeju tunich
Dative tunjemu tunjej tunjemu tunima tunim
Accusative tuni
tunjego (animate)		 tunju tunje tunjej
tunjeju (animate)		 tunje
tunjich (optional animate form)
Instrumental tunim tunjeju tunim tunima tunimi
Locative tunjem tunjej tunjem tunima tunich

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

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tuna

Sicilian

Etymology

tu +‎ -ni

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuni/
  • Hyphenation: tù‧ni

Pronoun

tuni

  1. Alternative form of tu

Usage notes
  • The suffix -ni is sometimes added to avoid leaving primary stress on the final syllable.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English tune.

Noun

tuni (n class, plural tuni)

  1. tune
    Synonym: lahani

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

  1. person

Further reading
  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366
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