tona

See also: tóna, tonâ, Tóna, and toną

English

Noun

tona (plural tonas)

  1. Alternative form of tonal (“animal companion”).

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tona/, [t̪o̞.na]

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Occitan tona.

Noun

tona inan

  1. ton
Declension
Declension of tona (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive tona tona tonak
ergative tonak tonak tonek
dative tonari tonari tonei
genitive tonaren tonaren tonen
comitative tonarekin tonarekin tonekin
causative tonarengatik tonarengatik tonengatik
benefactive tonarentzat tonarentzat tonentzat
instrumental tonaz tonaz tonez
inessive tonatan tonan tonetan
locative tonatako tonako tonetako
allative tonatara tonara tonetara
terminative tonataraino tonaraino tonetaraino
directive tonatarantz tonarantz tonetarantz
destinative tonatarako tonarako tonetarako
ablative tonatatik tonatik tonetatik
partitive tonarik — —
prolative tonatzat — —
Derived terms
  • tonaka (“in great quantities”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

tona inan

  1. (chiefly Souletin) stain, spot
    Synonym: orban
Declension
Declension of tona (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive tona tona tonak
ergative tonak tonak tonek
dative tonari tonari tonei
genitive tonaren tonaren tonen
comitative tonarekin tonarekin tonekin
causative tonarengatik tonarengatik tonengatik
benefactive tonarentzat tonarentzat tonentzat
instrumental tonaz tonaz tonez
inessive tonatan tonan tonetan
locative tonatako tonako tonetako
allative tonatara tonara tonetara
terminative tonataraino tonaraino tonetaraino
directive tonatarantz tonarantz tonetarantz
destinative tonatarako tonarako tonetarako
ablative tonatatik tonatik tonetatik
partitive tonarik — —
prolative tonatzat — —
Derived terms
  • tonagabe (“immaculate”)
  • tonatu (“to stain”)

Further reading
  • "tona" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “tona” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin tunna. Doublet of tonya. Cognate with Portuguese, Galician, and Spanish tonel.

Pronunciation

Noun

tona f (plural tones)

  1. tun (cask with a capacity of more than 500 liters)
  2. ton, tonne

Derived terms

Further reading

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

tona

  1. (intransitive) to be sunny

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms
  • to̱na (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
  • tuna (Tetelcingo)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toːna/
  • IPA(key): /tuna/ (Tetelcingo)

Verb

tona

  1. (intransitive) To shine; be sunny.
  2. (intransitive) To be warm.

Derived terms

References
  • Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 19, 50, 242
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 245
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 240
  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 194, 261

Finnish

Pronoun

tona

  1. (colloquial) essive singular of toi

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From a local Celtic substrate language,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tonnā or *tondā (“skin”); from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”). Compare Portuguese tona and Old Irish tonn (“skin, surface”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtona̝/

Noun

tona f (plural tonas)

  1. film (solid or opaque layer on a liquid)
    • [1746-1755], Martín Sarmiento, Catálogo de voces y frases de la lengua gallega :
      tona. Es la tez o nata que cría cualquiera líquido.
      tona: it is the film or pelicule which is generated in any liquid
  2. rind (of a vegetable, of cheese)
    • 1840, Antonio María de la Iglesia, Poesía, page 39:
      non ten pelo na cachola qu'é de tona de cabazo
      he has no hair in his head, which is made of rind of pumpkin
  3. bark
    • [1390], J. Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 96
      chantarõ suas lanças ante as tẽdas, et en outro dia manãa acharõnas estar frolidas et cõ tona
      they nailed their spears in front of their tents, and the next morning they found them covered with bark and blooming
  4. surface or upper layer of the soil

Derived terms

References
  • “tona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “tona” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “tona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “tona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “tona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, retrieved 26 August 2015, page 242. – via De Gruyter.

Herero

Verb

tona

  1. to hit

Ibatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tona

  1. A kind of freshwater eel.

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tonen, plural of toon, from Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtona]
  • Hyphenation: to‧na

Noun

tona (first-person possessive tonaku, second-person possessive tonamu, third-person possessive tonanya)

  1. (linguistics) tone: the pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.

Alternative forms

Further reading

Italian

Verb

tona

  1. inflection of tonare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

tonā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of tonō

References

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tona f

  1. ton

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tona

  1. A species of very large nocturnal serpent.
    Synonym: dona
  2. (figuratively) An eel too large to be used as food because of its resemblance to a tona.

References
  • tona in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Occitan

Etymology

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Noun

tona f (plural tonas)

  1. ton

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

toná

  1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

toná

  1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonne.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Syllabification: to‧na

Noun

tona f

  1. tonne
  2. ton (2240 pounds)

Declension
Declension of tona
singular plural
nominative tona tony
genitive tony ton
dative tonie tonom
accusative tonę tony
instrumental toną tonami
locative tonie tonach
vocative tono tony

Derived terms
  • tonowy

Further reading
  • tona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tôna/
  • Hyphenation: to‧na

Noun

tȍna f (Cyrillic spelling то̏на)

  1. tonne
  2. ton (2240 pounds)

Declension
Declension of tona
singular plural
nominative tȍna tone
genitive tone tȏnā
dative toni tonama
accusative tonu tone
vocative tono tone
locative toni tonama
instrumental tonom tonama

Slovak

Etymology

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Noun

tona f

  1. ton

Inflection

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Slovene

Etymology

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Noun

tona f

  1. ton

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

toná

  1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

toná

  1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Verb

tona (present tonar, preterite tonade, supine tonat, imperative tona)

  1. (usually with fram (“forth”)) to slowly emerge (from notion of slowly shifting in tone)
    En pizza tonade fram ur dimman
    A pizza emerged ("toned forth") from the fog
  2. to tone, to tint (give a different shade of color)
    tona håret
    tone one's hair
  3. to sound (in tones)

Conjugation
Conjugation of tona (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tona tonas
Supine tonat tonats
Imperative tona —
Imper. plural1 tonen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tonar tonade tonas tonades
Ind. plural1 tona tonade tonas tonades
Subjunctive2 tone tonade tones tonades
Participles
Present participle tonande
Past participle tonad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

Tokelauan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈto.na/
  • Hyphenation: to‧na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *te-o-na. Cognates include Hawaiian kona and Samoan lona.

Determiner

tona

  1. (inalienable, definite) his, her
See also
Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1		 to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1		 o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1		 ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1		 a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1		 ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1		 ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1		 ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1		 ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tona-tona (“clitoris”). Cognates include Maori tonetone and Samoan tona.

Noun

tona

  1. (vulgar) anus

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 397

Tuvaluan

Noun

tona

  1. (anatomy) leg

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tona

  1. eel

Further reading
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