duna

== Bima == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa. === Noun === duna a kind of large eel == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈdu.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdu.na] === Noun === duna f (plural dunes) dune ==== Derived terms ==== dunar === Further reading === “duna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “duna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “duna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “duna”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈduna] === Noun === duna f dune Synonym: písečná duna f ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === danu Danu nuda == Fijian == === Alternative forms === tuna (West) === Etymology === From Proto-Central Pacific *tuna, from Proto-Oceanic *tuna, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa. Cognates include Rotuman funa and Western Fijian tuna. === Noun === duna eel (any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes) Hyponyms: badamu (mud eel), dararikai (moray eel), diria (clear-water eel), tautaubale (rock eel) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Fiji Hindi: nanduna === References === Gatty, Ronald (2009), “duna”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 80 == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduna/ [ˈd̪u.nɐ] Rhymes: -una Hyphenation: du‧na === Noun === duna f (plural dunas) dune === Further reading === “duna”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Garifuna == === Etymology === From Kalinago tuna, a loanword from Kari'na tuna (“water”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduna/ === Noun === duna water ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dunagei === References === Geneviève Escure, Armin Schwegler, Creoles, Contact, and Language Change (2004), →ISBN, page 46 == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dúː.nàː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dúː.nàː] === Noun === dūnā̀ m (possessed form dūnàn) very black person or thing == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʏːna/ Rhymes: -ʏːna === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse duna. ==== Noun ==== duna f (genitive singular dunu, nominative plural dunur) boom Synonyms: gnýr, druna, dynur, glymur ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== duna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dunaði, supine dunað) (intransitive) to boom Synonyms: dynja, drynja, glymja ===== Conjugation ===== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Dutch dūne, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), derived from the root *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdu.na/ Rhymes: -una Hyphenation: dù‧na === Noun === duna f (plural dune) dune === Further reading === duna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === nuda == Kashubian == === Alternative forms === dëna === Etymology === Borrowed from German Düne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdu.na/ Rhymes: -una Syllabification: du‧na === Noun === duna f dune Synonym: wëdma. === Further reading === Jan Trepczyk (1994), “wydma”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “wydma”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2] “duna”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === dunen m, dunet n === Noun === duna m or f or n definite feminine singular of dun == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === dunet === Noun === duna f or n definite feminine singular of dun == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === duna f (plural dunas) dune === Further reading === Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[3], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 252 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduː.nɑ/ === Noun === dūna nominative/accusative/genitive plural of dūn == Old Norse == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === duna (impersonal) to boom, roar ==== Conjugation ==== === Noun === duna f (genitive dunu) a rushing, thundering noise ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “duna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Papiamentu == === Etymology === From Spanish donar. === Verb === duna to give == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French dune, from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: du‧na === Noun === duna f (plural dunas) (geomorphology) dune (ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind) === References === === Further reading === “duna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Dutch duin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduna/ [ˈd̪u.na] Rhymes: -una Syllabification: du‧na === Noun === duna f (plural dunas) dune === Further reading === “duna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Zulu == === Verb === -duna? to hijack, to kidnap ==== Inflection ====