tonya
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Japanese 問屋 (ton'ya).
=== Noun ===
tonya (plural tonya)
(historical) A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.
=== Anagrams ===
Ayton, atony, ayont
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin tunna. Doublet of tona.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈtu.ɲə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈto.ɲə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈto.ɲa]
=== Noun ===
tonya f (plural tonyes) (Valencia)
a type of sweet bun similar to a brioche
Synonyms: mona, fogassa, pa socarrat
(colloquial) violent blow, (slang) fiasco
=== Further reading ===
“tonya”, 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
== Kikuyu ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɔːɲa/
This o is pronounced long.
=== Verb ===
tonya (infinitive gũtonya)
to enter
==== Antonyms ====
kuuma
==== Derived terms ====
(Proverbs)
mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma
=== References ===
Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).