tunna

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse tunna or Middle Low German tunne, both from Medieval Latin tunna (“wine barrel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰʊnːa/ === Noun === tunna f (genitive singular tunnu, plural tunnur) ton (archaic, cubic measure) 8 skeppur Synonym: krambúðarmál (nautical) crow's nest ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse tunna or Middle Low German tunne, both from Medieval Latin tunna (“wine barrel”). === Noun === tunna f (genitive singular tunnu, nominative plural tunnur) barrel, cask, tun ==== Declension ==== == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish tunna (“cask”), from Latin tunna, itself of Celtic origin, in which case probably a doublet of tonn (“leather, hide”). Compare Icelandic tunna (“barrel”). === Noun === tunna m (genitive singular tunna, nominative plural tunnaí) tun ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tunna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tunna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language “tunna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Latin == === Alternative forms === tonna === Etymology === Probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *tondā, from Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface, skin”), though Matasovic doubts this, stating that the meanings are too different. Related with Old Irish tonn (“skin”, also “wineskin”). Cognate with English tun, Dutch ton, German Tonne. The Germanic word is usually considered a borrowing from the Latin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊn.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtun.na] === Noun === tunna f (genitive tunnae); first declension (Medieval Latin) tun, box ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: tuña ⇒ Asturian: atuñar Catalan: tona, tonya Old French: tonne French: tonne → English: tonne Old French: tonel → Asturian: tonel, tonelada → Galician: tonel, tonelada → Portuguese: tonel, tonelada → Spanish: tonel, tonelada → Proto-West Germanic: *tunnā, *tonnā, *tunnu (see there for further descendants) === References === "tunna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tunna f sg definite singular of tunne === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== tunne (e infinitive) ==== Verb ==== tunna (present tense tunnar, past tense tunna, past participle tunna, passive infinitive tunnast, present participle tunnande, imperative tunna/tunn) to swing (around something), rotate to fuss, fidget === References === “tunna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From tunn. ==== Adjective ==== tunna inflection of tunn: definite singular plural ==== Verb ==== tunna (present tunnar, preterite tunnade, supine tunnat, imperative tunna) to make or become thin or sparse, to disperse, to fade (used with prepositions ut, (rare) ur, (rare) av). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== tunna av tunna ut ==== Related terms ==== förtunna === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish tunna, from Old Norse tunna. Cognate with Old Saxon tunna, Old English tunne, Medieval Latin tunna, tonna. ==== Noun ==== tunna c a barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) a drum (of for example metal or plastic, with similar sense extension from barrel as in English) a barrel, an historic measure of dry volume, four-bushel measure ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== dunk fat pipa === References === “tunna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tunna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tunna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === unnat