duna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "duna"

Bima

Etymology

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

Noun

duna

1. a kind of large eel

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdu.na]

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Noun

duna f (plural dunes)

1. 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, 2025
• “duna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “duna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduna]

Noun

duna f

1. dune

   Synonym: písečná duna f

Declension

Declension of duna (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	duna	duny
genitive	duny	dun
dative	duně	dunám
accusative	dunu	duny
vocative	duno	duny
locative	duně	dunách
instrumental	dunou	dunami

Anagrams

• danu
• Danu
• nuda

Fijian

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Etymology

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

Noun

duna

1. eel

Descendants

• → Fiji Hindi: nanduna

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “duna”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 80

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduna/ [ˈd̪u.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: du‧na

Noun

duna f (plural dunas)

1. dune

Further reading

• “duna”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Garifuna

Etymology

From Kalinago tuna, a loanword from Kari'na tuna (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduna/

Noun

duna

1. water

Inflection

Possessives of duna

	singular		plural
first	nidunari		wadunari
second	bidunari		hidunari
third	masculine	feminine	hadunari
	lidunari	tidunari

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)

1. 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)

1. boom

   Synonyms: gnýr, druna, dynur, glymur

Declension

Declension of duna (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	duna	dunan	dunur	dunurnar
accusative	dunu	dununa	dunur	dunurnar
dative	dunu	dununni	dunum	dununum
genitive	dunu	dununnar	duna	dunanna

Etymology 2

Verb

duna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dunaði, supine dunað)

1. (intransitive) to boom

   Synonyms: dynja, drynja, glymja

Conjugation

duna – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að duna
supine sagnbót		dunað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		dunandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	duna	dunaði		duni	dunaði
	þú	dunar	dunaðir		dunir	dunaðir
	hann, hún, það	dunar	dunaði		duni	dunaði
plural	við	dunum	dunuðum		dunum	dunuðum
	þið	dunið	dunuðuð		dunið	dunuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	duna	dunuðu		duni	dunuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	duna (þú), dunaðu
plural	þið	dunið (þið), duniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

dunast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að dunast
supine sagnbót		dunast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		dunandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	dunast	dunaðist		dunist	dunaðist
	þú	dunast	dunaðist		dunist	dunaðist
	hann, hún, það	dunast	dunaðist		dunist	dunaðist
plural	við	dunumst	dunuðumst		dunumst	dunuðumst
	þið	dunist	dunuðust		dunist	dunuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	dunast	dunuðust		dunist	dunuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	dunast (þú), dunastu
plural	þið	dunist (þið), dunisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

dunaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	dunaður	dunuð	dunað	dunaðir	dunaðar	dunuð
accusative (þolfall)	dunaðan	dunaða	dunað	dunaða	dunaðar	dunuð
dative (þágufall)	dunuðum	dunaðri	dunuðu	dunuðum	dunuðum	dunuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	dunaðs	dunaðrar	dunaðs	dunaðra	dunaðra	dunaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	dunaði	dunaða	dunaða	dunuðu	dunuðu	dunuðu
accusative (þolfall)	dunaða	dunuðu	dunaða	dunuðu	dunuðu	dunuðu
dative (þágufall)	dunaða	dunuðu	dunaða	dunuðu	dunuðu	dunuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	dunaða	dunuðu	dunaða	dunuðu	dunuðu	dunuðu

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)

1. 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

1. 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
• “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

1. definite feminine singular of dun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• dunet

Noun

duna f or n

1. definite feminine singular of dun

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

duna f (plural dunas)

1. dune

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 252

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.nɑ/

Noun

dūna

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of dūn

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

duna

1. (impersonal) to boom, roar

   Skrýmir hrýtr ok sefr svá fast at dunar í skóginum.

   Skrymir snores and sleeps so that it booms in the forest.

Conjugation

Conjugation of duna — impersonal, active (weak class 2)

infinitive	duna
past participle	dunaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
3rd-person singular	dunar	dunaði		duni	dunaði

Noun

duna f (genitive dunu)

1. a rushing, thundering noise

Declension

Declension of duna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	duna	dunan	dunur	dunurnar
accusative	dunu	dununa	dunur	dunurnar
dative	dunu	dununni	dunum	dununum
genitive	dunu	dununnar	duna	dunanna

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

1. to give