sunami

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /suːˈnɑːmi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

sunami (plural sunamis or sunami)

1. Nonstandard spelling of tsunami.

Anagrams

• animus, Anusim, aumins, Musina, Usmani, Sumain, amusin', A minus, munias

Spanish

Noun

sunami m (plural sunamis)

1. alternative spelling of tsunami

Further reading

• “sunami”, 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

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 (tsunami).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sù.ná.mì/

Noun

sùnámì

1. tsunami
   • 2008, “Àjálù Ṣẹlẹ̀ ní Erékùṣù Solomon Islands”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower‎:

     Mo kíyè sí i pé bí òkun ṣe ń bì yìí ò dáa. Ó dájú pé àjálù sùnámì ló ń bọ̀ yìí.

     I noticed that the sea was moving abnormally. A tsunami was clearly on its way.