tonhal

Hungarian

Etymology

Partial calque of German Thunfisch (“tuna”), ton +‎ hal (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtonɦɒl]
• Hyphenation: ton‧hal
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

tonhal (plural tonhalak)

1. tuna (fish)
2. tuna (the edible flesh of the tuna)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tonhal	tonhalak
accusative	tonhalat	tonhalakat
dative	tonhalnak	tonhalaknak
instrumental	tonhallal	tonhalakkal
causal-final	tonhalért	tonhalakért
translative	tonhallá	tonhalakká
terminative	tonhalig	tonhalakig
essive-formal	tonhalként	tonhalakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tonhalban	tonhalakban
superessive	tonhalon	tonhalakon
adessive	tonhalnál	tonhalaknál
illative	tonhalba	tonhalakba
sublative	tonhalra	tonhalakra
allative	tonhalhoz	tonhalakhoz
elative	tonhalból	tonhalakból
delative	tonhalról	tonhalakról
ablative	tonhaltól	tonhalaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	tonhalé	tonhalaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tonhaléi	tonhalakéi

Possessive forms of tonhal

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tonhalam	tonhalaim
2nd person sing.	tonhalad	tonhalaid
3rd person sing.	tonhala	tonhalai
1st person plural	tonhalunk	tonhalaink
2nd person plural	tonhalatok	tonhalaitok
3rd person plural	tonhaluk	tonhalaik

Further reading

• tonhal in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.