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tuntu

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Finnish

Etymology

tuntea + -u

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuntu/, [ˈt̪un̪t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -untu
  • Syllabification(key): tun‧tu
  • Hyphenation(key): tun‧tu

Noun

tuntu

  1. feel, feeling, sensation
  2. texture

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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Hausa

Alternative forms

  • تُنْتُو (Ajami)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tún.túː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ́n.túː]

Noun

tuntū m (plural tuntā̀yē, possessed form tuntun)

  1. A tassel or knob on top of a cap or gown.

Ingrian

Etymology

From tuntaa (to feel) + -u. Akin to Finnish tuntu.

Pronunciation

Noun

tuntu

  1. feeling
    • 2009, Inkeri, volume 1, number 71, St. Petersburg, page 9:
      Se männö meien silmin iess, tuntu, vaikko ei koko aik sitä ikäyksi saa arvo, kel olla ižorin juured.
      It went before our eyes, the feeling, even if not everyone understands this all the time, who have Izhorian roots.

Declension

More information Declension of (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation), singular ...
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Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *tuntu, from Proto-Eskimo *tuŋtu. Compare Greenlandic tuttu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtun.tu/, [ˈtuntu]
  • Hyphenation: tun‧tu

Noun

tuntu

  1. caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

More information singular, dual ...

Derived terms

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012), “tuntu”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN

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