Wiktionary

tonn

See also: Tonn, tónn, tönn, and tǫnn

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German tonne or German Tonne. See also tünn, which is loaned from an alternative form of the Low German word.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tonn (genitive tonni, partitive tonni)

  1. ton, tonne
    See kamakas kaalub kaks tonni!
    This slab weighs two tonnes!
  2. (colloquial, of currency) thousand, grand
    Mul istub pangas viis tonni.
    I have five grand sitting in the bank.

Declension edit

Declension of tonn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tonn tonnid
accusative nom.
gen. tonni
genitive tonnide
partitive tonni tonne
tonnisid
illative tonni
tonnisse 		tonnidesse
tonnesse
inessive tonnis tonnides
tonnes
elative tonnist tonnidest
tonnest
allative tonnile tonnidele
tonnele
adessive tonnil tonnidel
tonnel
ablative tonnilt tonnidelt
tonnelt
translative tonniks tonnideks
tonneks
terminative tonnini tonnideni
essive tonnina tonnidena
abessive tonnita tonnideta
comitative tonniga tonnidega

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tonn f (genitive singular tannar, plural tenn)

  1. tooth

Declension edit

Declension of tonn
f15 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tonn tonnin tenn tenninar
accusative tonn tonnina tenn tenninar
dative tonn tonnini tonnum tonnunum
genitive tannar tannarinnar tanna tannanna

Related terms edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”), from Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tonn f (genitive singular toinne, nominative plural tonnta)

  1. wave
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.
      [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]

Declension edit

Declension of tonn

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tonn tonnta
Vocative a thonn a thonnta
Genitive toinne tonnta
Dative tonn
toinn (in certain phrases) 		tonnta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tonn na tonnta
Genitive na toinne na dtonnta
Dative leis an tonn

don tonn

leis na tonnta

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tonn thonn dtonn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 126, page 49

Further reading edit

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian tonno and/or Sicilian tunnu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tonn m (collective, singulative tonna, paucal tonniet)

  1. tuna

Related terms edit

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Noun edit

tonn f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. wave, billow

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tonn honn donn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun edit

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna or tonnene)

  1. a ton (usually a metric ton (1000 kg), but it can also refer to the British or American tons)
  2. a tonne (metric ton)
  3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun edit

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna)

  1. a ton (as above)
  2. a tonne (metric ton)
  3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse tǫnn.

Noun edit

tonn f (definite singular tonni, indefinite plural tenner, definite plural tennene)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tann

References edit

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Noun edit

tonn f

  1. wave
  2. outpouring
  3. sea
  4. abundance
  5. bog, swamp
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tonnL tuinnL tonnaH
Vocative tonnL tuinnL tonnaH
Accusative tuinnN tuinnL tonnaH
Genitive tuinneH tonnL tonnN
Dative tuinnL tonnaib tonnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants edit
  • Middle Irish: tonn

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface, skin”).

Noun edit

tonn f

  1. surface
  2. land, earth
  4. skin
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tonnL — —
Vocative tonnL — —
Accusative tuinnN — —
Genitive tuinneH — —
Dative tuinnL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tonn thonn tonn
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tonn m (genitive tuinn or tuinne, plural tuinn or tonnan)

  1. wave

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tonn thonn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Tatar edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

tonn

  1. ton (a unit of weight).
    26 meñ tonn = 26 thousand tons. [1]

Vilamovian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”).

Noun edit

tonn f (plural tonna)

  1. fir

Related terms edit

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