Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tonhal (plural tonhalak)

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

Declension edit

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 edit

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