See also: túuna

Waiwai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

Noun edit

tuuna

  1. water
    • 1998, Handbook of Amazonian Languages, volume 4, edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum:
      tuuna kwaw nas oponon
      my clothes are in the water
      tuuna ka kmoko
      I came to get water

Derived terms edit

  • tuuna ymo (ocean, literally big water)