different between kuna vs guna

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian ????.

Noun

kuna (plural kunas)

1. the currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa

Translations

Anagrams

• Kuan, NKAU

Baagandji

Alternative forms

• guna

Etymology

From Proto-Karnic *kuna, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Noun

kuna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

References

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004; edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Kochl published in Amsterdam and Philadelphia by the John Benjamins Publishing Company)

Chuukese

Verb

kuna

1. to see

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kuna]

Noun

kuna f

1. marten
2. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Declension

Dieri

Etymology

From Proto-Karnic *kuna, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Noun

kuna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)

Esperanto

Etymology

From kun +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuna/
• Hyphenation: kun?a
• Rhymes: -una

Adjective

kuna (accusative singular kunan, plural kunaj, accusative plural kunajn)

1. joint; combined

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from kui.

Conjunction

kuna

1. because

2. as, when, at the same time as

Synonyms

• sest

Adverb

kuna

1. (interrogative, colloquial) when

Synonyms

• kunas
• millal

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kun?/, [?kun?]
• Rhymes: -un?
• Syllabification: ku?na

Etymology 1

Pronoun

kuna

1. (interrogative, archaic) Essive singular form of kuka.
2. (indefinite, archaic) Essive singular form of kuka.

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian kuna.

Noun

kuna

1. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Declension

Anagrams

• akun, naku

French

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian kuna.

Noun

kuna m or f (plural kunas)

1. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Usage notes

• Used as a masculine and a feminine noun interchangably

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.na/, [?kun?]

Noun

kuna

1. A variety of freshwater eel.

References

• “kuna” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese kuna (???).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuna/
• Hyphenation: ku?na

Adjective

kuna

1. Alternative spelling of kuno (“ancient”)

Italian

Noun

kuna f (plural kune)

1. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Lingala

Adverb

kuna

1. there

References

• “kuna” in Ekolongonelo ya Lingala: an introductory course, page 25

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kuna]

Noun

kuna f

1. marten

Declension

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *kuna, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuna/

Noun

kuna

1. dung, poo, excrement, shit

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Masbatenyo

Noun

kuna

1. crib; cradle

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *guna?, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Noun

kuna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian kúna, ????? (“marten”).

Noun

kuna m (definite singular kunaen, indefinite plural kunaar or kunaer, definite plural kunaane or kunaene)

1. (numismatics) kuna

References

• “kuna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?n?]

Noun

kuna

1. excrement, dung
2. bowels

Derived terms

Pitta-Pitta

Etymology

From Proto-Karnic *kuna, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Noun

kuna

1. dung, poo, excrement, shit

Verb

kuna

1. (intransitive) to defecate

Derived terms

• kunakirra

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.na/

Noun

kuna f

1. marten (mustelid of the genus Martes)
2. kuna (currency of Croatia)
3. (historical) jougs (chained iron collar)

   Synonym: kunica

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) kuni

Further reading

• kuna in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kuna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

kuna m or f (in variation) (plural kunas)

1. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kn (abbreviation, currency)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??na/
• Hyphenation: ku?na

Noun

kúna f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. marten
2. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Declension

References

• “kuna” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuna/

Noun

kuna f (genitive singular kuny, nominative plural kuny, genitive plural kún, declension pattern of žena)

1. marten
2. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Declension

Further reading

• kuna in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kù?na/

Noun

kúna f

1. marten
2. kuna (currency of Croatia)

Inflection

Further reading

• “kuna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuna/, [?ku.na]

Noun

kuna f (plural kunas)

1. kuna

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kuna (infinitive kukuna)

1. to scrape, scratch
2. to grate, shred

Conjugation

Verb

kuna

1. inflection of -wa na:
   1. ku class subject inflected present affirmative
   2. ku locative class subject inflected present affirmative
      1. (in a distant or indefinite location): there is/are

Related terms

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

Noun

kuna f

1. marten

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Akin to Karelian kunne.

Adverb

kuna

1. to where, whither (interrogative)

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Warlpiri

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *kuna , from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Noun

kuna

1. excrement, dung

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)

Yukpa

Noun

kuna

1. water

References

• Sergio Meira, Primeras observaciones sobre la lengua yukpa (2005) (as kuna)
• The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken) (as kúna)

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (gu?á, “quality”).

Noun

guna (plural gunas)

1. (Sanskrit linguistics) A lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element.
2. In Hindu philosophy, any of the three fundamental operating principles or tendencies of prak?ti (universal nature): sattva, rajas, and tamas.

Anagrams

• ANUG, Aung, Guan, UNGA, guan, guan-

Bikol Central

Noun

gunâ

1. hen

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gu?na

Noun

guna

1. a type of bolo knife, shorter and smaller than a sundang and with a blunt point, primarily used for weeding, digging and loosening the soil around plants

Verb

guna

1. to weed, dig or loosen the soil using a guna

Chinese

Etymology

From pinyin transcription of the phrase ?? (g?n a, “go away, go to hell”).

Interjection

guna

1. (Mandarin, Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic) go away; get lost; GTFO

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *gunang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?una/

Noun

guna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Hausa

Noun

gun?? f (plural gun?n?, possessed form gunàr?)

1. tsamma (a bitter melon, Citrullus lanatus)
2. An epithet for someone who is not as strong as expected.
3. (colloquial) A girl who is physically mature with developed breasts.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay guna (“usage”), from Classical Malay guna, from Sanskrit ??? (gu?a, “use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?una/
• Hyphenation: gu?na

Noun

guna (first-person possessive gunaku, second-person possessive gunamu, third-person possessive gunanya)

1. benefit
2. purpose, function
3. goodness

Synonyms

• (benefit): faedah, manfaat, maslahat
• (function): fungsi
• (goodness): budi baik, kebaikan

Derived terms

Preposition

guna

1. for

Synonyms

• bagi
• untuk

Further reading

• “guna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kriol

Noun

guna

1. feces
2. anus

Verb

guna

1. to defecate

Lindu

Noun

guna

1. use; purpose

Portuguese

Etymology

From English goon.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??u.n?/
• Hyphenation: gu?na

Noun

guna m, f (plural gunas)

1. (Portugal, slang) a street thug, sometimes associated with the practice of robberies committed as a gang action

References

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian ????? (gonâh).

Noun

guna ?

1. sin