different between kunai vs kuna

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese ?? (???, kunai).

Noun

kunai (plural kunai)

1. A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai.

Related terms

• shuriken

Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kunai (uncountable)

1. A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.

Anagrams

• nikau

Japanese

Romanization

kunai

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Thao

Noun

kunai

1. wild pigeon

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)