# tonn
## Estonian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtonʲː/

### Noun

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

#### Declension
## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰɔnː/

### Noun

tonn f (genitive singular tannar, plural tenn)
* tooth

#### Related terms

* tannsteinur
* sagtonn, sagartonn

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /t̪ˠɑun̪ˠ/
* (Aran, Mayo) IPA: /t̪ˠɔn̪ˠ/
* (Cois Fharraige, Connemara) IPA: /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /t̪ˠʌn̪ˠ/

### Noun

tonn f (genitive singular toinne, nominative plural tonnta)
* 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

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

* fuaimthonn
* maidhm thoinne
* síneastonn
* tonn tuile

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tonno and/or Sicilian tunnu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔnn/

### Noun

tonn m (collective, singulative tonna, paucal tonniet)
* tuna

#### Related terms

* tonnina
* tunnaċċ
* tunnara
* tunnaretta

## Manx
### Etymology

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

### Noun

tonn f (genitive singular [please provide], plural tonnyn)
* wave, billow

#### Derived terms

* tonnagh

### Mutation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ton.

### Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna or tonnene)
* a ton (usually a metric ton (1000 kg), but it can also refer to the British or American tons)
* a tonne (metric ton)
* (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

#### Derived terms

* gigatonn

### References

* “tonn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ton.

#### Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna)
* a ton (as above)
* a tonne (metric ton)
* (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

##### Derived terms

* gigatonn

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse tǫnn.

#### Noun

tonn f (definite singular tonni, indefinite plural tenner, definite plural tennene)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of tann

### References

* “tonn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* tond

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ton͈]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

#### Noun

tonn f
* wave
* outpouring
* sea
* abundance
* bog, swamp

##### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | tonn$^L$ | tuinn$^L$ | tonna$^H$ |
| Vocative | tonn$^L$ | tuinn$^L$ | tonna$^H$ |
| Accusative | tuinn$^N$ | tuinn$^L$ | tonna$^H$ |
| Genitive | tuinne$^H$ | tonn$^L$ | tonn$^N$ |
| Dative | tuinn$^L$ | tonnaib | tonnaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: tonn
** Irish: tonn
** Manx: tonn
** Scottish Gaelic: tonn

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

tonn f
* surface
* land, earth
* skin

##### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | tonn$^L$ | — | — |
| Vocative | tonn$^L$ | — | — |
| Accusative | tuinn$^N$ | — | — |
| Genitive | tuinne$^H$ | — | — |
| Dative | tuinn$^L$ | — | — |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪ʰɔun̪ˠ/

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* àmhainn meanbh-thonnach
* cumhachd nan tonn

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Tatar
### Alternative forms

* tonna

### Noun

tonn
* ton (unit of weight)
    26 meñ tonn = 26 thousand tons.

## Vilamovian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

tonn f (plural tonna)
* fir

#### Related terms

* tenna