# duna
## Bima
### Etymology

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

### Noun

duna
* a kind of large eel

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdu.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdu.na]

### Noun

duna f (plural dunes)
* dune

#### Derived terms

* dunar

### Further reading

* “duna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “duna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “duna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “duna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈduna]

### Noun

duna f
* dune
    Synonym: písečná duna f

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* danu
* Danu
* nuda

## Fijian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

duna
* eel

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduna/ [ˈd̪u.nɐ]
* Rhymes: -una
* Hyphenation: du‧na

### Noun

duna f (plural dunas)
* dune

### Further reading

* “duna”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Garifuna
### Etymology

From Kalinago tuna, a loanword from Kari'na tuna (“water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduna/

### Noun

duna
* water

#### Derived terms

* dunagei

### References

* Geneviève Escure, Armin Schwegler, Creoles, Contact, and Language Change (2004), →ISBN, page 46

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dúː.nàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [dúː.nàː]

### Noun

dūnā̀ m (possessed form dūnàn)
* very black person or thing

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʏːna/
* Rhymes: -ʏːna

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse duna.

#### Noun

duna f (genitive singular dunu, nominative plural dunur)
* boom
    Synonyms: gnýr, druna, dynur, glymur

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

duna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dunaði, supine dunað)
* (intransitive) to boom
    Synonyms: dynja, drynja, glymja

##### Conjugation
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch dūne, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), derived from the root *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdu.na/
* Rhymes: -una
* Hyphenation: dù‧na

### Noun

duna f (plural dune)
* dune

### Further reading

* duna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* nuda

## Kashubian
### Alternative forms

* dëna

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Düne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdu.na/
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: du‧na

### Noun

duna f
* dune
    Synonym: wëdma.

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wydma”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wydma”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “duna”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* dunen m, dunet n

### Noun

duna m or f or n
* definite feminine singular of dun

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* dunet

### Noun

duna f or n
* definite feminine singular of dun

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

duna f (plural dunas)
* dune

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 252.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Verb

duna
* (impersonal) to boom, roar
    Skrýmir hrýtr ok sefr svá fast at dunar í skóginum.Skrymir snores and sleeps so that it booms in the forest.

#### Conjugation
### Noun

duna f (genitive dunu)
* a rushing, thundering noise

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “duna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish donar.

### Verb

duna
* to give

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dune, from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdũ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdũ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdu.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdu.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: du‧na

### Noun

duna f (plural dunas)
* (geomorphology) dune (ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind)

### References

* ↑ “duna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “duna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Dutch duin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduna/ [ˈd̪u.na]
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: du‧na

### Noun

duna f (plural dunas)
* dune

### Further reading

* “duna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Zulu
### Verb

-duna$^?$
* to hijack, to kidnap