kuna

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kúna/ку́на.

• Rhymes: -uːnə

kuna (plural kunas or kune)

1. The former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.

• Kuan, NKAU

• guna

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

kuna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

• 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)

kuna

1. to see

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kuna

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Inherited from Old Czech kuna, from Proto-Slavic *kuna.

• IPA^(key):

kuna f (relational adjective kunový)

1. marten
2. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

• “kuna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kuna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kuna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

kuna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

• 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)

From kun +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: kun‧a

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

1. joint; combined

Originally essive singular form of Proto-Finnic *ku.

kuna

1. because

   Ma ei lähe homme kooli, kuna ma pean linna minema.

   I won't go to school tomorrow, because I have to go to the city.

2. as, when, at the same time as

   Ema tõusis hommikul varakult, kuna pere jäi veel magama.

   Mother rose early, as the family was still sleeping.

• sest

kuna (not comparable)

1. (interrogative, colloquial) when

   Kuna me rahad siis saame?

   When will we get our money then?

• kunas
• millal

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunɑ/,
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ku‧na

From Serbo-Croatian kuna.

kuna

1. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

• “kuna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

kuna

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

• akun, naku

From Serbo-Croatian kuna.

kuna m or f (plural kunas)

1. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

• Used as a masculine and a feminine noun interchangably

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.na/,

kuna

1. a variety of freshwater eel

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kuna”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuna/
• Hyphenation: ku‧na

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦸꦤ (kuna).

kuna

1. Alternative spelling of kuno (“ancient”)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kúna/ку́на.

kuna (plural kuna-kuna)

1. kuna: the former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.

• “kuna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kuna f (plural kune)

1. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

kuna

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦤ

kuna

1. there

kuna

1. to plant
2. to sow

kuna

1. there

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

From Proto-Slavic *kuna.

• IPA^(key):

kuna f

1. marten

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kuna”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kuna”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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

• IPA^(key): /kuna/

kuna

1. dung, poo, excrement, shit

• 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.

kuna

1. crib; cradle

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

kuna

1. excrement, faeces, shit

• 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)

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

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

1. (numismatics) kuna

• “kuna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key):

kuna

1. excrement, dung
2. bowels

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

kuna

1. dung, poo, excrement, shit

kuna

1. (intransitive) to defecate

• kunakirra

• 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 Wikipedia has an article on:

kuna

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• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: ku‧na
• Homophone: Kuna

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuna.

kuna f (related adjective kuni)

1. marten (any mustelid of the genus Martes)
2. leather marten skin
3. (historical) jougs (chained iron collar)

   Synonym: kunica

4. (Kuyavia) certain part of a wagon
5. (Kuyavia) iron hoop at a church door to which criminals are attached
6. (Near Masovian) hoop in which the trunnion of a barn's tower rotates

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kuna.

kuna f

1. (historical) kuna (former currency of Croatia)

Clipping of kurwa.

kuna

1. (minced oath) moderately vulgar swearword

• kuna I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kuna II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kuna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kuna in PWN's encyclopedia
• Józef Bliziński (1860) “kuna”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 624
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kuna”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 272
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “kuna”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364

kuna m or f (plural kunas)

1. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

kune

Wikipedia ^sh

• kn (abbreviation, currency)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuna.

• IPA^(key): /kǔːna/
• Hyphenation: ku‧na

kúna f (Cyrillic spelling ку́на)

1. marten
2. kuna (former currency of Croatia, until 2023)

• “kuna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

kuna

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuna.

• IPA^(key):

kuna f (relational adjective kuní)

1. marten
2. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

• “kuna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

kuna

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuna.

• IPA^(key): /kùːna/

kúna f

1. marten
2. kuna (former currency of Croatia)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• “kuna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuna/
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: ku‧na

kuna f (plural kunas)

1. kuna

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-kuna (infinitive kukuna)

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

kuna

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kūnà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuna/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: ku‧na
• Syllabification: ku‧na

kuna f

1. (zoology) marten

• “kuna” in Soblex

Akin to Karelian kunne.

kuna

1. to where, whither (interrogative)

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

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

kuna

1. excrement, dung

• 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)

From kù +‎ ọ̀nà (“path”).

• IPA^(key): /kù.nã̀/

kùnà

1. (transitive, intransitive) to miss (the way or mark), to go in the wrong direction

   Synonym: ṣìnà

2. (intransitive) to fail (in one's attempt)

• ìkùnà (“failure, the act of missing”)
• akùnà (“a failure”)

• àìyege (“lack of success”)

From Proto-Cariban *tuna.

kuna

1. water

• 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)