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English
Pronunciation
Noun
sunami (plural sunamis or sunami)
- Nonstandard spelling of tsunami.
Anagrams
Spanish
Noun
sunami m (plural sunamis)
- Alternative spelling of tsunami
Further reading
Yoruba
Etymology
Borrowed from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 (tsunami).
Pronunciation
Noun
sùnámì
- tsunami
2008, “Àjálù Ṣẹlẹ̀ ní Erékùṣù Solomon Islands”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower:Mo kíyè sí i pé bí òkun ṣe ń bì yìí ò dáa. Ó dájú pé àjálù sùnámì ló ń bọ̀ yìí.- I noticed that the sea was moving abnormally. A tsunami was clearly on its way.