tooni

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See also: tóoni

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tone), ultimately from Latin tonus.

Pronunciation

Noun

tooni

  1. (linguistics) tone
    Synonym: sävelkorko

Declension

Inflection of tooni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tooni toonit
genitive toonin toonien
partitive toonia tooneja
illative tooniin tooneihin
singular plural
nominative tooni toonit
accusative nom. tooni toonit
gen. toonin
genitive toonin toonien
partitive toonia tooneja
inessive toonissa tooneissa
elative toonista tooneista
illative tooniin tooneihin
adessive toonilla tooneilla
ablative toonilta tooneilta
allative toonille tooneille
essive toonina tooneina
translative tooniksi tooneiksi
abessive toonitta tooneitta
instructive — toonein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tooni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative toonini toonini
accusative nom. toonini toonini
gen. toonini
genitive toonini toonieni
partitive tooniani toonejani
inessive toonissani tooneissani
elative toonistani tooneistani
illative tooniini tooneihini
adessive toonillani tooneillani
ablative tooniltani tooneiltani
allative toonilleni tooneilleni
essive tooninani tooneinani
translative toonikseni tooneikseni
abessive toonittani tooneittani
instructive — —
comitative — tooneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative toonisi toonisi
accusative nom. toonisi toonisi
gen. toonisi
genitive toonisi tooniesi
partitive tooniasi toonejasi
inessive toonissasi tooneissasi
elative toonistasi tooneistasi
illative tooniisi tooneihisi
adessive toonillasi tooneillasi
ablative tooniltasi tooneiltasi
allative toonillesi tooneillesi
essive tooninasi tooneinasi
translative tooniksesi tooneiksesi
abessive toonittasi tooneittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tooneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative toonimme toonimme
accusative nom. toonimme toonimme
gen. toonimme
genitive toonimme tooniemme
partitive tooniamme toonejamme
inessive toonissamme tooneissamme
elative toonistamme tooneistamme
illative tooniimme tooneihimme
adessive toonillamme tooneillamme
ablative tooniltamme tooneiltamme
allative toonillemme tooneillemme
essive tooninamme tooneinamme
translative tooniksemme tooneiksemme
abessive toonittamme tooneittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tooneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tooninne tooninne
accusative nom. tooninne tooninne
gen. tooninne
genitive tooninne toonienne
partitive toonianne toonejanne
inessive toonissanne tooneissanne
elative toonistanne tooneistanne
illative tooniinne tooneihinne
adessive toonillanne tooneillanne
ablative tooniltanne tooneiltanne
allative toonillenne tooneillenne
essive tooninanne tooneinanne
translative tooniksenne tooneiksenne
abessive toonittanne tooneittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tooneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tooninsa tooninsa
accusative nom. tooninsa tooninsa
gen. tooninsa
genitive tooninsa tooniensa
partitive tooniaan
tooniansa 		toonejaan
toonejansa
inessive toonissaan
toonissansa 		tooneissaan
tooneissansa
elative toonistaan
toonistansa 		tooneistaan
tooneistansa
illative tooniinsa tooneihinsa
adessive toonillaan
toonillansa 		tooneillaan
tooneillansa
ablative tooniltaan
tooniltansa 		tooneiltaan
tooneiltansa
allative toonilleen
toonillensa 		tooneilleen
tooneillensa
essive tooninaan
tooninansa 		tooneinaan
tooneinansa
translative toonikseen
tooniksensa 		tooneikseen
tooneiksensa
abessive toonittaan
toonittansa 		tooneittaan
tooneittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tooneineen
tooneinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tooni
Brazilian standard tooni
New Tribes tooni
Ye'kwana numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: tooni, tawini

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably contracted from earlier tawini (a form still in use in Brazil), from Proto-Cariban *tôwinô (“one”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

tooni

  1. one

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “tooni”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 399: “[ṭo:ni] 'one' […] to:ni - one (thing)”
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “tōni”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Ye’kwana nonoodö: yawaadeejudinnha wenhä = Território Ye’kwana: a vida em Auaris‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Portuguese), São Paulo: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental, 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 67, 68, 98: “tawiini”
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