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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|thunny||archaic}}

===Etymology===
From {{af|en|thon|-y|lang1=frm}}, from {{der|en|pro|ton}}, from {{der|en|la|thunnus}}, from {{der|en|grc|θύννος}}, + {{af|en|-y}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/tʌni/}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|tunny|tunnies}}

# {{lb|en|dated}} {{synonym of|en|tuna}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2021| title=Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom |author=Edward Stratemeyer | page=| passage=You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the '''tunny''' fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the  astronesthes and myctophids-- }}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|little tunny}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ga|tuinnín|bor=1}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=nntuy|nunty}}

{{C|en|Scombroids}}