cunami

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sunamɪ]

Noun

cunami f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of tsunami

Further reading

• “cunami”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (“tsunami”), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sunɒmi]
• Hyphenation: cu‧na‧mi
• Rhymes: -mi

Noun

cunami (plural cunamik)

1. tsunami

   Synonym: szökőár

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	cunami	cunamik
accusative	cunamit	cunamikat
dative	cunaminak	cunamiknak
instrumental	cunamival	cunamikkal
causal-final	cunamiért	cunamikért
translative	cunamivá	cunamikká
terminative	cunamiig	cunamikig
essive-formal	cunamiként	cunamikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cunamiban	cunamikban
superessive	cunamin	cunamikon
adessive	cunaminál	cunamiknál
illative	cunamiba	cunamikba
sublative	cunamira	cunamikra
allative	cunamihoz	cunamikhoz
elative	cunamiból	cunamikból
delative	cunamiról	cunamikról
ablative	cunamitól	cunamiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	cunamié	cunamiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	cunamiéi	cunamikéi

Possessive forms of cunami

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cunamim	cunamijaim (or cunamiim)
2nd person sing.	cunamid	cunamijaid (or cunamiid)
3rd person sing.	cunamija	cunamijai (or cunamii)
1st person plural	cunamink	cunamijaink (or cunamiink)
2nd person plural	cunamitok	cunamijaitok (or cunamiitok)
3rd person plural	cunamijuk	cunamijaik (or cunamiik)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunamí), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sunǎːmi/
• Hyphenation: cu‧na‧mi

Noun

cunámi m (Cyrillic spelling цуна́ми)

1. tsunami

Declension

Declension of cunami

	singular	plural
nominative	cunami	cunamiji
genitive	cunamija	cunamija
dative	cunamiju	cunamijima
accusative	cunami	cunamije
vocative	cunamiju	cunamiji
locative	cunamiju	cunamijima
instrumental	cunamijem	cunamijima

Slovak

Alternative forms

• tsunami f or n

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (“tsunami”), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.na.mi/
• Hyphenation: cu‧na‧mi

Noun

cunami f or n

1. tsunami

Declension

Declension of cunami

	singular	plural
nominative	cunami	cunami
genitive	cunami	cunami
dative	cunami	cunami
accusative	cunami	cunami
locative	cunami	cunami
instrumental	cunami	cunami

Further reading

• “cunami”, 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