tonu

See also: Tõnu and tố nữ

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tonu/, [t̪o̞.nu]

Noun

tonu inan

1. tone
2. (music) tone

   Tonu bat re ta miren artean dago. ― There's a tone between D and E.

Declension

Declension of tonu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tonu	tonua	tonuak
ergative	tonuk	tonuak	tonuek
dative	tonuri	tonuari	tonuei
genitive	tonuren	tonuaren	tonuen
comitative	tonurekin	tonuarekin	tonuekin
causative	tonurengatik	tonuarengatik	tonuengatik
benefactive	tonurentzat	tonuarentzat	tonuentzat
instrumental	tonuz	tonuaz	tonuez
inessive	tonutan	tonuan	tonuetan
locative	tonutako	tonuko	tonuetako
allative	tonutara	tonura	tonuetara
terminative	tonutaraino	tonuraino	tonuetaraino
directive	tonutarantz	tonurantz	tonuetarantz
destinative	tonutarako	tonurako	tonuetarako
ablative	tonutatik	tonutik	tonuetatik
partitive	tonurik	—	—
prolative	tonutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• tonuerdi (“semitone”)

Further reading

• “tonu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “tonu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005