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tona.

film (solid or opaque layer on a liquid)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtonɐ/
  1. film (solid or opaque layer on a liquid)

    feminine
  2. rind (of a vegetable, of cheese)

    feminine
  3. bark

    feminine
  4. surface or upper layer of the soil

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese tona (attested since the 14th century in Galician texts). From a local Celtic substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *tonnā or *tondā (“skin”); from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”). Compare Portuguese tona and Old Irish tonn (“skin, surface”).

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