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tona.

skin, thin peel, outer part of something

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtõ.nɐ/Brazil/ˈto.nɐ/Portugal
  1. skin, thin peel, outer part of something

    feminine
  2. sapwood

    feminine
  3. film (thin layer of something)

    feminine
  4. a large stopper, similar to a bung

    feminine
  5. surface of the water

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tona, from a local Celtic substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *tonnā (“surface, skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”). Cognate with Galician tona.

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