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tunney

/tˈʌni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
tun-ney
IPA
/tˈʌni/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tonnaigh (“descendant of Tonnach”), a personal name derived from tonn (“wave, billow”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Tunneys (plural)

Rhymes With

money funny honey sunny bunny sonny runny gunny tunny lunny bunney lunney

Questions

How do you pronounce tunney?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈʌni/.
What does tunney mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does tunney come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce tunney

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