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Pronunciation

  • /ˈtotəna/, /ˈtotna/, /ˈtonna/[1]

Forms

totãna[1]

  • Other spellings: totãnã, totna, tonna, totuna, tutuna, totunã, tutunã, tutauna, tutãunã and tutdiunã in Wiktionary;[1] TÓTNA, TÓTUNA and totúnă, with tut-a-úna, in Papahagi's dictionary;[2][3] totuna or totna in Dalametra's Romanian-based spelling.[4]
  • Regional forms: totna, tótănă and tótuna in P. Papahagi's tales;[5] Capidan gives totîna (totăna) and tona from the same tales, and totuna as the most common form.[6]
  • Capidan cites totna for totuna as an example of the loss of unstressed vowels, which is much more advanced in the southern Aromanian varieties.[7]

Etymology

It is a compound from Aromanian tut (“all”) + unã (“one”), literally "all one (time)", as Papahagi explains it;[2] Wiktionary notes that all its forms contain the words for "all" and "one (time)", some also with di or a between them.[1] Papahagi compares the older Romanian totuna, and Wiktionary also totdeauna (“always”) and deunã (“always”).[2][1]

Semantic evolution

The adverb means always, all the time, every time, and without stopping.[8][2][5] Papahagi quotes tră tótna "for ever".[2]

Timeline

  • 1905 – totna “always, continually” in the glossary of P. Papahagi's tales.[5]
  • 1906 – totuna (totna) “always” in Dalametra's dictionary.[4]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. always, all the time.[8][2][1]
  2. Every time; without stopping, continually.[8][2][5]
  • Romanian totuna

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1042
  3. ^ Papahagi, Tache (1974), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd augmented ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. 1209
  4. ^ a b Dalametra, I. (1906), Dicționar macedo-român, București: Academia Română, p. 205
  5. ^ a b c d Papahagi, Pericle (1905), Basme aromâne și glosar, București: Academia Română, p. 716
  6. ^ Capidan, Theodor (1932), Aromânii: dialectul aromân. Studiu lingvistic, București: Academia Română (Academia Română, Studii și cercetări XX)
  7. ^ Capidan, Theodor (1931), Fărșeroții: studiu lingvistic asupra românilor din Albania, Dacoromania VI: 1–210
  8. ^ a b c Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net)