If you are going to make up a language, wouldn't you think he'd avoid words
from his own language? I mean, does he really want us to associate
his hill with fish?
I did a search to try to figure out why he chose this word and came up nearly
empty:
In Polynesian mythology, Tuna is the god of eels who was
sentenced to be executed (by the Upolo) after trying to rape Sina (who had
grown him in a jar). He asked that his head be buried in the sand and from it,
the first coconut grew. He was Hina's lover.
Musician's saying: "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna
fish."
Both associations seems unlikely. Can anyone shed some
light on the etymology of
Túna?
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“I'd have to get a wash first, or he wouldn't know me.” – Sam, TT
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
that washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!
- Pippin, FotR
