TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tonna, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). Ton.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bheith bliain d’aois, troigh ar airde, slat ar fad, tonna meáchain, punt an chloch, to be a year old, a foot high, a yard long, a ton weight, a pound a stone.
~ unsa, tonna, quarter of an ounce, of a ton.
7. Rachadh cuid mhór acu ~ tonna, it would take a lot of them to make a ton.
~tar ina thonna é, let it be taken as a ton.
Tonna, ~ nó thairis, a ton, more or less.
Cloch, tonna, go leith, one and a half stone, tons.
Mheáigh sé tonna, it weighed a ton.
Thuairimigh sé go raibh tonna meáchain ann, he estimated that it weighed a ton.