ton تن
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ton” (تن) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning tuna (especially canned).
Meanings
- tuna (especially canned)
Usage
Ton is the adapted loanword from French "thon". It is the usual word in Tunisia, where canned tuna is omnipresent in everyday cooking: kaskrout ton, slata tounsiya bel ton, brik bel ton, as well as in pasta and sandwiches. The word is used without an article when talking about the food, as an uncountable noun: "zid ton" (add some tuna). It is pronounced with a short o and a sometimes emphasized n. The standard equivalent tuna is rarely heard in conversation.
Example
زيدني شوية تن في الكسكروت
zidni chwaya ton fil kaskrout
“Add a little tuna to my sandwich.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ton” but also “tonn”, “thon” and “toun”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.