Swordfish?
Plenty other languages keep the fish-part in the Tuna name, also
Not the same as there is no one calling a swordfish just sword.
Plenty other languages keep the fish-part in the Tuna name
Do they? Which ones?
Hungarian here. Probably it would sound weird without the 'fish' bit, since we call it 'tonhal' ('hal' meaning fish). I just can't imagine someone offering some tuna to me, asking 'Ton?'.
EDIT: However, in English, I call it tuna, not tuna fish.
Swordfish? Plenty other languages keep the fish-part in the Tuna name, also
Not the same as there is no one calling a swordfish just sword.
Do they? Which ones?
Hungarian here. Probably it would sound weird without the 'fish' bit, since we call it 'tonhal' ('hal' meaning fish). I just can't imagine someone offering some tuna to me, asking 'Ton?'.
EDIT: However, in English, I call it tuna, not tuna fish.
German for example
Danish/swedish/norwegian, tunfisk/tonfisk