gona
التعريفات والمعاني
== Basque ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin gunna, cognate to Italian gonna.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
gona inan
skirt
==== Declension ====
== Chichewa ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gòna.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡo.na/
=== Verb ===
-gona (infinitive kugóna)
to sleep
Synonym: -gumbala
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -gonera
Causative: -gonetsa
Reciprocal: -gonana
Reduplicative: -gonagona
Repetitive: -gonanso
Stative: -goneka
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from dialectal kona (“(derogatory) old horse or cow”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡonɑ/, [ˈɡo̞nɑ̝]
Rhymes: -onɑ
Syllabification(key): go‧na
Hyphenation(key): go‧na
=== Noun ===
gona
(military slang) A conscript who has served over 180 days in the (Finnish) Army.
==== Declension ====
==== Antonyms ====
(antonym(s) of “conscript having served over 180 days in the (Finnish) Army”): mortti, mosa, moku, mokkeli, morkula
==== Derived terms ====
verbs: gonahtaa
== Gullah ==
=== Alternative forms ===
'gona, gonnuh
=== Etymology ===
From Kongo ngone ("forest rat").
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡo.nə/, /ɡo.nʌ/
=== Noun ===
gona
rat
=== References ===
Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
== Hausa ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡóː.náː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷóː.náː]
=== Noun ===
gōnā f (plural gṑnàkī, possessed form gōnar̃)
farm
== Irish ==
=== Contraction ===
gona
contraction of go (“with, having”) + a (various meanings)
‘with his’ (triggers lenition)
‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis)
‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis
=== Noun ===
gona f sg
inflection of goin (“wound; stab, sting, hurt; bite”):
genitive singular
variant plural
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
(Lesser Poland):
(Przemyśl) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔ.na]
=== Noun ===
gona f
(Przemyśl) synonym of łuna
=== Further reading ===
Antoni Kalina, editor (1898), “gona”, in Lud. Organ Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego we Lwowie[1] (in Polish), volume 4, Lviv: Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, page 307
== Tumbuka ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gòna (“to sleep, to lie down - zone N”).
=== Verb ===
-gona (infinitive kugona)
to lie down
(by extension) to sleep
==== Derived terms ====
-goneka (“to lay down”)
-goneska (“to cause to sleep”)
-gona pasi (“to lie down”)
-gona tulo (“to be asleep”)
-gona citutu (“to sleep without fire in the hut”)
=== References ===
William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[2], Central Africana Limited, page 35
== Yao (Africa) ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gòna (“to sleep, to lie down”).
=== Verb ===
-gona (infinitive kugona)
to lie down
(by extension) to sleep
==== Derived terms ====
-gonana (“to have sex”)
=== References ===
Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya