kona

== English == === Alternative forms === Kona === Etymology === From Hawaiian kona (“leeward side; southwest side”). === Noun === kona (plural konas) (Hawaii) southwester ==== Usage notes ==== Rarely used by itself in contemporary usage but common as the first element in compounds. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kona”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰoːna/ === Noun === kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur) woman wife ==== Declension ==== == Gilbertese == === Verb === kona can; to be able to == Hawaiian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈko.na/, [ˈko.nə] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *teona (third-person singular possessive O-class). Compare Māori tōna, Samoan lona. ==== Determiner ==== kona his, her, its third person singular possessive, o-type ===== Synonyms ===== ko ia ko ia ala ko ia nei ===== Related terms ===== ona nona ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Polynesian *toŋa (“southern trade wind”). Compare Māori tonga. ==== Noun ==== kona leeward side of an island, southwest due to Hawaiian tradewinds ===== Derived terms ===== → English: kona, Kona === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Polynesian *jona (“yaws”) (compare with Māori tona (“wart”), Tahitian tona (“wart, chancre”) and Tongan tona (“yaws”)). Sense may have gone obsolete with partial reduplication of konakona to differentiate with other senses above, see there for details. ==== Noun ==== kona (archaic) bump, wart ===== Derived terms ===== ʻilikona ===== Related terms ===== konakona === References === == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔna/ Rhymes: -ɔːna === Noun === kona f (genitive singular konu, nominative plural konur) a woman Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic) a wife Ég fór þangað með konunni minni. ― I went there with my wife. ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== karl eiginmaður maður stúlka barn ==== Derived terms ==== eiginkona hjúkrunarkona sundkona vinkona ==== Related terms ==== kven- kvendi kvæna ==== See also ==== dama, frú, fröken, jómfrú, kerling, maddama, ungfrú drós, svanni, víf == Japanese == === Romanization === kona Rōmaji transcription of こな == Lingala == === Verb === -kona (infinitive kokona) to sow == Malawi Lomwe == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gòna. === Verb === -kona (infinitive = okona) to sleep === References === Kalinde, Patrick, Ellomwe - English Vocabulary: Emihavani and Ekokholani dialects, 2018 == Matal == === Noun === kona son Kona aŋa Zəzagəla ― Son of God === References === == Ngombe (Congo) == === Noun === kona seed == Northern Ndebele == === Etymology === From Proto-Nguni [Term?]. === Pronoun === koná it; class 15 absolute pronoun. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === konen m sg === Pronunciation === === Noun === kona f sg definite feminine singular of kone == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === kona f sg definite singular of kone == Old Danish == === Alternative forms === konæ (Jutlandic) === Etymology === From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ. === Noun === kona f (genitive konu, plural konur) (Scania) woman, wife c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10. ==== Descendants ==== Danish: kone == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === kvenna, kvinna kuna === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). === Noun === kona f (genitive konu, plural konur) woman wife ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== karl m ==== Derived terms ==== Many of the derivatives use the genitive plural kvenna-, or the shorter kvenn-, which effectively forms an independent prefix pertaining to women or to womanhood. This is also the origin of the alternative form kvinna f, whence also some of its modern Scandinavian descendants. ==== Related terms ==== kván f, kvæn f ==== Descendants ==== Most of the modern Scandinavian languages today distinguish between variations derived from kona, meaning wife, and variations derived from kvinna, meaning woman. === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kona”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === kuna === Etymology === From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ. === Noun === kona f woman wife mistress, paramour ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: kona, kvinna == Phuthi == === Etymology === From Proto-Nguni [Term?]. === Pronoun === koná it; class 15 absolute pronoun. == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.na/ Rhymes: -ɔna Syllabification: ko‧na === Verb === kona third-person singular present of konać == Sambali == === Noun === konâ fish == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English corner. === Pronunciation === === Noun === kona class IX (plural kona class X) a corner (area in the angle between converging lines or walls) a bend or turn (soccer) a corner kick === References === kona at Nino Vessella's Swahili-English Dictionary == Swazi == === Etymology === From Proto-Nguni [Term?]. === Pronoun === koná it; class 15 absolute pronoun. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish kona, kuna (“woman, wife, concubine”) (genitive plural kvinna, kvænna), from Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Doublet of kvinna. Akin to English quean. === Noun === kona c (obsolete) woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kvinna ==== Derived terms ==== trollkona === Anagrams === Noak, kaon == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English corner. === Noun === kona corner == Xhosa == === Etymology === From Proto-Nguni [Term?]. === Pronoun === koná it; class 15 absolute pronoun.