-ona

-ona f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ones, masculine -ó)

1. forms diminutives or hypocoristic terms

   ‎Maria + ‎-ona → ‎Mariona

-ona

1. marks fractions

   ‎kvar (“four”) + ‎-ona → ‎kvarona (“quarter, fourth”)

   ‎du (“two”) + ‎-ona → ‎duona (“half”)

• Esperanto terms suffixed with -ono

From -o + -na.

-ona

1. (inflectional suffix) forms the lative case

• -ni (“forms genitive”)
• -na (“forms dative”)
• -chi (“forms instrumental”)
• -no (“forms locative”)

-ona f sg

1. female equivalent of -one

   ‎insalata (“salad”) + ‎-ona → ‎insalatona (“salad as main course”)

• -ano, ano, noa

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.na/, [ˈoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.na/, [ˈɔːnä]

-ōna f (genitive -ōnae); first declension

1. Used to form names or epithets of female deities

First-declension noun.

• -īna, -ōnia

• -onene

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːna/, /ˈɔna/

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• Rhymes: -uːna, -ɔna
• Hyphenation: -on‧a

-ona

1. definite plural form of -on

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nɐ/

-ona f sg

1. feminine of -ão
2. female equivalent of -ão
3. (organic chemistry) -one

• Macanese: -óna, -róna

-ona f (noun-forming suffix, plural -onas)

1. female equivalent of -ón
2. (organic chemistry) -one

• “-ón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28