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kona

See also: kôna, kōnā, and Kona

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

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Noun

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kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur)

  1. woman
  2. wife

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kona konan konur konurnar
accusative konu konuna konur konurnar
dative konu konuni konum konunum
genitive konu konunnar kona konanna

Gilbertese

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Verb

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kona

  1. can; to be able to

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈko.na/, [ˈko.nə]

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

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kona

  1. his, her, its third person singular possessive, o-type
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Hawaiian possessive pronouns
The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions.
singular dual plural
1st person koʻu, kaʻu
kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type) 		ko māua, kā māua (exclusive)
ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive) 		ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive)
ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive)
2nd person kou, kāu
kō (affectionate, o- and a-type) 		ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
3rd person kona, kāna ko lāua, kā lāua ko lākou, kā lākou

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Maori tonga.

Noun

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kona

  1. leeward side of an island, southwest due to Hawaiian tradewinds

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Polynesian *jona (“yaws”) (compare with Maori tona (“wart”), Tahitian tona (“wart, chancre”) and Tongan tona (“yaws”)).[1][2][3] Sense may have gone obsolete with partial reduplication of konakona to differentiate with other senses above, see there for details.

Noun

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kona

  1. (archaic) bump, wart
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References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kona”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 165
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tona.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 350

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔːna/, [ˈkʰoɔ̯ːnä]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːna, -a

Noun

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kona f (genitive singular konu, nominative plural konur)

  1. a woman
    • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
      Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
      A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
  2. a wife
    Ég fór þangað með konunni minni. ― I went there with my wife.

Declension

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Declension of kona (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kona konan konur konurnar
accusative konu konuna konur konurnar
dative konu konunni konum konunum
genitive konu konunnar kvenna kvennanna

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Japanese

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Romanization

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kona

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こな

Matal

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Noun

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kona

  1. son
    Masla uwanay, la uwana Kona gulo uwana gi gəkə̀sànì.(Luka 9:35)[1]
    This one, He is my Son that I have chosen (Luke 9:35)
    Kona aŋa Zəzagəla ― Son of God

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  1. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/9

Northern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

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koná

  1. it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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kona f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of kone

Norwegian Nynorsk

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kona f sg

  1. definite singular of kone

Old Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.

Noun

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kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)

  1. (Scania) woman, wife
    • c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10.
      Sæl bondæn sina eghna iorth bort tha ær konan ey skyld […]
      If the man sells off his land, then the wife is not obligated to […]

Descendants

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  • Danish: kone

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Noun

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kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

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  Declension of kona (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kona konan konur konurnar
accusative konu konuna konur konurnar
dative konu konunni konum konunum
genitive konu konunnar kvenna kvennanna
Note the form kvenna in genitive plural.

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Derived terms

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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.

Old Norse terms prefixed with kvenn-
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Descendants

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Most of the modern Scandinavian languages today distinguish between variations derived from kona, meaning wife, and variations derived from kvinna, meaning woman.

References

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  • “kona”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.

Noun

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kona f

  1. woman
  2. wife
  3. mistress, paramour

Declension

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Declension of kona (on-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kona konan konu(r), -o(r) konuna(r), -ona(r)
accusative konu, -o konuna, -ona konu(r), -o(r) konuna(r), -ona(r)
dative konu, -o konunni, -onne konum, -om konumin, -omen
genitive konu, -o konunna(r), -onna(r) kvinna kvinnanna

Descendants

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Phuthi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

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koná

  1. it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

Polish

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Verb

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kona

  1. third-person singular present of konać

Sambali

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Noun

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konâ

  1. fish

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English corner.

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Noun

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kona (n class, plural kona)

  1. a corner (area in the angle between converging lines or walls)
  2. a bend or turn
  3. (soccer) a corner kick

References

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kona at Nino Vessella's Swahili-English Dictionary

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

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koná

  1. it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

Swedish

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Etymology

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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. Akin to English quean.

Noun

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kona c

  1. (obsolete) woman

Declension

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Declension of kona
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kona konas
definite konan konans
plural indefinite konor konors
definite konorna konornas

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English corner.

Noun

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kona

  1. corner

Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

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koná

  1. it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
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