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hona

See also: höna and høna

Old Frisian

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Ēn hona.

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hanō, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Old English hana, Old Saxon hano and Old Dutch *hano.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hona m

  1. rooster, cock

Descendants

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  • North Frisian: hon, höön
  • Saterland Frisian: Hone
  • West Frisian: hoanne

References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *haunijō, *hauniz, whence also the Old English adjective hēan.

Noun

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hōna m

  1. mock

Descendants

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Swazi

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Verb

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-hóna

  1. to snore

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From the pronoun hon.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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hona c

  1. female (of animals, sometimes also plants, rarely of humans)

Declension

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Declension of hona
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hona honas
definite honan honans
plural indefinite honor honors
definite honorna honornas

Antonyms

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Anagrams

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Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-na.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhʲo.na]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧na

Determiner

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hona

  1. (inalienable, indefinite) his, her

See also

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Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1 		to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1 		o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1 		ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1 		a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1 		ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1 		ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 325
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