kona
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur)
Declension edit
Declension of kona | ||||
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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 edit
Verb edit
kona
- can; to be able to
Hawaiian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Determiner edit
kona
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
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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 | |||
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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 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kona
- leeward side of an island, southwest due to Hawaiian tradewinds
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kona f (genitive singular konu, nominative plural konur)
- 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.
- 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.
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- a wife
- Ég fór þangað með konunni minni. ― I went there with my wife.
Declension edit
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Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kona
Matal edit
Noun edit
kona
- 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
References edit
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun edit
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- konen m sg
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kona f sg
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
kona f sg
Old Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
- konæ (Jutlandic)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun edit
kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
- (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 […]
- c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10.
Descendants edit
- Danish: kone
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Noun edit
kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
Declension edit
Coordinate terms edit
- karl m
Derived terms edit
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.
- alfkona f (“female elf”)
- bakstrkona f (“female baker”)
- baðkona f (“female bathing attendant”)
- blótkona f (“idolatress”)
- brúðkona f (“bridesmaid”)
- byrgiskona f (“concubine”)
- draumkona f (“woman who appears in dreams”)
- eiginkona f (“wife”)
- eignarkona f (“wife”)
- einsetukona f (“hermitess, anchoress”)
- eptirgǫngukona f (“female underling”)
- falskona f (“harlot”)
- farandkona f (“beggar woman”)
- farkona f (“beggar woman”)
- festarkona f (“betrothed woman”)
- finnkona f (“female Finn”)
- fjǫlkyngiskona f (“sorceress”)
- flagðkona f (“ogress”)
- frændkona f (“kinswoman”)
- fylgikona f (“mistress”)
- fylgjukona f (“female guardian spirit; mistress”)
- fyrirkona f (“woman of distinction”)
- fárskona f (“wicked woman”)
- fǫrukona f (“vagrant woman”)
- galdrakona f (“witch”)
- griðkona f (“housemaid”)
- gǫngukona f (“vagrant woman”)
- heimakona f (“housemaid”)
- heitkona f (“one's promised spouse”)
- hjalskona f (“female friend”)
- hjákona f (“concubine”)
- hornkona f (“old woman in the corner”)
- hórkona f (“adulteress”)
- húskona f (“housewife”)
- kararkona f (“bedridden old woman”)
- konubú n (“woman's estate”)
- konuefni n (“one's future wife, bride”)
- konufé n (“marriage portion”)
- konuhár n (“woman's hair”)
- konuklæði n pl (“woman's attire”)
- konulauss (“wifeless, widowed”)
- konumál n (“love affair”)
- konunám m (“abduction of a woman”)
- kvendi n (“woman”)
- kvennabúnaðr m (“women's attire”)
- kvennafar n (“love affairs”)
- kvennafolk f (“woman”)
- kvennafriðr m (“immunity of women”)
- kvennagrið n (“immunity of women”)
- kvennahjal n (“women's gossip”)
- kvennahús n (“lady's bower”)
- kvennaklæðnaðr m (“female dress”)
- kvennalið n (“women-folk”)
- kvennamaðr m (“one fond of women”)
- kvennamunr m (“distinction of women”)
- kvennamál n pl (“love matters”)
- kvennanám n (“abduction, rape”)
- kvennaráð n pl (“women's counsel”)
- kvennasiðr m (“habits of women”)
- kvennaskap n (“women's temper”)
- kvennaskipan f (“placing of the ladies (at a banquet)”)
- kvennaskáli m (“women's apartment”)
- kvennasveit f (“bevy of women”)
- kvennavagn m (“Ursa Minor”)
- kvennavist f (“women's abode”)
- kvennaást f (“women's love”)
- kvenska f (“womanhood, chastity”)
- lagskona f (“concubine”)
- launkona f (“concubine”)
- lausungarkona f (“loose woman”)
- léttlætiskona f (“loose woman”)
- nærkona f (“midwife”)
- portkona f (“harlot”)
- prestkona f (“a priest's wife”)
- rausnarkona f (“magnificent lady”)
- rekkjukona f (“chambermaid”)
- ráðakona f (“housekeeper”)
- ráðskona f (“housekeeper”)
- salkona f (“housemaid”)
- saurlífiskona f (“harlot”)
- seiðkona f (“sorceress”)
- sifkona f (“a woman related by affinity”)
- sjókona f (“mermaid”)
- skaldkona f (“poetess”)
- skartskona f (“woman given to vain display”)
- skyndikona f (“loose woman”)
- spákona f (“prophetess”)
- sækona f (“mermaid”)
- sængarkona f (“woman in childbed”)
- sængrkona f (“woman in childbed”)
- trollkona f (“female troll”)
- trúkona f (“devout woman”)
- trúnaðarkona f (“confidante”)
- veiðikona f (“fisherwoman, huntress”)
- verkakona f (“workwoman”)
- verkkona f (“workwoman”)
- vinkona f (“female friend”)
- virðingarkona f (“worthy lady”)
- vændiskona f (“harlot”)
- vísdómskona f (“wise woman”)
- vísindakona f (“wise woman”)
- yfirsetukona f (“midwife”)
- áburðarkona f (“a showy, dressy woman”)
- þjónostukona f (“female servant”)
- þokkakona f (“mistress”)
- þrælskona f (“thrall's wife”)
- þváttkona f (“washer-woman”)
- ǫlmusukona f (“poor woman”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Most of the modern Scandinavian languages today distinguish between variations derived from kona, meaning wife, and variations derived from kvinna, meaning woman.
References edit
- “kona”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun edit
kona f
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 edit
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun edit
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kona
Sambali edit
Noun edit
konâ
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
kona (n class, plural kona)
- a corner (area in the angle between converging lines or walls)
- a bend or turn
- (soccer) a corner kick
References edit
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun edit
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
kona c
Declension edit
Declension of kona | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kona | konan | konor | konorna |
Genitive | konas | konans | konors | konornas |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kona
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun edit
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.