mona

See also Mona, and móna

English

Etymology

From Spanish mona (“monkey”)

Noun

mona (plural monas)

1. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

See also

• Cercopithecus mona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Cercopithecus mona
• Cercopithecus mona on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Cercopithecus mona

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Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmoːnə]

Noun

mona m (plural monyes)

1. money, cash, change

Synonyms

• arhans

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Italian

Alternative forms

• monna

Noun

mona f (plural mone)

1. (literary, archaic) Abbreviation of madonna.
2. (regional, vulgar, chiefly Triveneto, literary) cunt, pussy

mona m (invariable)

1. (regional, vulgar, chiefly Triveneto, figuratively) idiot, silly, dupe

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, a suffixed form of an ultimate root *me- (“measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmoːnɑ/

Noun

mōna m (nominative plural mōnan)

1. moon

Descendants

• English: moon
• Scots: muin

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmona/

Adjective

mona f

1. feminine form of mono

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

1. drunkenness, fuddle

Noun

mona f (plural monas, masculine singular mono, masculine plural monos)

1. (female) monkey
2. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet

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Volapük

Noun

mona

1. genitive singular of mon