mamona

See also: Mamona and mamoną

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈmoː.na/, [mäˈmoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈmo.na/, [mäˈmɔːnä]

Noun

mamōna m (genitive mamōnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of mammōna

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mamōna	mamōnae
Genitive	mamōnae	mamōnārum
Dative	mamōnae	mamōnīs
Accusative	mamōnam	mamōnās
Ablative	mamōnā	mamōnīs
Vocative	mamōna	mamōnae

References

• mamona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mammōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: ma‧mo‧na

Noun

mamona f

1. (colloquial) money

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pieniądze

Declension

Declension of mamona

	singular
nominative	mamona
genitive	mamony
dative	mamonie
accusative	mamonę
instrumental	mamoną
locative	mamonie
vocative	mamono

Related terms

nouns

• mamonista
• mamonizm

 

Further reading

• mamona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mamona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Ricinus communis

Etymology

From Kimbundu mumono, possibly influenced by mamão (“papaya”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈmo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧mo‧na

Noun

mamona f (plural mamonas)

1. castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.)
2. the seed of that plant, castor bean

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmona/ [maˈmo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: ma‧mo‧na

Noun

mamona f (plural mamonas)

1. female equivalent of mamón (“mama's boy, mommy's darling; stupid person, dumbass, sucker”)

Adjective

mamona

1. feminine singular of mamón

Further reading

• “mamona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014