Wiktionary

mona

See also: Mona, MONA, móna, mòna, möna, moña, Móňa, mǫnă, mona-, -mona, and møna

English edit

 
a mona monkey, Cercopithecus mona

Etymology edit

From Spanish mona (“monkey”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoʊnə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun edit

mona (plural monas)

  1. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Bunama edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Noun edit

mona

  1. pudding boiled in clay pot

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Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier mamona, maimona, from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”).

Noun edit

mona f (plural mones)

  1. monkey
    Synonym: mico
  2. (colloquial) ape, copycat
  3. (colloquial) drunkenness, hangover
    Synonyms: embriaguesa, ressaca
  4. a matching card game similar to Old Maid; also the loser and the losing card in this game
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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Latin munda, plural of mundum (“world”).

Noun edit

mona f (plural mones)

  1. a round cake garnished with eggs (originally hard-boiled, now usually chocolate) eaten at Easter

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Cornish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mona m (plural monyes)

  1. money, cash, change
    Synonym: arhans

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From mono +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mona (accusative singular monan, plural monaj, accusative plural monajn)

  1. (money) pecuniary, monetary

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak. Cognate with Malay minyak (“oil”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmo.nə]

Noun edit

mona

  1. fat (specialized animal tissue)

Verb edit

mona

  1. (stative) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
  2. (stative) fertile, rich (as soil)
  3. (stative) fruitful

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mona”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish mono, of Arabic origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Hyphenation: mò‧na

Noun edit

mona f (plural mone)

  1. (obsolete) monkey

Etymology 2 edit

Uncertain.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: mó‧na

Noun edit

mona f (plural mone)

  1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, figurative) cunt, pussy

Noun edit

mona m (invariable)

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

Anagrams edit

Kituba edit

Verb edit

mona

  1. to see

Luba-Kasai edit

Verb edit

mona

  1. to see

Middle English edit

Noun edit

mona

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“moon”)

Murui Huitoto edit

mona
Root Classifier
mona- —

Etymology edit

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mona and Nüpode Huitoto mona.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔna]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧na

Noun edit

mona

  1. sky

Declension edit

Declension of mona
singular plural
Absolutive mona monaɨaɨ
Nominative monadɨ monaɨaɨdɨ
Accusative monana monaɨaɨna
Dative/Locative monamo monaɨaɨmo
Ablative monamona monaɨaɨmona
Instrumental monado monaɨaɨdo
Causal monari monaɨaɨri
Privative monanino monaɨaɨnino

References edit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 179
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

Old English edit

 
Full mōna of eorðan ġesewen
 
Sē mōna on fulre mōnan āsprungennesse

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mōna m

  1. moon
    Lōca nū hū beorhte sē mōna tō niht sċīnþ!
    Look how bright the moon is shining tonight!
    On þæs mōnan lēohte læġ lȳtel ǣġ on lēafe.
    In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf.
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
      Sē mōna næfþ nān lēoht būtan of þǣre sunnan lēoman, and hē is ealra tungla niðemest.
      The moon has no light except from the sun, and it is the lowest of all the heavenly bodies.

Declension edit

Declension of mona (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mōna mōnan
accusative mōnan mōnan
genitive mōnan mōnena
dative mōnan mōnum

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Descendants edit

Old Frisian edit

 
Thī mōna.

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Cognates include Old English mōna, Old High German māno, Old Norse máni and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mōna m

  1. moon

Descendants edit

References edit

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

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Noun edit

mona n

  1. wisdom
  2. self-possession
  3. silence

Penrhyn edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Verb edit

mona

  1. (stative) be sweet

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Pileni edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Noun edit

mona

  1. pudding

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Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -õnɐ, (Portugal) -onɐ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧na

Etymology 1 edit

From Venetian mona (“pussy, cunt”).

Possibly borrowed from Spanish mona.

Noun edit

mona f (plural monas)

  1. female equivalent of mono
  2. rag doll
    Synonyms: marafona, matrafona
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
  4. (informal) drunkenness
    Synonym: bebedeira
    • 1906 March 3, A Situação, Jaguarão, page 2; quoted in Jeferson Francisco Selbach, Rosemary Fritsch Brum, “Jornal A Situação 1906 a 1920”, in Ruralização e viver em fronteira: Jaguarão/RS, Porto Alegre: Animal, 2017 May 13, →ISBN, page 99:
      Hoje a 1 hora da tarde foi tambem conduzido áquelle posto o creoulo Manoel Oliveira, por estar cahido com forte «mona» na rua 15 de Novembro, na porta do estabelecimento funerário do Sr. Miguel Dellelis.
  5. the state of being upset, bothered or annoyed
    Synonyms: aborrecimento, amuamento, amuo
  6. (Brazil, informal) woman
  7. (informal) head
    Synonym: cabeça
  8. (bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown.

Adjective edit

mona

  1. feminine singular of mono

Noun edit

mona f (plural monas)

  1. a goat lacking one of its horns

Further reading edit

Sinaugoro edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Noun edit

mona

  1. fat, grease

Sotho edit

Adverb edit

mona

  1. here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmona/ [ˈmo.na]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: mo‧na

Etymology 1 edit

From mono (“monkey”). Compare English monkey.

Noun edit

mona f (plural monas)

  1. drunkenness, fuddle
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

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

  1. female equivalent of mono; female monkey
  2. copycat
  3. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
  4. (Colombia) blonde woman
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Descendants edit

Adjective edit

mona f sg

  1. feminine singular of mono

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mona f (plural monas)

  1. A type of circular cake, similar to a roscón
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Tahitian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Adjective edit

mona

  1. sweet

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References edit

Volapük edit

Noun edit

mona

  1. genitive singular of mon
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