morna
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese morna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morna (countable and uncountable, plural mornas)
- (uncountable, music) A genre of Cape Verdean music and dance.
- 2005, Kate Tuttle, “Evora, Cesaria”, in Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates (Jr.), editors, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 593:
- She [Cesária Évora] is most famous for singing morna, which roughly translates to “songs of mourning.” As with many other kinds of folk music, morna songs are handed down from generation to generation, tracing dominant themes in a people's history.
- (countable) A piece of music in this style.
Translations edit
a genre of Cape Verdean music
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Further reading edit
- morna (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Adjective edit
morna
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Alternative forms edit
- morgna (verb)
Verb edit
morna
- (impersonal) to dawn (become morning)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of morna — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- mornan f (“dawn”)
Related terms edit
- morginn m (“morning”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: morgna
Noun edit
morna
References edit
- “morna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *murnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to think; remember”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 (maurnan) and English mourn.
Verb edit
morna
- (intransitive) to waste away
- (transitive) to cause to pine
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of morna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive | morna | |
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present participle | mornandi | |
past participle | mornaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | morna | mornaða |
2nd-person singular | mornar | mornaðir |
3rd-person singular | mornar | mornaði |
1st-person plural | mornum | mornuðum |
2nd-person plural | mornið | mornuðuð |
3rd-person plural | morna | mornuðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | morna | mornaða |
2nd-person singular | mornir | mornaðir |
3rd-person singular | morni | mornaði |
1st-person plural | mornim | mornaðim |
2nd-person plural | mornið | mornaðið |
3rd-person plural | morni | mornaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | morna | |
1st-person plural | mornum | |
2nd-person plural | mornið |
Conjugation of morna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive | mornask | |
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present participle | mornandisk | |
past participle | mornazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | mornumk | mornuðumk |
2nd-person singular | mornask | mornaðisk |
3rd-person singular | mornask | mornaðisk |
1st-person plural | mornumsk | mornuðumsk |
2nd-person plural | mornizk | mornuðuzk |
3rd-person plural | mornask | mornuðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | mornumk | mornuðumk |
2nd-person singular | mornisk | mornaðisk |
3rd-person singular | mornisk | mornaðisk |
1st-person plural | mornimsk | mornaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | mornizk | mornaðizk |
3rd-person plural | mornisk | mornaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | mornask | |
1st-person plural | mornumsk | |
2nd-person plural | mornizk |
Related terms edit
- morn f (“pining away”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: morna
References edit
- “morna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From morno.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morna f (plural mornas)
Adjective edit
morna
Further reading edit
- “morna” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “morna” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- morna on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt