onna
English edit
Contraction edit
onna
- (colloquial) On the.
- 1976, Jonathan Betuel, The Dogfighter, page 187:
- "Next thing I know you're onna ground, bloody. I don't know what come over me. You goin' out?" Lenny asked.
- 2007, Martin Amis, Vintage Amis, Vintage, →ISBN, page 30:
- Mal said, “How you doing then?” “Me? I'm onna dole, mate. I'm onna street.”
- (colloquial) On a.
- 2012, C. V. Warmouth, A Louisiana Purchase, page 405:
- I bin tole ta put a rag onna stick 'tween huh teef so she not bite huh tung.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Chickasaw edit
Adverb edit
onna
- the next day
- tomorrow
Verb edit
onna (3rd person subject only, in/transitive)
- (intransitive) to be the next day
- (intransitive) to be tomorrow
- (transitive) to be the next day (in a place)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
onna
Yilan Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 女 (onna, “female; wife”).
Noun edit
onna
Adjective edit
onna
- female (animal)
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- Chien Yuehchen (2015) “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics[1], pages 513-532