mona
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈmoʊnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun edit
mona (plural monas)
- Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
Further reading edit
- Cercopithecus mona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cercopithecus mona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams edit
Bunama edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.
Noun edit
mona
- pudding boiled in clay pot
Related terms edit
- mamonana (“fat”)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From earlier mamona, maimona, from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”).
Noun edit
mona f (plural mones)
- monkey
- Synonym: mico
- (colloquial) ape, copycat
- (colloquial) drunkenness, hangover
- Synonyms: embriaguesa, ressaca
- a matching card game similar to Old Maid; also the loser and the losing card in this game
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin munda, plural of mundum (“world”).
Noun edit
mona f (plural mones)
- a round cake garnished with eggs (originally hard-boiled, now usually chocolate) eaten at Easter
Further reading edit
- “mona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mona m (plural monyes)
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mona (accusative singular monan, plural monaj, accusative plural monajn)
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak. Cognate with Malay minyak (“oil”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mona
- fat (specialized animal tissue)
Verb edit
mona
- (stative) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
- (stative) fertile, rich (as soil)
- (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
Noun edit
mona f (plural mone)
Etymology 2 edit
Uncertain.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mona f (plural mone)
- (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, figurative) cunt, pussy
Noun edit
mona m (invariable)
Anagrams edit
Kituba edit
Verb edit
mona
- to see
Luba-Kasai edit
Verb edit
mona
- to see
Middle English edit
Noun edit
mona
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“moon”)
Murui Huitoto edit
mona | |
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mona- | — |
Etymology edit
Cognates include Minica Huitoto mona and Nüpode Huitoto mona.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mona
Declension edit
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
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
- 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
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Frisian edit
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
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
Noun edit
mona n
Penrhyn edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.
Verb edit
mona
Related terms edit
Pileni edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.
Noun edit
mona
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Venetian mona (“pussy, cunt”).
Possibly borrowed from Spanish mona.
Noun edit
mona f (plural monas)
- female equivalent of mono
- rag doll
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
- (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.
- the state of being upset, bothered or annoyed
- Synonyms: aborrecimento, amuamento, amuo
- (Brazil, informal) woman
- (informal) head
- Synonym: cabeça
- (bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown.
Adjective edit
mona
Noun edit
mona f (plural monas)
- a goat lacking one of its horns
Further reading edit
- “mona” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “mona” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “mona” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “mona” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “mona” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “mona” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “mona” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
Sinaugoro edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.
Noun edit
mona
Sotho edit
Adverb edit
mona
- here; proximal demonstrative adverb.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From mono (“monkey”). Compare English monkey.
Noun edit
mona f (plural monas)
- drunkenness, fuddle
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
mona f (plural monas, masculine mono, masculine plural monos)
- female equivalent of mono; female monkey
- copycat
- (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
- (Colombia) blonde woman
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
mona f sg
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mona f (plural monas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tahitian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.
Adjective edit
mona
Related terms edit
References edit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “mona” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Volapük edit
Noun edit
mona
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Old World monkeys
- Bunama terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Bunama terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Bunama terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bunama terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bunama lemmas
- Bunama nouns
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms derived from Arabic
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan colloquialisms
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- ca:Cakes and pastries
- ca:Card games
- ca:People
- ca:Primates
- Cornish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish nouns
- Cornish masculine nouns
- kw:Money
- Esperanto terms suffixed with -a
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ona
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- eo:Money
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Hawaiian verbs
- Hawaiian stative verbs
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔna
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔna/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian terms with obsolete senses
- Italian terms with unknown etymologies
- Rhymes:Italian/ona
- Rhymes:Italian/ona/2 syllables
- Regional Italian
- Italian vulgarities
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian derogatory terms
- it:Primates
- Kituba lemmas
- Kituba verbs
- Luba-Kasai lemmas
- Luba-Kasai verbs
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Early Middle English
- Murui Huitoto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Murui Huitoto lemmas
- Murui Huitoto nouns
- huu:Nature
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English masculine n-stem nouns
- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Frisian lemmas
- Old Frisian nouns
- Old Frisian masculine nouns
- ofs:Astronomy
- ofs:Light sources
- Pali lemmas
- Pali nouns
- Pali nouns in Latin script
- Pali neuter nouns
- Penrhyn terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Penrhyn terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Penrhyn terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Penrhyn terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Penrhyn terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Penrhyn terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Penrhyn lemmas
- Penrhyn verbs
- Penrhyn stative verbs
- Pileni terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Pileni terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Pileni terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Pileni terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Pileni terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Pileni terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Pileni lemmas
- Pileni nouns
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/õnɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/õnɐ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/onɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/onɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese terms derived from Venetian
- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese female equivalent nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese informal terms
- English terms with quotations
- pt:Bullfighting
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese adjective forms
- pt:Female animals
- pt:Primates
- Sinaugoro terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Sinaugoro terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Sinaugoro terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Sinaugoro terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Sinaugoro lemmas
- Sinaugoro nouns
- Sotho lemmas
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/ona
- Rhymes:Spanish/ona/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish female equivalent nouns
- Mexican Spanish
- Chilean Spanish
- Colombian Spanish
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish adjective forms
- es:Female animals
- es:Primates
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian adjectives
- Volapük non-lemma forms
- Volapük noun forms