fono
See also: fonò, fono-, and -fono
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian фон (fon), from French fond, ultimately from Latin fundus (“ground, foundation, bottom”). Compare Italian fondo. Doublet of fundo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfono]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ono
- Hyphenation: fo‧no
Noun
fono (accusative singular fonon, plural fonoj, accusative plural fonojn)
- (art) background, backdrop
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.no/
- Rhymes: -ɔno
- Hyphenation: fò‧no
Noun
fono m (plural foni)
- phone (linguistics)
Samoan
Noun
fono
- social class of headmen
- assembly of headmen
- Parliament
Spanish
Noun
fono m (plural fonos)
- (chiefly Chile) telephone, blower
- (linguistics) phone
Further reading
- “fono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸo.n̪o/
Verb
fono
- (transitive) to not want
- Antonyms: seba, tope
Conjugation
| Conjugation of fono (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tofono | mofono | afono | |
| 2nd person | nofono | fofono | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ifono | dofono | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nofono, fono | fofono, fono | ||
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics