kona
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Noun
kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur)
- woman
- wife
Declension
Declension of kona | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kona | konan | konur | konurnar |
accusative | konu | konuna | konur | konurnar |
dative | konu | konuni | konum | konunum |
genitive | konu | konunnar | kona | konanna |
Gilbertese
Verb
kona
- can; to be able to
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Determiner
kona
- his, her, its third person singular possessive, o-type
Synonyms
- ko ia
- ko ia ala
- ko ia nei
Related terms
- ona
- nona
See also
The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions. | |||||
singular | dual | plural | |||
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1st person | koʻu, kaʻu kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type) | ko māua, kā māua (exclusive) ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive) | ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive) ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive) | ||
2nd person | kou, kāu kō (affectionate, o- and a-type) | ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua | ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou | ||
3rd person | kona, kāna | ko lāua, kā lāua | ko lākou, kā lākou |
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Compare Maori tonga.
Noun
kona
- leeward side of an island, southwest due to Hawaiian tradewinds
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔna/, [ˈkʰoɔːnä]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːna
Noun
kona f (genitive singular konu, nominative plural konur)
- a woman
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
- A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
- Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- a wife
- Ég fór þangað með konunni minni. ― I went there with my wife.
Declension
kona | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kona | konan | konur | konurnar |
accusative | konu | konuna | konur | konurnar |
dative | konu | konunni | konum | konunum |
genitive | konu | konunnar | kvenna | kvennanna |
Coordinate terms
- karl
- eiginmaður
- maður
- stúlka
- barn
Derived terms
- eiginkona
- hjúkrunarkona
- sundkona
- vinkona
Related terms
- kven-
- kvendi
- kvæna
See also
- dama, frú, fröken, jómfrú, kerling, maddama, ungfrú
- drós, svanni, víf
Japanese
Romanization
kona
- Rōmaji transcription of こな
Matal
Noun
kona
- son
- Masla uwanay, la uwana Kona gulo uwana gi gəkə̀sànì.(Luka 9:35)[1]
- This one, He is my Son that I have chosen (Luke 9:35)
- Kona aŋa Zəzagəla ― Son of God
References
- http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/9
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- konen m sg
Noun
kona f sg
- definite feminine singular of kone
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kona f sg
- definite singular of kone
Old Danish
Alternative forms
- konæ (Jutlandic)
Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun
kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
- (Scania) woman, wife
- c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10.
- Sæl bondæn sina eghna iorth bort tha ær konan ey skyld […]
- If the man sells off his land, then the wife is not obligated to […]
- c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10.
Descendants
- Danish: kone
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- kvenna, kvinna
- kuna
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Noun
kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
- woman
- wife
Declension
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kona | konan | konur | konurnar |
accusative | konu | konuna | konur | konurnar |
dative | konu | konunni | konum | konunum |
genitive | konu | konunnar | kvenna | kvennanna |
Coordinate terms
- karl m
Derived terms
Many of the derivatives use the genitive plural kvenna-, or the shorter kvenn-, which effectively forms an independent prefix pertaining to women or to womanhood. This is also the origin of the alternative form kvinna f, whence also some of its modern Scandinavian descendants.
- alfkona f (“female elf”)
- bakstrkona f (“female baker”)
- baðkona f (“female bathing attendant”)
- blótkona f (“idolatress”)
- brúðkona f (“bridesmaid”)
- byrgiskona f (“concubine”)
- draumkona f (“woman who appears in dreams”)
- eiginkona f (“wife”)
- eignarkona f (“wife”)
- einsetukona f (“hermitess, anchoress”)
- eptirgǫngukona f (“female underling”)
- falskona f (“harlot”)
- farandkona f (“beggar woman”)
- farkona f (“beggar woman”)
- festarkona f (“betrothed woman”)
- finnkona f (“female Finn”)
- fjǫlkyngiskona f (“sorceress”)
- flagðkona f (“ogress”)
- frændkona f (“kinswoman”)
- fylgikona f (“mistress”)
- fylgjukona f (“female guardian spirit; mistress”)
- fyrirkona f (“woman of distinction”)
- fárskona f (“wicked woman”)
- fǫrukona f (“vagrant woman”)
- galdrakona f (“witch”)
- griðkona f (“housemaid”)
- gǫngukona f (“vagrant woman”)
- heimakona f (“housemaid”)
- heitkona f (“one's promised spouse”)
- hjalskona f (“female friend”)
- hjákona f (“concubine”)
- hornkona f (“old woman in the corner”)
- hórkona f (“adulteress”)
- húskona f (“housewife”)
- kararkona f (“bedridden old woman”)
- konubú n (“woman's estate”)
- konuefni n (“one's future wife, bride”)
- konufé n (“marriage portion”)
- konuhár n (“woman's hair”)
- konuklæði n pl (“woman's attire”)
- konulauss (“wifeless, widowed”)
- konumál n (“love affair”)
- konunám m (“abduction of a woman”)
- kvendi n (“woman”)
- kvennabúnaðr m (“women's attire”)
- kvennafar n (“love affairs”)
- kvennafolk f (“woman”)
- kvennafriðr m (“immunity of women”)
- kvennagrið n (“immunity of women”)
- kvennahjal n (“women's gossip”)
- kvennahús n (“lady's bower”)
- kvennaklæðnaðr m (“female dress”)
- kvennalið n (“women-folk”)
- kvennamaðr m (“one fond of women”)
- kvennamunr m (“distinction of women”)
- kvennamál n pl (“love matters”)
- kvennanám n (“abduction, rape”)
- kvennaráð n pl (“women's counsel”)
- kvennasiðr m (“habits of women”)
- kvennaskap n (“women's temper”)
- kvennaskipan f (“placing of the ladies (at a banquet)”)
- kvennaskáli m (“women's apartment”)
- kvennasveit f (“bevy of women”)
- kvennavagn m (“Ursa Minor”)
- kvennavist f (“women's abode”)
- kvennaást f (“women's love”)
- kvenska f (“womanhood, chastity”)
- lagskona f (“concubine”)
- launkona f (“concubine”)
- lausungarkona f (“loose woman”)
- léttlætiskona f (“loose woman”)
- nærkona f (“midwife”)
- portkona f (“harlot”)
- prestkona f (“a priest's wife”)
- rausnarkona f (“magnificent lady”)
- rekkjukona f (“chambermaid”)
- ráðakona f (“housekeeper”)
- ráðskona f (“housekeeper”)
- salkona f (“housemaid”)
- saurlífiskona f (“harlot”)
- seiðkona f (“sorceress”)
- sifkona f (“a woman related by affinity”)
- sjókona f (“mermaid”)
- skaldkona f (“poetess”)
- skartskona f (“woman given to vain display”)
- skyndikona f (“loose woman”)
- spákona f (“prophetess”)
- sækona f (“mermaid”)
- sængarkona f (“woman in childbed”)
- sængrkona f (“woman in childbed”)
- trollkona f (“female troll”)
- trúkona f (“devout woman”)
- trúnaðarkona f (“confidante”)
- veiðikona f (“fisherwoman, huntress”)
- verkakona f (“workwoman”)
- verkkona f (“workwoman”)
- vinkona f (“female friend”)
- virðingarkona f (“worthy lady”)
- vændiskona f (“harlot”)
- vísdómskona f (“wise woman”)
- vísindakona f (“wise woman”)
- yfirsetukona f (“midwife”)
- áburðarkona f (“a showy, dressy woman”)
- þjónostukona f (“female servant”)
- þokkakona f (“mistress”)
- þrælskona f (“thrall's wife”)
- þváttkona f (“washer-woman”)
- ǫlmusukona f (“poor woman”)
Related terms
- kván f, kvæn f
Descendants
Most of the modern Scandinavian languages today distinguish between variations derived from kona, meaning wife, and variations derived from kvinna, meaning woman.
- Icelandic: kona
- Faroese: kona; kvinna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kona, konu, kone; kvinna, kvinne
- Westrobothnian: kunu; kvinn-
- Old Swedish: kona, kuna (gen. plur. kvinna, kvænna)
- Swedish: kona; kvinna
- Danish: kone; kvinde
- Norwegian Bokmål: kone; kvinne
- → Norman: guênipe, guénipe (Jèrriais)
- → French: guenipe
References
- “kona”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- kuna
Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun
kona f
- woman
- wife
- mistress, paramour
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kona | konan | konu(r), -o(r) | konuna(r), -ona(r) |
accusative | konu, -o | konuna, -ona | konu(r), -o(r) | konuna(r), -ona(r) |
dative | konu, -o | konunni, -onne | konum, -om | konumin, -omen |
genitive | konu, -o | konunna(r), -onna(r) | kvinna | kvinnanna |
Descendants
- Swedish: kona, kvinna
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔna
- Syllabification: ko‧na
Verb
kona
- third-person singular present of konać
Sambali
Noun
konâ
- fish
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English corner.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
kona (n class, plural kona)
- a corner (area in the angle between converging lines or walls)
- a bend or turn
- (soccer) a corner kick
References
kona at Nino Vessella's Swahili-English Dictionary
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kona, kuna (“woman, wife, concubine”) (genitive plural kvinna, kvænna), from Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English quean.
Noun
kona c
- (obsolete) woman
Declension
Declension of kona | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kona | konan | konor | konorna |
Genitive | konas | konans | konors | konornas |
Synonyms
- kvinna
Derived terms
- trollkona
Anagrams
- Noak, kaon
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English corner.
Noun
kona
- corner
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.