rona
See also: Rona, róna, Róna, roña, röna, and roņa
English
Alternative forms
- 'rona
Etymology
A clipping of corona, itself a clipping of coronavirus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊnə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊnə/
- Homophone: Rhona
Noun
rona (uncountable)
- (informal, often with "the") COVID-19.
- If I caught the rona, I'd make sure I self-isolate for two weeks minimum!
- 2020 March 14, Rhian Daly, “Lil Nas X and Megan Thee Stallion offer fans financial assistance during coronavirus outbreak”, in NME:
- “bruh you’re goat, I don’t get a paycheck for another week & even then I think my store is shutting down next week cos of rona,” one Twitter user replied to Lil Nas.
- 2020 March 17, Bernard Beanz Smalls, “Kevin Durant Confirms He's 1 of The 4 Brooklyn Nets With The Rona, Twitter Reacts”, in Hip-Hop Wired:
- The rona is out here getting everyone. NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski first dropped the “Wojbomb” that four Brooklyn Nets players test[ed] positive for COVID-19 but initially didn't release the names of those individuals.
- 2020 March 18, “'Better Things' Star Pamela Adlon is Everyone's Mom: Listen to Episode 19 of 'Watch Less'”, in Complex:
- COVID19 might be shutting down the world as we know it (get better soon, Tom and Rita), but that rona can't stop the pod.
- 2020 March 19, Tom Maloney, “Traders create ultimate work from home 'rona rigs'”, in The Australian Financial Review:
- Morgan Stanley has offered some investment-banking employees $500 to cover equipment purchases, according to social media posts, which may soon result in more creative Rona Rigs on Instagram.
- 2020 March 19, “Some Unexpected Coronavirus Dilemmas”, in Mamamia:
- Jessie's dad can do a plank for 10 minutes so should he worry about getting the 'rona?
- 2020 November 7, Dave Chappelle on Saturday Night Live:
- No one’s around him this time, because you know, you know, he had the rona.
- 2021 March 30 (publication date), Juan Nevarez Living With The Rona (description: "Living in a mostly isolated part of the country, [two people] are both surprised when they are infected with COVID-19.")
Synonyms
- corona
Anagrams
- Arno, Aron, NRAO, Nora, Oran, roan
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ro‧na
- IPA(key): /ɾoˈnaʔ/
Noun
ronâ
- place
- Synonyms: lugar, puwesto, destino
- region, locality
- Synonym: rehiyon
Malay
Alternative forms
- (Jawi, obsolete) رون - pre-1986
Etymology
Metathesized form of warna, from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa).
Pronunciation
- (Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /ɾona/
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ɾonə/
- (Kedah-Penang) IPA(key): /ɣonɒ/
- Hyphenation: ro‧na
Noun
rona (Jawi spelling رونا, plural rona-rona, informal 1st possessive ronaku, 2nd possessive ronamu, 3rd possessive ronanya)
- colour
- 1963, Arena Wati, Gelora, Pustaka Antara, page 245,
- Dan mata-nya mĕmancar dĕngan rona bĕrahi.
- And his eyes shone with the colour of passion.
- Dan mata-nya mĕmancar dĕngan rona bĕrahi.
- 1981, Nazel Hashim Mohamad, Telatah, Eastern Universities Press (M), page 17,
- Selama pohon bongor itu di situ selama itulah kubur si Apek bongkok akan dihiasi dengan bebunga rona ungu muda.
- As long as the Giant Crape-myrtle tree is there, the grave of the hunched Chinaman will always be adorned with light purple-coloured flowers.
- Selama pohon bongor itu di situ selama itulah kubur si Apek bongkok akan dihiasi dengan bebunga rona ungu muda.
- 1997, Abdullah Hussain, Dari Kota Cahaya, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, page 350,
- Merenung muka suaminya yang diam tenang dan tak bergerak, yang telah tidak ada rona lagi.
- She stared at her husband's tranquil and unmoving face, which no longer bore any colour.
- Merenung muka suaminya yang diam tenang dan tak bergerak, yang telah tidak ada rona lagi.
- 1963, Arena Wati, Gelora, Pustaka Antara, page 245,
Synonyms
- warna
Derived terms
- berona
- meronai
- meronakan
- serona
References
- "rona" in Kamus Dewan, Third Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 1996.
- “rona” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "warna" in A Dictionary of the Malayan Language, in Two Parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan, William Marsden, Cox and Baylis, 1812, page 353.
- "rona" in A Malay-English Dictionary, Richard James Wilkinson, Kelly & Walsh Limited, 1901-1903, page 350.
Anagrams
- onar, oran
Maori
Noun
rona
- a binder (for holding papers together)
Verb
rona
- to bind, to tie together, to confine or tie down with cord
Sotho
Pronoun
rona
- we, us
Tetum
Etymology
From *don(g)a, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ. Compare Malay dengar.
Verb
rona
- to hear
Tswana
Pronoun
rona
- us
- Bontsi jwa rona re setse re alogile
- Most of us have already graduated