sona
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Catalan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧na
Chuukese
Crimean Tatar
Icelandic
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˠʊn̪ˠə/
Declension
Declension of sona
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sona | shona | sona; shona² | |
Vocative | shona | sona | ||
Genitive | sona | sona | sona | |
Dative | sona; shona¹ |
shona | sona; shona² | |
Comparative | níos sona | |||
Superlative | is sona |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- lá breithe sona dhuit (“happy birthday”)
- Nollaig shona (“Merry Christmas”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sona | shona after an, tsona |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian
Verb
sona
Latin
References
- sona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔna/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Etymology
Cognate with Old Frisian sōn, Old Saxon sāno, Old High German sān, Old Norse senn (Icelandic senn), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoːnɑ/
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsona/
Usage notes
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
sona | ṡona | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɔnə]
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
sona | shona after "an", t-sona |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Swedish
Verb
sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona)
- to atone (to make reparation for a crime)
Conjugation
Volapük
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːná/
Inflection
Stem -so, poss. stem -só | ||
---|---|---|
Full form | soná | |
Locative | kúso | |
Full form | soná | |
Locative | kúso | |
Copulative | yíso | |
Possessive forms | ||
Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wâso | ówâso |
Class 2 | bâso | ábâso |
Class 3 | wâso | ówâso |
Class 4 | yâso | éyâso |
Class 5 | lâso | élâso |
Class 6 | âso | áwâso |
Class 7 | sâso | ésâso |
Class 8 | zâso | ézâso |
Class 9 | yâso | éyâso |
Class 10 | zâso | ézâso |
Class 11 | lwâso | ólwâso |
Class 14 | bâso | óbâso |
Class 15 | kwâso | ókwâso |
Class 17 | kwâso | ókwâso |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “sona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sona (6.3)”
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