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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m (13th century), from Latin cunnus m. Compare Portuguese cona f.
Pronunciation
Noun
cona f (plural conas)
- (vulgar) vulva, vagina; cunt
- Synonyms: conacha, crica, perrecha, corrancha
- a type of boat
Derived terms
Interjection
cona
- (vulgar) damn; fuck; shit
References
- “cono” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cono” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cona
- vocative/accusative plural of cú
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
cona (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, /h/-prothesis in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)
- Univerbation of co (“with”) + a (“his/her/its/their”)
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 30a3
Amal nád n-airigther ⁊ nád fintar a ndu·gníther hi suidi, sic ba in fortgidiu ⁊ ba hi temul du·gníth Saul cona muntair intleda ⁊ erelca fri Dauid.- As what is done in this is not perceived and discovered, so it was covertly and it was in darkness that Saul with his people was making snares and ambushes against David.
Etymology 3
Conjunction
cona
- Alternative spelling of conna (“so that…not”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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cona
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chona
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cona pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Galician cona f and cono m.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -onɐ
- Hyphenation: co‧na
Noun
cona f (plural conas)
- (vulgar) cunt, pussy, snatch or vagina
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
Derived terms
Slovene
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
cọ̑na f
- zone, area
Inflection