hona

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See also: höna and høna

Old Frisian

Ēn hona.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hanō, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Old English hana, Old Saxon hano and Old Dutch *hano.

Pronunciation

Noun

hona m

  1. rooster, cock

Descendants

  • North Frisian: hon, höön
  • Saterland Frisian: Hone
  • West Frisian: hoanne

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haunijō, *hauniz, whence also the Old English adjective hēan.

Noun

hōna m

  1. mock

Descendants

Swazi

Verb

-hóna

  1. to snore

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From the pronoun hon.

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Noun

hona c

  1. female (of animals, sometimes also plants, rarely of humans)

Declension

Declension of hona 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hona honan honor honorna
Genitive honas honans honors honornas

Antonyms

Anagrams

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-na.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ho‧na

Determiner

hona

  1. (inalienable, indefinite) his, her

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1 		to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1 		o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1 		ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1 		a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1 		ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1 		ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 325
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