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See also: Mona ,
MONA ,
móna ,
mòna ,
möna ,
moña ,
Móňa ,
mǫnă ,
mona- ,
-mona , and møna
English
a mona monkey, Cercopithecus mona
Etymology
From Spanish mona ( “ monkey ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mona (plural monas )
Cercopithecus mona , a West African monkey.
Further reading
Anagrams
Bunama
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *moñak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak .
Noun
mona
pudding boiled in clay pot
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From earlier mamona , maimona , from Arabic مَيْمُون ( maymūn , “ baboon, mandrill ” ) .
Noun
mona f (plural mones )
monkey
Synonym: mico
( colloquial ) ape , copycat
( colloquial ) drunkenness , hangover
Synonyms: embriaguesa , ressaca
a matching card game similar to Old Maid ; also the loser and the losing card in this game
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin munda , plural of mundum ( “ world ” ) .
Noun
mona f (plural mones )
a round cake garnished with eggs (originally hard-boiled, now usually chocolate) eaten at Easter
Further reading
Cornish
Pronunciation
Noun
mona m (plural monyes )
money , cash , change
Synonym: arhans
Esperanto
Etymology
From mono + -a .
Pronunciation
Adjective
mona (accusative singular monan , plural monaj , accusative plural monajn )
( money ) pecuniary , monetary
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *mona , from Proto-Oceanic *moñak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak . Cognate with Malay minyak ( “ oil ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mona
fat ( specialized animal tissue )
Verb
mona
( stative ) fat ( carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body )
( stative ) fertile , rich ( as soil )
( stative ) fruitful
Derived terms
References
Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986 ) “mona”, in Hawaiian Dictionary , Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Italian
Etymology 1
From Spanish mono , of Arabic origin.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmɔ.na/
Rhymes: -ɔna
Hyphenation: mò‧na
Noun
mona f (plural mone )
( obsolete ) monkey
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmo.na/
Rhymes: -ona
Hyphenation: mó‧na
Noun
mona f (plural mone )
( regional , chiefly Triveneto, vulgar , figurative ) cunt , pussy
Noun
mona m (invariable )
( regional , chiefly Triveneto, vulgar , derogatory ) idiot , silly , dupe
Anagrams
Kituba
Verb
mona
to see
Luba-Kasai
Verb
mona
to see
Middle English
Noun
mona
( Early Middle English ) Alternative form of mone ( “ moon ” )
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Minica Huitoto mona and Nüpode Huitoto mona .
Pronunciation
Noun
mona
sky
Declension
References
Shirley Burtch (1983 ) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20) (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 179
Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017 ) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia. , Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127
Old English
Full mōna of eorðan ġesewen
Sē mōna on fulre mōnan āsprungennesse
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mānō , from Proto-Germanic *mēnô , from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s , probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh₁- ( “ to measure ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mōna m
moon
Lōca nū hū beorhte sē mōna tō niht sċīnþ! Look how bright the moon is shining tonight!
On þæs mōnan lēohte læġ lȳtel ǣġ on lēafe. In the light of the moon , a little egg lay on a leaf.
c. 994 , Ælfric , On the Seasons of the Year
Sē mōna næfþ nān lēoht būtan of þǣre sunnan lēoman, and hē is ealra tungla niðemest. The moon has no light except from the sun, and it is the lowest of all the heavenly bodies.
Declension
Weak:
Derived terms
Descendants
Middle English: mone , moone , mon , moyn , monæ , mona
English: moon Sranan Tongo: mun Tok Pisin: mun Torres Strait Creole: mun
Scots: muin , mone , monne , moon , moune , mowne , moyn , moyne , mune , mwne
Yola: mond
Geordie English: muin , meun
Old Frisian
Thî môna.
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mānō , from Proto-Germanic *mēnô , from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ( “ moon, month ” ) . Cognates include Old English mōna , Old High German mâno , Old Norse máni and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 ( mēna ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
môna m
moon
Descendants
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 ) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Pali
Alternative scripts
𑀫𑁄𑀦 ( Brahmi script ) मोन ( Devanagari script ) মোন ( Bengali script ) මොන ( Sinhalese script ) မောန or မေႃၼ ( Burmese script ) โมน or โมนะ ( Thai script ) ᨾᩮᩣᨶ ( Tai Tham script ) ໂມນ or ໂມນະ ( Lao script ) មោន ( Khmer script ) 𑄟𑄮𑄚 ( Chakma script )
Noun
mona n
wisdom
self-possession
silence
Penrhyn
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *mona , from Proto-Oceanic *moñak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak .
Verb
mona
( stative ) be sweet
Pileni
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *mona , from Proto-Oceanic *moñak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak .
Noun
mona
pudding
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Brazil ) -õnɐ , ( Portugal ) -onɐ
Hyphenation: mo‧na
Etymology 1
From Venetan mona ( “ pussy, cunt ” ) .
Possibly borrowed from Spanish mona .
Noun
mona f (plural monas )
female equivalent of mono
rag doll
Synonyms: marafona , matrafona
( Can we verify (+ ) this sense?) ( Brazil , informal ) vagina ( woman's genitalia )
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
( informal ) drunkenness
Synonym: bebedeira
1906 March 3, A Situação , Jaguarão, page 2; quoted in Jeferson Francisco Selbach, Rosemary Fritsch Brum, “Jornal A Situação 1906 a 1920”, in Ruralização e viver em fronteira: Jaguarão/RS , Porto Alegre: Animal, 2017 May 13, →ISBN , page 99 :Hoje a 1 hora da tarde foi tambem conduzido áquelle posto o creoulo Manoel Oliveira, por estar cahido com forte «mona » na rua 15 de Novembro, na porta do estabelecimento funerário do Sr. Miguel Dellelis.
the state of being upset , bothered or annoyed
Synonyms: aborrecimento , amuamento , amuo
( Brazil , informal ) woman
( informal ) head
Synonym: cabeça
( bullfighting ) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Adjective
mona
feminine singular of mono
Noun
mona f (plural monas )
a goat lacking one of its horns
Further reading
“mona ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
“mona ”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008 –2024
“mona ”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009 –2024
“mona ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008 –2024
“mona ”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003 –2024
“mona ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006 –2024
“mona ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015 –2024
Sinaugoro
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *moñak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak .
Noun
mona
fat , grease
Sotho
Adverb
mona
here ; proximal demonstrative adverb.
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmona/
Rhymes: -ona
Syllabification: mo‧na
Etymology 1
From mono ( “ monkey ” ) . Compare English monkey .
Noun
mona f (plural monas )
drunkenness , fuddle
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms
Noun
mona f (plural monas , masculine mono , masculine plural monos )
female equivalent of mono ; female monkey
copycat
( Mexico , Chile ) doll , puppet
( Colombia ) blonde woman
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
mona f sg
feminine singular of mono
Etymology 2
Noun
mona f (plural monas )
A type of circular cake , similar to a roscón
Derived terms
Further reading
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *mona , from Proto-Oceanic *moñak , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak .
Adjective
mona
sweet
References
Volapük
Noun
mona
genitive singular of mon