mona

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English

a mona monkey, Cercopithecus mona

Etymology

From Spanish mona (monkey).

Pronunciation

Noun

mona (plural monas)

  1. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

Further reading

Anagrams

Bunama

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Noun

mona

  1. pudding boiled in clay pot

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From earlier mamona, maimona, from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, baboon, mandrill).

Noun

mona f (plural mones)

  1. monkey
    Synonym: mico
  2. (colloquial) ape, copycat
  3. (colloquial) drunkenness, hangover
    Synonyms: embriaguesa, ressaca
  4. 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)

  1. a round cake garnished with eggs (originally hard-boiled, now usually chocolate) eaten at Easter

Further reading

Cornish

Pronunciation

Noun

mona m (plural monyes)

  1. money, cash, change
    Synonym: arhans

Esperanto

Etymology

From mono +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mona (accusative singular monan, plural monaj, accusative plural monajn)

  1. (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

  1. fat (specialized animal tissue)

Verb

mona

  1. (stative) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
  2. (stative) fertile, rich (as soil)
  3. (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)

  1. (obsolete) monkey

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: mó‧na

Noun

mona f (plural mone)

  1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, figurative) cunt, pussy

Noun

mona m (invariable)

  1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, derogatory) idiot, silly, dupe

Anagrams

Kituba

Verb

mona

  1. to see

Luba-Kasai

Verb

mona

  1. to see

Middle English

Noun

mona

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of mone (moon)

Murui Huitoto

mona
Root Classifier
mona-

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mona and Nüpode Huitoto mona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mo‧na

Noun

mona

  1. 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

Alternative forms

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

  1. 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
      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:

singular plural
nominative mōna mōnan
accusative mōnan mōnan
genitive mōnan mōnena
dative mōnan mōnum

Derived terms

Descendants

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

  1. moon

Descendants

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mona n

  1. wisdom
  2. self-possession
  3. silence

Penrhyn

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Verb

mona

  1. (stative) be sweet

Pileni

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Noun

mona

  1. 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)

  1. female equivalent of mono
  2. rag doll
    Synonyms: marafona, matrafona
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
  4. (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.
  5. the state of being upset, bothered or annoyed
    Synonyms: aborrecimento, amuamento, amuo
  6. (Brazil, informal) woman
  7. (informal) head
    Synonym: cabeça
  8. (bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adjective

mona

  1. feminine singular of mono

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

  1. a goat lacking one of its horns

Further reading

Sinaugoro

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

Noun

mona

  1. fat, grease

Sotho

Adverb

mona

  1. here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mono (monkey). Compare English monkey.

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

  1. drunkenness, fuddle
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms

Noun

mona f (plural monas, masculine mono, masculine plural monos)

  1. female equivalent of mono; female monkey
  2. copycat
  3. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
  4. (Colombia) blonde woman
Derived terms
Descendants

Adjective

mona f sg

  1. feminine singular of mono

Etymology 2

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

  1. 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

  1. sweet

References

Volapük

Noun

mona

  1. genitive singular of mon