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Ambonese Malay
Etymology
From Portuguese dona (“lady”).
Noun
nona
- a young lady
References
- D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Venetian nona, from Late Latin nonna (“nun”).
Noun
nona f
- (Luserna) grandmother
- Synonym: èna
Coordinate terms
References
Hawaiian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
nona
- for him/her/it; his, hers, its; whose, for whom
Usage notes
- Applied to o-type possessions.
Related terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ambonese Malay nona or Malay nona (“young lady”), from Portuguese dona (“lady”) likely via Javanese.
Pronunciation
Noun
nona
- miss (young unmarried woman)
Further reading
Italian
Adjective
nona
- feminine singular of nono
Anagrams
Ladino
Etymology
From Late Latin nonna.
Noun
nona f (Latin spelling)
- grandmother
- Synonyms: granmama, vava, avuela
- Coordinate term: (gender) nono
Latin
Numeral
nōna
- feminine of nōnus
Noun
nōna f sg (genitive nōnae); first declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) nones (canonical hour)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “nona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Portuguese dona (“lady”) likely via Javanese. Doublet of nonya and nyonya.
Noun
nona (Jawi spelling نونا, plural nona-nona, informal 1st possessive nonaku, 2nd possessive nonamu, 3rd possessive nonanya)
- miss, lady (young unmarried woman)
- Synonym: cik
Alternative forms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From English annona (“custard apple”).
Noun
nona (Jawi spelling نونا, plural nona-nona, informal 1st possessive nonaku, 2nd possessive nonamu, 3rd possessive nonanya)
- custard apple or sugar apple, Annona squamosa.
- Synonyms: buah nona, serikaya
- glue berry or bird lime tree, Cordia dichotoma.
- Synonyms: nona burung, petekat, pelekat, kendal, sekendal, sekendai
Descendants
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “نونه nonah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 674
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nona”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 176
- Dalgado, Sebastião Rodolfo (1936) Xavier, Anthony, transl., Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 136-8
Further reading
Phuthi
Verb
-nona
- to become fat
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -onɐ
- Hyphenation: no‧na
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin nōna, feminine of nōnus (“ninth”).
Alternative forms
Numeral
nona
- feminine singular of nono
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Venetian nona (“grandmother”).
Noun
nona f (plural nonas)
- (familiar, South Brazil, São Paulo) grandmother
- Synonyms: avó, vó
Etymology 3
From Late Latin nonna (“nun”).
Noun
nona f (plural nonas)
- (Christianity) nun
- Synonyms: freira, irmã
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetian nona. Ultimately borrowed from Medieval Latin nonna.
Noun
nona f (Cyrillic spelling нона)
- (Croatia, Chakavian) grandmother
- (Croatia, Chakavian) grandma, granny
- (Croatia, Chakavian) old woman
Spanish
Adjective
nona f
- feminine singular of nono
Swazi
Verb
-nona
- to be fat
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Venda
Verb
nona
- to be fat
Venetian
Etymology
From Late Latin nonna. Cognate with Italian nonna.
Noun
nona f (plural none)
- grandmother
Coordinate terms
Descendants