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4-letter words (1 found)

BONA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ABO,BAN,BAO,BOA,BON,NAB,NOB,OBA,

2-letter words (8 found)

AB,AN,BA,BO,NA,NO,OB,ON,

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bona obna bnoa nboa onba noba boan oban baon abon oabn aobn bnao nbao bano abno nabo anbo onab noab oanb aonb naob anob

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Definitions and meaning of bona

bona

Alternative forms

  • bonar

Etymology

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bonus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbəʊnə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊnə

Adjective

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

  1. (Polari) Good.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:good

Antonyms

  • cod (Polari)
  • See Thesaurus:bad

Derived terms

  • bona omi, bona nochy, bona vardering

Adverb

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

  1. (Polari) Well.

See also

References

Anagrams

  • AONB, Abon, Bano, Oban, baon

Asturian

Adjective

bona

  1. feminine singular of bonu

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɔ.na]
  • Rhymes: -ɔna

Adjective

bona f

  1. feminine singular of bo

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.na/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧na
  • Rhymes: -ona

Adjective

bona (accusative singular bonan, plural bonaj, accusative plural bonajn)

  1. good
    Antonym: malbona

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu -bona, from Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

  1. to see

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto bona, French bon, Italian buono, Spanish bueno, ultimately from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbona/

Adjective

bona

  1. good
    Antonym: mala

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

bona f

  1. feminine singular of bono

Anagrams

  • bano

Ladin

Adjective

bona f

  1. feminine singular of bon

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

  1. to see

Latin

Pronunciation

  • bona: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.na/, [ˈbɔnä]
  • bona: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.na/, [ˈbɔːnä]
  • bonā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.naː/, [ˈbɔnäː]
  • bonā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.na/, [ˈbɔːnä]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bona

  1. inflection of bonus (“good”):
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

bonā

  1. ablative feminine singular of bonus

Etymology 2

Feminine of the noun bonus (“a good man”).

Noun

bona f (genitive bonae); first declension

  1. A good or brave woman.
Declension

First-declension noun.

Etymology 3

Inflection of the noun bonum.

Noun

bona

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bonum (“a good thing”)

References

  • “bona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bona 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)
  • bona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “bona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “bona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Neapolitan

Adjective

bona f sg

  1. feminine singular of buono

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

  1. to see
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

  1. to see

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bonen.

Alternative forms

  • bone (e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²buː.nɑ/

Verb

bona (present tense bonar, past tense bona, past participle bona, passive infinitive bonast, present participle bonande, imperative bona/bon)

  1. to wax or polish a floor
Derived terms
  • boning f

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuː.nɑ/

Noun

bona n

  1. (dialectal) definite plural of bån

Etymology 3

From Old Norse búnaðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²buː.nɑ/

Noun

bona m

  1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of bunad.

References

  • “bona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • nabo

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, whence also Old Saxon bōna, Old English bēan, Old Norse baun.

Noun

bōna f

  1. (botany) A bean

Descendants

  • Middle High German: bōne
    • Alemannic German: Bone
    • Central Franconian: Bunn, Buhn, Bohn
      Hunsrik: Bohn
      Luxembourgish: Boun
    • German: Bohne
    • Rhine Franconian: Bohn
      Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]
      Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbona/

Noun

bona

  1. genitive singular of bun

Mutation

Old Occitan

Adjective

bona f

  1. feminine singular of bon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, see also Old English bēan, Old Frisian bāne, Old High German bōna, Old Norse baun.

Noun

bōna f

  1. (botany) A bean

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bône
    • German Low German: Bohn
      Plautdietsch: Boon

Oromo

Noun

bona

  1. winter

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

  1. to see
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna (infinitive kubóna, perfective -bônye)

  1. to see
  2. to find, get

Serbo-Croatian

Interjection

bóna (Cyrillic spelling бо́на)

  1. (Bosnia, informal) a way of addressing a familiar female
    Alo, bona. Šta radiš? ― Hey. What are you doing?

See also

  • bȍlan

References

  • “bona” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

  1. to see

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

  1. to see
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Spanish

Adjective

bona f

  1. feminine singular of bono

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

  1. to see
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

bona

  1. definite plural of bo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bona (present bonar, preterite bonade, supine bonat, imperative bona)

  1. to wax or polish a floor
  2. (rare or archaic) to equip, to decorate, to dress, to wrap (see also ombona)
Conjugation

See also

  • böna
  • dona
  • ombona

References

  • bona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • bona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • boan, nabo

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

  1. to see

Venetian

Adjective

bona f

  1. feminine singular of bon

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɓoːná]

Pronoun

boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɓoːná]

Pronoun

boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

  1. to see
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • -bonisa
  • -bonisisa

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɓoːná/

Pronoun

boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɓoːná/

Pronoun

boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.
Inflection

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

  1. (transitive) to see
  2. (transitive) to understand, to comprehend
  3. (transitive) to recognise
  4. (transitive) to seek out, to visit
Inflection
Derived terms
  • -bonela (applicative)
  • -bonisa (causative)
  • -bonisisa (intensive)
  • -bonakala (neuter-passive)
  • -bonwa (passive)
  • -bonana (reciprocal)
  • sawubona
  • umabonakude

Source: wiktionary.org