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MANO,MOAN,MONA,NOMA,

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Definitions and meaning of mona

mona

English

Etymology

From Spanish mona (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoʊnə/

Noun

mona (plural monas)

  1. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

Further reading

  • Cercopithecus mona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Cercopithecus mona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Amon, Mano, NOMA, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, maon, moan, noma

Bunama

Etymology

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

Noun

mona

  1. pudding boiled in clay pot

Related terms

  • mamonana (“fat”)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.na]

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

  • “mona”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Cornish

Etymology

Presumably from English money.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoːnə]

Noun

mona

  1. (collective) money, cash
    Synonym: arghans
  2. change

Derived terms

Mutation

Esperanto

Etymology

From mono +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmona/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: mo‧na

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmo.nə]

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

  • momona
  • monamona (“dessert”)

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

  • Maon, Oman, mano, noma

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

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mona and Nüpode Huitoto mona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔna]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧na

Noun

mona

  1. sky

Declension

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (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.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

Old English

Alternative forms

  • mōne

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.nɑ/

Noun

mōna m

  1. moon
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːna/

Noun

môna m

  1. moon

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: muun
    Mooring: moune
  • Saterland Frisian: Moune
  • West Frisian: moanne

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

Related terms

  • momona (“fat”)
  • monamona (“lollipop, candy”)

Pileni

Etymology

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

Noun

mona

  1. pudding

Related terms

  • momona (“oily, greasy”)
  • mnamona (“fat, grease”)

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
  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

  • “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, 2008–2025
  • “mona”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
  • “mona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
  • “mona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  • “mona”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
  • “mona”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmona/ [ˈmo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: mo‧na

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
  • → English: mona
  • → Italian: mona

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

  • “mona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tahitian

Etymology

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

Adjective

mona

  1. sweet

Related terms

  • momona
  • monamona

References

  • Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
  • “mona” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Volapük

Noun

mona

  1. genitive singular of mon

Source: wiktionary.org