amona

Basque

Etymology

From ama (“mother”) +‎ on (“good”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amona/ [a.mo.na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ona, -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧mo‧na

Noun

amona anim

  1. grandmother
    Synonym: amama
  2. old woman

Declension

Declension of amona (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive amona amona amonak
ergative amonak amonak amonek
dative amonari amonari amonei
genitive amonaren amonaren amonen
comitative amonarekin amonarekin amonekin
causative amonarengatik amonarengatik amonengatik
benefactive amonarentzat amonarentzat amonentzat
instrumental amonaz amonaz amonez
inessive amonarengan amonarengan amonengan
locative — — —
allative amonarengana amonarengana amonengana
terminative amonarenganaino amonarenganaino amonenganaino
directive amonarenganantz amonarenganantz amonenganantz
destinative amonarenganako amonarenganako amonenganako
ablative amonarengandik amonarengandik amonengandik
partitive amonarik — —
prolative amonatzat — —

Derived terms

  • aitona-amona (“grandparents”)
  • amona mantangorri (“ladybug”)
  • amonatxo (“grandma”)

Further reading

  • “amona”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “amona”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmona/ [aˈmo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: a‧mo‧na

Verb

amona

  1. only used in se amona, third-person singular present indicative of amonarse
  2. only used in te ... amona, syntactic variant of amónate, second-person singular imperative of amonarse
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