hona

See also: höna and høna

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hanō, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Old English hana, Old Saxon hano and Old Dutch *hano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhona/

Noun

hona m

  1. rooster, cock

Descendants

  • North Frisian: hon, höön
  • Saterland Frisian: Hone
  • West Frisian: hoanne

References

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

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haunijō, *hauniz, whence also the Old English adjective hēan.

Noun

hōna m

  1. mock

Descendants

Swazi

Verb

-hóna

  1. to snore

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From the pronoun hon.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

hona c

  1. a female (of animals, sometimes also plants, rarely of humans)
    Antonym: hane

Declension

Declension of hona
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hona honas
definite honan honans
plural indefinite honor honors
definite honorna honornas

Derived terms

See also

  • ko (“cow”)

References

Anagrams

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-na.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʲo.na]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧na

Determiner

hona

  1. (inalienable, indefinite) his, her

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. toku, tota1 to māua to mā to mātou oku, ota1 o māua o mā o mātou
incl. ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. taku, tata1 ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku, ata1 a māua a mā a mātou
incl. ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. hoku, hota1 ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
incl. ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. haku, hata1 ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
incl. ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou

1) Sympathetic

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 325

Turkish

Etymology

From a Mongolic source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoˈna/
  • Hyphenation: na

Noun

hona (definite accusative honayı, plural honalar)

  1. (dialectal) male deer

Declension

Declension of hona
singular plural
nominative hona honalar
definite accusative honayı honaları
dative honaya honalara
locative honada honalarda
ablative honadan honalardan
genitive honanın honaların

Further reading

  • “hona”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “hona”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Eren, Hasan (1999) “hona”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
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