amona

Basque

Etymology

From ama (“mother”) +‎ on (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amona/ [a.mo.na]

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• Rhymes: -ona, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧na

Noun

amona anim

1. grandmother

   Synonym: amama

2. old woman

Declension

Declension of amona (anim a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	amona	amona	amonak	amonok
ergative	amonak	amonak	amonek	amonok
dative	amonari	amonari	amonei	amonoi
genitive	amonaren	amonaren	amonen	amonon
comitative	amonarekin	amonarekin	amonekin	amonokin
causative	amonarengatik	amonarengatik	amonengatik	amonongatik
benefactive	amonarentzat	amonarentzat	amonentzat	amonontzat
instrumental	amonaz	amonaz	amonez	amonotaz
inessive	amonarengan	amonarengan	amonengan	amonongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	amonarengana	amonarengana	amonengana	amonongana
terminative	amonarenganaino	amonarenganaino	amonenganaino	amononganaino
directive	amonarenganantz	amonarenganantz	amonenganantz	amononganantz
destinative	amonarenganako	amonarenganako	amonenganako	amononganako
ablative	amonarengandik	amonarengandik	amonengandik	amonongandik
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