cona

See also: Cona, còna, coña, and coñá

Galician

Alternative forms

• cono m

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m (13th century), from Latin cunnus m. Compare Portuguese cona f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkona̝/

• Audio:

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Noun

cona f (plural conas)

1. (vulgar) vulva, vagina; cunt

   Synonyms: conacha, crica, perrecha, corrancha

2. a type of boat

Derived terms

• a cona que te botou
• cona de vella

Interjection

cona

1. (vulgar) damn; fuck; shit

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cono”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cona”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cona”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cona”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cona”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gullah

Alternative forms

• (Afro-Seminole Creole) cawnduh

Etymology

From English corner.

Pronunciation

• (Gullah Geechee) IPA^(key): /kɑːnə/
• (Afro-Seminole Creole) IPA^(key): /kɑːn.də/

Noun

cona

1. corner

References

• De Nyew Testament‎^[1], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025
• Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery Association. Afro-Seminole Creole Wikitongues Language Class

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: co‧na

Noun

cona f

1. zone
2. area
3. region

Derived terms

adjectives

• conowi

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “strefa”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “strefa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.na/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cona

1. vocative/accusative plural of cú

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Contraction

cona (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, /h/-prothesis in the feminine singular, and eclipsis in the plural)

1. contraction of co +‎ a, literally “with his/her/its/their”
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 30^a3

     Amal nád n-airigther ⁊ nád fintar a ndu·gníther hi suidi, sic ba in fortgidiu ⁊ ba hi temul du·gníth Saul cona muntair intleda ⁊ erelca fri Dauid.

     As what is done in this is not perceived and discovered, so it was covertly and it was in darkness that Saul with his people was making snares and ambushes against David.

Etymology 3

Conjunction

cona

1. alternative spelling of conna (“so that…not”)

Mutation

Mutation of cona

radical	lenition	nasalization
cona	chona	cona pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cono m

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Galician cona f and cono m.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nɐ/

• Audio (Alentejo, Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -onɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧na

Noun

cona f (plural conas)

1. (vulgar) cunt, pussy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• conaça
• enconado
• enconar

Further reading

• “cona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔna/

Noun

cona m

1. vocative plural of cù

Mutation

Mutation of cona

radical	lenition
cona	chona

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”), probably through Byzantine Greek εικόνα (eikóna).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

cona f (plural coni)

1. icon

Slovene

Alternative forms

• zóna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sóːna/

Noun

cọ̑na f

1. zone, area

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	cóna
gen. sing.	cóne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	cóna	cóni	cóne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	cóne	cón	cón
dative (dajȃlnik)	cóni	cónama	cónam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	cóno	cóni	cóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	cóni	cónah	cónah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	cóno	cónama	cónami