sona

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See also: -sona, Sona, SONA, sõna, soña, Soňa, sonà, and sõnā

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona (plural sonas)

  1. (fandom slang) Clipping of fursona.
    • 2020, Kathy Merlock Jackson, Kathy Shepherd Stolley, Lisa Lyon Payne, Animals and Ourselves: Essays on Connections and Blurred Boundaries, McFarland, →ISBN:
      Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit.

Anagrams[edit]

Atong (India)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Bengali সোনা (śōna) or Hindi सोना (sonā), from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona (Bengali script সোনা)

  1. gold

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sona

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of sonar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of sonar

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English zone, from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: so‧na

Noun[edit]

sona

  1. a zone; a given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

Chuukese[edit]

Verb[edit]

sona

  1. (intransitive) to steal

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. wasp

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since 1708. From son (“sound”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona f (plural sonas)

  1. rumor; word of mouth
  2. fame; reputation

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Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sonur

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sugnāwos (“well grown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sona

  1. happy

Declension[edit]

Declension of sona
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative sona shona sona;
shona²
Vocative shona sona
Genitive sona sona sona
Dative sona;
shona¹ 		shona sona;
shona²
Comparative níos sona
Superlative is sona

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sona shona
after an, tsona 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

sona

  1. inflection of sonare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from Pali soṇa, or directly from Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan)

Noun[edit]

sona (kawi sona)

  1. (literary) dog
    Synonyms: asu, cemera

References[edit]

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015), “sona”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

sonā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of sonō

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona

  1. inflection of son:
    1. genitive/accusative singular
    2. nominative dual

Northern Ndebele[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun[edit]

soná

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of sone

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona f

  1. definite singular of sone

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sānō. Related to Old Norse senn, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

sōna

  1. immediately

Descendants[edit]

  • English: soon

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *sugnāwos (“well grown”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sona

  1. happy, fortunate

Usage notes[edit]

  • The adjectives sona and dona represent a pattern in Old Irish where words in s and so represent happy, good luck, positive denotations and words in d and do represent sad, bad luck, or negative denotations.

Descendants[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sona ṡona unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona

  1. genitive plural of sonr

Phuthi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun[edit]

soná

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sona

  1. happy
    Tha mi cho sona ri bròig! ― I’m as happy as a shoe!
  2. fortunate, lucky

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sona shona
after "an", t-sona
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Southern Ndebele[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun[edit]

soná

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

Swazi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun[edit]

soná

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona)

  1. to atone (to make reparation for a crime or the like)
  2. (by extension) to pay (face consequences)
    Han ska få sona sina brott!
    He will pay for his crimes!

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of sona (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sona sonas
Supine sonat sonats
Imperative sona —
Imper. plural1 sonen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative sonar sonade sonas sonades
Ind. plural1 sona sonade sonas sonades
Subjunctive2 sone sonade sones sonades
Participles
Present participle sonande
Past participle sonad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tetum[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋelaʀ.

Verb[edit]

sona

  1. to fry

Etymology 2[edit]

Maybe the same as above.

Verb[edit]

sona

  1. to puncture, to pierce
  2. to stab

Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona

  1. dative singular of son

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

sona

  1. genitive singular of son

Xhosa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun[edit]

soná

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

Zulu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

soná

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

Inflection[edit]

Stem -so, poss. stem -só
Full form soná
Locative kúso
Full form soná
Locative kúso
Copulative yíso
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wâso ówâso
Class 2 bâso ábâso
Class 3 wâso ówâso
Class 4 yâso éyâso
Class 5 lâso élâso
Class 6 âso áwâso
Class 7 sâso ésâso
Class 8 zâso ézâso
Class 9 yâso éyâso
Class 10 zâso ézâso
Class 11 lwâso ólwâso
Class 14 bâso óbâso
Class 15 kwâso ókwâso
Class 17 kwâso ókwâso

References[edit]

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