sona

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

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

sona (plural sonas)

1. (fandom slang) A fursona.

Anagrams

• AONs, Naso, ONAs, Sano, naos, naso-

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɔ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.na]
• Rhymes: -ɔna

Verb

sona

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: so‧na

Noun

sona

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

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Chuukese

Verb

sona

1. (intransitive) to steal

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

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

1. wasp

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive plural of sonur

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʊn̪ˠə/

Adjective

sona

1. happy

Declension

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

• lá breithe sona dhuit (“happy birthday”)
• Nollaig shona (“Merry Christmas”)

Mutation

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.

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Italian

Verb

sona

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

Anagrams

• anso, ansò, naso, sano, sanò

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sonā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sonō

References

• sona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔna/

Noun

sona

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

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun

soná

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sonen

Noun

sona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sone

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sona f

1. definite singular of sone

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Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.nɑ/

Adverb

sōna

1. immediately, quickly, straight away; soon

Descendants

• English: soon

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sugnāwos (“well grown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsona/

Adjective

sona

1. happy, fortunate

Usage notes

• 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

• Irish: sona
• Manx: sonney
• Scottish Gaelic: sona

Mutation

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.

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun

soná

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔnə]

Adjective

sona

1. happy
2. fortunate, lucky

Derived terms

• cho sona ri bròg
• co-latha breith sona

Mutation

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.

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun

soná

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

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun

soná

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

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Swedish

Verb

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

1. to atone (to make reparation for a crime)

Conjugation

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

• försona

Anagrams

• nosa, onas

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Volapük

Noun

sona

1. genitive singular of son

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronoun

soná

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

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːná/

Pronoun

soná

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

Inflection

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

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “sona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sona (6.3)”