bona

See also: Bona, bóna, Bóna, böna, bøna, and -bona

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English

Alternative forms

• bonar (non-rhotic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”),^{[en 1]} from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊnə
• Homophone: boner (non-rhotic)

Adjective

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

1. (Polari) Good.
   • 1966, Kenneth Horne, Bona Tattoos (Round the Horne), season 2, spoken by Julian and Sandy (Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams):

     SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces?
     JULIAN: A bona idea. Now, let me see...

   • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137:

     Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.

   • 1997, Ian Lucas, “The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”, in Anna Livia, Kira Hall, editors, Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, page 90:

     Bona to vada you.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:good

Antonyms

• cod (Polari)
• See Thesaurus:bad

Derived terms

• bona omi, bona nochy, bona vardering

Adverb

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

1. (Polari) Well.
   • 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick):

     Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.

See also

• bona fide
• bona fides
• bona peritura
• bona roba
• bona vacantia
• nulla bona

References

1. Baker, Paul (2004) Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 71

Anagrams

• baon, Bano, oban, Oban, AONB, Abon

Asturian

Adjective

bona

1. feminine singular of bonu

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bo

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.na/
• Hyphenation: bo‧na
• Rhymes: -ona

• Audio:

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Adjective

bona (accusative singular bonan, plural bonaj, accusative plural bonajn)

1. good

   Antonym: malbona

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎:

     Mensoganto devas havi bonan memoron.

     A liar has to have a good memory.

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu -bona, from Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

1. to see

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto bona, French bon, Italian buono, Spanish bueno, ultimately from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbona/

Adjective

bona

1. good

   Antonym: mala

Related terms

• bonajo
• bondezirar
• bondeziro
• bone (“well”)
• bonega (“exquisite”)
• boneso (“goodness”)
• bonfacar
• bonfacemeso
• bonfaceso
• bonhumora
• bonigar (“to improve, ameliorate”)
• bonkonduta
• bonkordia
• bono (“good person”)
• bonodorar
• bonvenanta
• bonvenar
• bonvenez
• bonvenigar (“to welcome”)
• bonveninta
• bonveno (“welcome”, noun)
• bonvivanto
• bonvivar
• bonvolado
• bonvolanta
• bonvolar
• bonvole
• bonvolo (“goodwill, benevolence”)
• bonvoloza

Italian

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bono

Anagrams

• bano

Ladin

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Latin

Pronunciation

• bona: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.na/, [ˈbɔnä]
• bona: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.na/, [ˈbɔːnä]
• bonā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.naː/, [ˈbɔnäː]
• bonā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.na/, [ˈbɔːnä]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bona

1. inflection of bonus (“good”):
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

bonā

1. ablative feminine singular of bonus

Etymology 2

Feminine of the noun bonus (“a good man”).

Noun

bona f (genitive bonae); first declension

1. A good or brave woman.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bona	bonae
genitive	bonae	bonārum
dative	bonae	bonīs
accusative	bonam	bonās
ablative	bonā	bonīs
vocative	bona	bonae

Etymology 3

Inflection of the noun bonum.

Noun

bona

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bonum (“a good thing”)

References

• “bona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "bona", 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)
• bona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reward amply; to give manifold recompense for: bonam (praeclaram) gratiam referre
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be gifted, talented (not praeditum esse by itself): bona indole (always in sing.) praeditum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) natural advantages: naturae bona
    
  • (ambiguous) to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad bonam frugem se recipere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: lacerare bona sua (Verr. 3. 70. 164)
    
  • (ambiguous) to confiscate a person's property: bona alicuius publicare (B. G. 5. 54)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore to a person his confiscated property: bona alicui restituere
    
  • (ambiguous) allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
    
• “bona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Minangkabau

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

bona

1. (Payakumbuh) truth; right

Adverb

bona

1. (Payakumbuh) very:

   rumahnyo godang bona

   his house is very big

Neapolitan

Adjective

bona f sg

1. feminine singular of buono

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

1. to see

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bonen.

Alternative forms

• bone (e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²buː.nɑ/

Verb

bona (present tense bonar, past tense bona, past participle bona, passive infinitive bonast, present participle bonande, imperative bona/bon)

1. to wax or polish a floor

Derived terms

• boning f

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.nɑ/

Noun

bona n

1. (dialectal) definite plural of bån

Etymology 3

From Old Norse búnaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²buː.nɑ/

Noun

bona m

1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of bunad.

References

• “bona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• nabo

Old English

Noun

bona m

1. Alternative form of bana

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, whence also Old Saxon bōna, Old English bēan, Old Norse baun.

Noun

bōna f

1. (botany) A bean

Declension

case	singular	plural
nominative	bōna	bōnā
accusative	bōna	bōnā
genitive	bōna	bōnōno
dative	bōnu	bōnōm

Declension of bōna (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	bōna	bōnun
accusative	bōnūn	bōnun
genitive	bōnūn	bōnōno
dative	bōnūn	bōnōm, bōnōn

Declension of bōna (feminine n-stem)

Related terms

• bōnbrī

Descendants

• Middle High German: bōne, pōn
  • Alemannic German: Bone
  • Central Franconian: Bunn
    • Hunsrik: Bohn
    • Luxembourgish: Boun
  • East Central German: Bunn
  • German: Bohne
  • Rhine Franconian: Bohn
    • Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]
    • Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn

References

• "bōna" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbona/

Noun

bona

1. genitive singular of bun

Mutation

Mutation of bona

radical	lenition	nasalization
bona	bona pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbona

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

Old Occitan

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, see also Old English bēan, Old Frisian bāne, Old High German bōna, Old Norse baun.

Noun

bōna f

1. (botany) A bean

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bône
  • German Low German: Bohn

    Plautdietsch: Boon

Oromo

Noun

bona

1. winter

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna (infinitive kubóna, perfective -bônye)

1. to see
2. to find, get

Serbo-Croatian

Interjection

bóna (Cyrillic spelling бо́на)

1. (Bosnia, informal) a way of addressing a familiar female

   Alo, bona. Šta radiš? ― Hey. What are you doing?

See also

• bȍlan

References

• “bona”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

1. to see

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Spanish

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bono

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

bona

1. definite plural of bo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bona (present bonar, preterite bonade, supine bonat, imperative bona)

1. to wax or polish a floor

   en hvirflande vals på slottssalens bonade och försåtligt hala parkettgolf.

   a whirling walz on the waxed and treacherously slippery parquet floor of the castle hall

2. (rare or archaic) to equip, to decorate, to dress, to wrap (see also ombona)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bona (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bona		bonas
supine	bonat		bonats
imperative	bona		—
imper. plural1	bonen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bonar	bonade	bonas	bonades
ind. plural1	bona	bonade	bonas	bonades
subjunctive2	bone	bonade	bones	bonades
present participle		bonande
past participle		bonad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• böna
• dona
• ombona

References

• bona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• boan, nabo

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

1. to see

Venetan

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɓoːná]

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɓoːná]

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• -bonisa
• -bonisisa

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓoːná/

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -bo, poss. stem -bó
Full form	boná
Locative	kúbo
Full form	boná
Locative	kúbo
Copulative	yíbo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâbo	ówâbo
Class 2	bâbo	ábâbo
Class 3	wâbo	ówâbo
Class 4	yâbo	éyâbo
Class 5	lâbo	élâbo
Class 6	âbo	áwâbo
Class 7	sâbo	ésâbo
Class 8	zâbo	ézâbo
Class 9	yâbo	éyâbo
Class 10	zâbo	ézâbo
Class 11	lwâbo	ólwâbo
Class 14	bâbo	óbâbo
Class 15	kwâbo	ókwâbo
Class 17	kwâbo	ókwâbo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓoːná/

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -bo, poss. stem -bó
Full form	boná
Locative	kúbo
Full form	boná
Locative	kúbo
Copulative	yíbo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâbo	ówâbo
Class 2	bâbo	ábâbo
Class 3	wâbo	ówâbo
Class 4	yâbo	éyâbo
Class 5	lâbo	élâbo
Class 6	âbo	áwâbo
Class 7	sâbo	ésâbo
Class 8	zâbo	ézâbo
Class 9	yâbo	éyâbo
Class 10	zâbo	ézâbo
Class 11	lwâbo	ólwâbo
Class 14	bâbo	óbâbo
Class 15	kwâbo	ókwâbo
Class 17	kwâbo	ókwâbo

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

1. (transitive) to see
2. (transitive) to understand, to comprehend
3. (transitive) to recognise
4. (transitive) to seek out, to visit

Inflection

Tone HH
Infinitive	ukubona
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukubona	ukungaboni
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	bona	-bone
Plural	bonani	-boneni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyabona, ngibona	engibonayo, engibona	ngibona	angiboni	engingaboni	ngingaboni
2nd singular	uyabona, ubona	obonayo, obona	ubona	awuboni	ongaboni	ungaboni
1st plural	siyabona, sibona	esibonayo, esibona	sibona	asiboni	esingaboni	singaboni
2nd plural	niyabona, nibona	enibonayo, enibona	nibona	aniboni	eningaboni	ningaboni
Class 1	uyabona, ubona	obonayo, obona	ebona	akaboni	ongaboni	engaboni
Class 2	bayabona, babona	ababonayo, ababona	bebona	ababoni	abangaboni	bengaboni
Class 3	uyabona, ubona	obonayo, obona	ubona	awuboni	ongaboni	ungaboni
Class 4	iyabona, ibona	ebonayo, ebona	ibona	ayiboni	engaboni	ingaboni
Class 5	liyabona, libona	elibonayo, elibona	libona	aliboni	elingaboni	lingaboni
Class 6	ayabona, abona	abonayo, abona	ebona	awaboni	angaboni	engaboni
Class 7	siyabona, sibona	esibonayo, esibona	sibona	asiboni	esingaboni	singaboni
Class 8	ziyabona, zibona	ezibonayo, ezibona	zibona	aziboni	ezingaboni	zingaboni
Class 9	iyabona, ibona	ebonayo, ebona	ibona	ayiboni	engaboni	ingaboni
Class 10	ziyabona, zibona	ezibonayo, ezibona	zibona	aziboni	ezingaboni	zingaboni
Class 11	luyabona, lubona	olubonayo, olubona	lubona	aluboni	olungaboni	lungaboni
Class 14	buyabona, bubona	obubonayo, obubona	bubona	abuboni	obungaboni	bungaboni
Class 15	kuyabona, kubona	okubonayo, okubona	kubona	akuboni	okungaboni	kungaboni
Class 17	kuyabona, kubona	okubonayo, okubona	kubona	akuboni	okungaboni	kungaboni
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngibonile, ngibonē	engibonile, engibonē	ngibonile, ngibonē	angibonanga	engingabonanga	ngingabonanga
2nd singular	ubonile, ubonē	obonile, obonē	ubonile, ubonē	awubonanga	ongabonanga	ungabonanga
1st plural	sibonile, sibonē	esibonile, esibonē	sibonile, sibonē	asibonanga	esingabonanga	singabonanga
2nd plural	nibonile, nibonē	enibonile, enibonē	nibonile, nibonē	anibonanga	eningabonanga	ningabonanga
Class 1	ubonile, ubonē	obonile, obonē	ebonile, ebonē	akabonanga	ongabonanga	engabonanga
Class 2	babonile, babonē	ababonile, ababonē	bebonile, bebonē	ababonanga	abangabonanga	bengabonanga
Class 3	ubonile, ubonē	obonile, obonē	ubonile, ubonē	awubonanga	ongabonanga	ungabonanga
Class 4	ibonile, ibonē	ebonile, ebonē	ibonile, ibonē	ayibonanga	engabonanga	ingabonanga
Class 5	libonile, libonē	elibonile, elibonē	libonile, libonē	alibonanga	elingabonanga	lingabonanga
Class 6	abonile, abonē	abonile, abonē	ebonile, ebonē	awabonanga	angabonanga	engabonanga
Class 7	sibonile, sibonē	esibonile, esibonē	sibonile, sibonē	asibonanga	esingabonanga	singabonanga
Class 8	zibonile, zibonē	ezibonile, ezibonē	zibonile, zibonē	azibonanga	ezingabonanga	zingabonanga
Class 9	ibonile, ibonē	ebonile, ebonē	ibonile, ibonē	ayibonanga	engabonanga	ingabonanga
Class 10	zibonile, zibonē	ezibonile, ezibonē	zibonile, zibonē	azibonanga	ezingabonanga	zingabonanga
Class 11	lubonile, lubonē	olubonile, olubonē	lubonile, lubonē	alubonanga	olungabonanga	lungabonanga
Class 14	bubonile, bubonē	obubonile, obubonē	bubonile, bubonē	abubonanga	obungabonanga	bungabonanga
Class 15	kubonile, kubonē	okubonile, okubonē	kubonile, kubonē	akubonanga	okungabonanga	kungabonanga
Class 17	kubonile, kubonē	okubonile, okubonē	kubonile, kubonē	akubonanga	okungabonanga	kungabonanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngābona	engābona	ngābona	angibonanga	engingabonanga	ngingabonanga
2nd singular	wābona	owābona	wābona	awubonanga	ongabonanga	ungabonanga
1st plural	sābona	esābona	sābona	asibonanga	esingabonanga	singabonanga
2nd plural	nābona	enābona	nābona	anibonanga	eningabonanga	ningabonanga
Class 1	wābona	owābona	ābona	akabonanga	ongabonanga	engabonanga
Class 2	bābona	abābona	bābona	ababonanga	abangabonanga	bengabonanga
Class 3	wābona	owābona	wābona	awubonanga	ongabonanga	ungabonanga
Class 4	yābona	eyābona	yābona	ayibonanga	engabonanga	ingabonanga
Class 5	lābona	elābona	lābona	alibonanga	elingabonanga	lingabonanga
Class 6	ābona	ābona	ābona	awabonanga	angabonanga	engabonanga
Class 7	sābona	esābona	sābona	asibonanga	esingabonanga	singabonanga
Class 8	zābona	ezābona	zābona	azibonanga	ezingabonanga	zingabonanga
Class 9	yābona	eyābona	yābona	ayibonanga	engabonanga	ingabonanga
Class 10	zābona	ezābona	zābona	azibonanga	ezingabonanga	zingabonanga
Class 11	lwābona	olwābona	lwābona	alubonanga	olungabonanga	lungabonanga
Class 14	bābona	obābona	bābona	abubonanga	obungabonanga	bungabonanga
Class 15	kwābona	okwābona	kwābona	akubonanga	okungabonanga	kungabonanga
Class 17	kwābona	okwābona	kwābona	akubonanga	okungabonanga	kungabonanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingabona	—	ngingabona	ngingebone	—	ngingebone
2nd singular	ungabona	—	ungabona	ungebone	—	ungebone
1st plural	singabona	—	singabona	singebone	—	singebone
2nd plural	ningabona	—	ningabona	ningebone	—	ningebone
Class 1	angabona	—	engabona	angebone	—	engebone
Class 2	bangabona	—	bengabona	bangebone	—	bengebone
Class 3	ungabona	—	ungabona	ungebone	—	ungebone
Class 4	ingabona	—	ingabona	ingebone	—	ingebone
Class 5	lingabona	—	lingabona	lingebone	—	lingebone
Class 6	angabona	—	engabona	angebone	—	engebone
Class 7	singabona	—	singabona	singebone	—	singebone
Class 8	zingabona	—	zingabona	zingebone	—	zingebone
Class 9	ingabona	—	ingabona	ingebone	—	ingebone
Class 10	zingabona	—	zingabona	zingebone	—	zingebone
Class 11	lungabona	—	lungabona	lungebone	—	lungebone
Class 14	bungabona	—	bungabona	bungebone	—	bungebone
Class 15	kungabona	—	kungabona	kungebone	—	kungebone
Class 17	kungabona	—	kungabona	kungebone	—	kungebone
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizobona	engizobona	ngizobona	angizubona	engingezubona	ngingezubona
2nd singular	uzobona	ozobona	uzobona	awuzubona	ongezubona	ungezubona
1st plural	sizobona	esizobona	sizobona	asizubona	esingezubona	singezubona
2nd plural	nizobona	enizobona	nizobona	anizubona	eningezubona	ningezubona
Class 1	uzobona	ozobona	ezobona	akazubona	ongezubona	engezubona
Class 2	bazobona	abazobona	bezobona	abazubona	abangezubona	bengezubona
Class 3	uzobona	ozobona	uzobona	awuzubona	ongezubona	ungezubona
Class 4	izobona	ezobona	izobona	ayizubona	engezubona	ingezubona
Class 5	lizobona	elizobona	lizobona	alizubona	elingezubona	lingezubona
Class 6	azobona	azobona	ezobona	awazubona	angezubona	engezubona
Class 7	sizobona	esizobona	sizobona	asizubona	esingezubona	singezubona
Class 8	zizobona	ezizobona	zizobona	azizubona	ezingezubona	zingezubona
Class 9	izobona	ezobona	izobona	ayizubona	engezubona	ingezubona
Class 10	zizobona	ezizobona	zizobona	azizubona	ezingezubona	zingezubona
Class 11	luzobona	oluzobona	luzobona	aluzubona	olungezubona	lungezubona
Class 14	buzobona	obuzobona	buzobona	abuzubona	obungezubona	bungezubona
Class 15	kuzobona	okuzobona	kuzobona	akuzubona	okungezubona	kungezubona
Class 17	kuzobona	okuzobona	kuzobona	akuzubona	okungezubona	kungezubona
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyobona	engiyobona	ngiyobona	angiyubona	engingeyubona	ngingeyubona
2nd singular	uyobona	oyobona	uyobona	awuyubona	ongeyubona	ungeyubona
1st plural	siyobona	esiyobona	siyobona	asiyubona	esingeyubona	singeyubona
2nd plural	niyobona	eniyobona	niyobona	aniyubona	eningeyubona	ningeyubona
Class 1	uyobona	oyobona	eyobona	akayubona	ongeyubona	engeyubona
Class 2	bayobona	abayobona	beyobona	abayubona	abangeyubona	bengeyubona
Class 3	uyobona	oyobona	uyobona	awuyubona	ongeyubona	ungeyubona
Class 4	iyobona	eyobona	iyobona	ayiyubona	engeyubona	ingeyubona
Class 5	liyobona	eliyobona	liyobona	aliyubona	elingeyubona	lingeyubona
Class 6	ayobona	ayobona	eyobona	awayubona	angeyubona	engeyubona
Class 7	siyobona	esiyobona	siyobona	asiyubona	esingeyubona	singeyubona
Class 8	ziyobona	eziyobona	ziyobona	aziyubona	ezingeyubona	zingeyubona
Class 9	iyobona	eyobona	iyobona	ayiyubona	engeyubona	ingeyubona
Class 10	ziyobona	eziyobona	ziyobona	aziyubona	ezingeyubona	zingeyubona
Class 11	luyobona	oluyobona	luyobona	aluyubona	olungeyubona	lungeyubona
Class 14	buyobona	obuyobona	buyobona	abuyubona	obungeyubona	bungeyubona
Class 15	kuyobona	okuyobona	kuyobona	akuyubona	okungeyubona	kungeyubona
Class 17	kuyobona	okuyobona	kuyobona	akuyubona	okungeyubona	kungeyubona
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngibone	ngingaboni
2nd singular	ubone	ungaboni
1st plural	sibone	singaboni
2nd plural	nibone	ningaboni
Class 1	abone	angaboni
Class 2	babone	bangaboni
Class 3	ubone	ungaboni
Class 4	ibone	ingaboni
Class 5	libone	lingaboni
Class 6	abone	angaboni
Class 7	sibone	singaboni
Class 8	zibone	zingaboni
Class 9	ibone	ingaboni
Class 10	zibone	zingaboni
Class 11	lubone	lungaboni
Class 14	bubone	bungaboni
Class 15	kubone	kungaboni
Class 17	kubone	kungaboni
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngabona	ngangabona, angabona, angangabona
2nd singular	wabona	wangabona, awabona, awangabona
1st plural	sabona	sangabona, asabona, asangabona
2nd plural	nabona	nangabona, anabona, anangabona
Class 1	wabona	wangabona, akabona, akangabona
Class 2	babona	bangabona, ababona, abangabona
Class 3	wabona	wangabona, awabona, awangabona
Class 4	yabona	yangabona, ayabona, ayangabona
Class 5	labona	langabona, alabona, alangabona
Class 6	abona	angabona, awabona, awangabona
Class 7	sabona	sangabona, asabona, asangabona
Class 8	zabona	zangabona, azabona, azangabona
Class 9	yabona	yangabona, ayabona, ayangabona
Class 10	zabona	zangabona, azabona, azangabona
Class 11	lwabona	lwangabona, alwabona, alwangabona
Class 14	babona	bangabona, ababona, abangabona
Class 15	kwabona	kwangabona, akwabona, akwangabona
Class 17	kwabona	kwangabona, akwabona, akwangabona

Derived terms

• -bonela (applicative)
• -bonisa (causative)
• -bonisisa (intensive)
• -bonakala (neuter-passive)
• -bonwa (passive)
• -bonana (reciprocal)
• sawubona
• umabonakude