kona
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Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
Noun
kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur)
Declension
More information f1, singular ...
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kona | konan | konur | konurnar |
| accusative | konu | konuna | konur | konurnar |
| dative | konu | konuni | konum | konunum |
| genitive | konu | konunnar | kona | konanna |
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Verb
kona
- can; to be able to
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Determiner
kona
Synonyms
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More information singular, dual ...
| The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions. | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | koʻu, kaʻu kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type) |
ko māua, kā māua (exclusive) ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive) |
ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive) ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive) | ||
| 2nd person | kou, kāu kō (affectionate, o- and a-type) |
ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua | ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou | ||
| 3rd person | kona, kāna | ko lāua, kā lāua | ko lākou, kā lākou | ||
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Hawaiian possessive pronouns
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kona
- leeward side of an island, southwest due to Hawaiian tradewinds
Etymology 3
From Proto-Polynesian *jona (“yaws”) (compare with Maori tona (“wart”), Tahitian tona (“wart, chancre”) and Tongan tona (“yaws”)).[1][2][3] Sense may have gone obsolete with partial reduplication of konakona to differentiate with other senses above, see there for details.
Noun
kona
Derived terms
- ʻilikona
Related terms
- konakona
References
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Etymology
From Old Norse kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kona f (genitive singular konu, nominative plural konur)
- a woman
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
- A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
- a wife
- Ég fór þangað með konunni minni. ― I went there with my wife.
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kona | konan | konur | konurnar |
| accusative | konu | konuna | konur | konurnar |
| dative | konu | konunni | konum | konunum |
| genitive | konu | konunnar | kvenna | kvennanna |
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Declension of kona (feminine)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
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Noun
kona
References
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Alternative forms
- konæ (Jutlandic)
Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun
kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
- (Scania) woman, wife
- c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10.
- Sæl bondæn sina eghna iorth bort tha ær konan ey skyld […]
- If the man sells off his land, then the wife is not obligated to […]
- c. 1210, "Sæl bondæn sina", Scanian Law, chapter 10.
Descendants
- Danish: kone
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Noun
kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
Declension
More information feminine, singular ...
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kona | konan | konur | konurnar |
| accusative | konu | konuna | konur | konurnar |
| dative | konu | konunni | konum | konunum |
| genitive | konu | konunnar | kvenna | kvennanna |
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Declension of kona (weak ōn-stem)
Note the form kvenna in genitive plural.
Coordinate terms
- karl m
Derived terms
Many of the derivatives use the genitive plural kvenna-, or the shorter kvenn-, which effectively forms an independent prefix pertaining to women or to womanhood. This is also the origin of the alternative form kvinna f, whence also some of its modern Scandinavian descendants.
- alfkona f (“female elf”)
- bakstrkona f (“female baker”)
- baðkona f (“female bathing attendant”)
- blótkona f (“idolatress”)
- brúðkona f (“bridesmaid”)
- byrgiskona f (“concubine”)
- draumkona f (“woman who appears in dreams”)
- eiginkona f (“wife”)
- eignarkona f (“wife”)
- einsetukona f (“hermitess, anchoress”)
- eptirgǫngukona f (“female underling”)
- falskona f (“harlot”)
- farandkona f (“beggar woman”)
- farkona f (“beggar woman”)
- festarkona f (“betrothed woman”)
- finnkona f (“female Finn”)
- fjǫlkyngiskona f (“sorceress”)
- flagðkona f (“ogress”)
- frændkona f (“kinswoman”)
- fylgikona f (“mistress”)
- fylgjukona f (“female guardian spirit; mistress”)
- fyrirkona f (“woman of distinction”)
- fárskona f (“wicked woman”)
- fǫrukona f (“vagrant woman”)
- galdrakona f (“witch”)
- griðkona f (“housemaid”)
- gǫngukona f (“vagrant woman”)
- heimakona f (“housemaid”)
- heitkona f (“one's promised spouse”)
- hjalskona f (“female friend”)
- hjákona f (“concubine”)
- hornkona f (“old woman in the corner”)
- hórkona f (“adulteress”)
- húskona f (“housewife”)
- kararkona f (“bedridden old woman”)
- konubú n (“woman's estate”)
- konuefni n (“one's future wife, bride”)
- konufé n (“marriage portion”)
- konuhár n (“woman's hair”)
- konuklæði n pl (“woman's attire”)
- konulauss (“wifeless, widowed”)
- konumál n (“love affair”)
- konunám m (“abduction of a woman”)
- kvendi n (“woman”)
- kvennabúnaðr m (“women's attire”)
- kvennafar n (“love affairs”)
- kvennafolk f (“woman”)
- kvennafriðr m (“immunity of women”)
- kvennagrið n (“immunity of women”)
- kvennahjal n (“women's gossip”)
- kvennahús n (“lady's bower”)
- kvennaklæðnaðr m (“female dress”)
- kvennalið n (“women-folk”)
- kvennamaðr m (“one fond of women”)
- kvennamunr m (“distinction of women”)
- kvennamál n pl (“love matters”)
- kvennanám n (“abduction, rape”)
- kvennaráð n pl (“women's counsel”)
- kvennasiðr m (“habits of women”)
- kvennaskap n (“women's temper”)
- kvennaskipan f (“placing of the ladies (at a banquet)”)
- kvennaskáli m (“women's apartment”)
- kvennasveit f (“bevy of women”)
- kvennavagn m (“Ursa Minor”)
- kvennavist f (“women's abode”)
- kvennaást f (“women's love”)
- kvenska f (“womanhood, chastity”)
- lagskona f (“concubine”)
- launkona f (“concubine”)
- lausungarkona f (“loose woman”)
- léttlætiskona f (“loose woman”)
- nærkona f (“midwife”)
- portkona f (“harlot”)
- prestkona f (“a priest's wife”)
- rausnarkona f (“magnificent lady”)
- rekkjukona f (“chambermaid”)
- ráðakona f (“housekeeper”)
- ráðskona f (“housekeeper”)
- salkona f (“housemaid”)
- saurlífiskona f (“harlot”)
- seiðkona f (“sorceress”)
- sifkona f (“a woman related by affinity”)
- sjókona f (“mermaid”)
- skaldkona f (“poetess”)
- skartskona f (“woman given to vain display”)
- skyndikona f (“loose woman”)
- spákona f (“prophetess”)
- sækona f (“mermaid”)
- sængarkona f (“woman in childbed”)
- sængrkona f (“woman in childbed”)
- trollkona f (“female troll”)
- trúkona f (“devout woman”)
- trúnaðarkona f (“confidante”)
- veiðikona f (“fisherwoman, huntress”)
- verkakona f (“workwoman”)
- verkkona f (“workwoman”)
- vinkona f (“female friend”)
- virðingarkona f (“worthy lady”)
- vændiskona f (“harlot”)
- vísdómskona f (“wise woman”)
- vísindakona f (“wise woman”)
- yfirsetukona f (“midwife”)
- áburðarkona f (“a showy, dressy woman”)
- þjónostukona f (“female servant”)
- þokkakona f (“mistress”)
- þrælskona f (“thrall's wife”)
- þváttkona f (“washer-woman”)
- ǫlmusukona f (“poor woman”)
Related terms
Descendants
Most of the modern Scandinavian languages today distinguish between variations derived from kona, meaning wife, and variations derived from kvinna, meaning woman.
References
- “kona”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun
kona f
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kona | konan | konu(r), -o(r) | konuna(r), -ona(r) |
| accusative | konu, -o | konuna, -ona | konu(r), -o(r) | konuna(r), -ona(r) |
| dative | konu, -o | konunni, -onne | konum, -om | konumin, -omen |
| genitive | konu, -o | konunna(r), -onna(r) | kvinna | kvinnanna |
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Declension of kona (on-stem)
Descendants
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Noun
konâ
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
Etymology
From Old Swedish kona, kuna (“woman, wife, concubine”) (genitive plural kvinna, kvænna), from Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English quean.
Noun
kona c
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kona | konas |
| definite | konan | konans | |
| plural | indefinite | konor | konors |
| definite | konorna | konornas | |
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Declension of kona
Synonyms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni [Term?].
Pronoun
koná
- it; class 15 absolute pronoun.
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