sona
English
Noun
sona (plural sonas)
- (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.
Atong (India)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʰona/
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Catalan
Verb
sona
- inflection of sonar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧na
Chuukese
Crimean Tatar
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1708. From son (“sound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsonɐ]
References
- “sona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “sona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “sona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Icelandic
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sugnāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
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. |
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 90
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Verb
sona
- inflection of sonare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Javanese
Latin
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)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔna/
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoː.nɑ/
Adverb
sōna
- immediately, straightway
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
- Hwæt ða nicostratus wearð swiðe afyrht þa ða he þæt wundor ge-seah on his wife gedon and feol adune sona to sebastianes fotum...
- Then Nicostratus was greatly afraid, when he saw the miracle wrought on his wife, and straightway fell down at Sebastian's feet,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
Descendants
- English: soon
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sugnāwos (“well grown”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsona/
Usage notes
Old Norse
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɔnə]
Derived terms
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Swedish
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
References
Turkish
Volapük
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *soná.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːná/
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)”
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