# mona
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish mona (“monkey”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoʊnə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

mona (plural monas)
* Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

### Further reading

* Cercopithecus mona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Cercopithecus mona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* Amon, Mano, NOMA, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, maon, moan, noma

## Bunama
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

### Noun

mona
* pudding boiled in clay pot

#### Related terms

* mamonana (“fat”)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmo.na]

### Etymology 1

From earlier mamona, maimona, from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”).

#### Noun

mona f (plural mones)
* monkey
    Synonym: mico
* (colloquial) ape, copycat
* (colloquial) drunkenness, hangover
    Synonyms: embriaguesa, ressaca
* a matching card game similar to Old Maid; also the loser and the losing card in this game

##### Derived terms

* mona aranya
* mona de Gibraltar
* mona de nit
* mona esquirol
* mona llanosa
* mona vermella

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin munda, plural of mundum (“world”).

#### Noun

mona f (plural mones)
* a round cake garnished with eggs (originally hard-boiled, now usually chocolate) eaten at Easter

### Further reading

* “mona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cornish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoːnə]

### Noun

mona m (plural monyes)
* money, cash, change
    Synonym: arhans

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From mono +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmona]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: mo‧na

### Adjective

mona (accusative singular monan, plural monaj, accusative plural monajn)
* (money) pecuniary, monetary

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak. Cognate with Malay minyak (“oil”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmo.nə]

### Noun

mona
* fat (specialized animal tissue)

### Verb

mona
* (stative) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
* (stative) fertile, rich (as soil)
* (stative) fruitful

#### Derived terms

* momona
* monamona (“dessert”)

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mona”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Spanish mono, of Arabic origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.na/
* Rhymes: -ɔna
* Hyphenation: mò‧na

#### Noun

mona f (plural mone)
* (obsolete) monkey

### Etymology 2

Uncertain.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmo.na/
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: mó‧na

#### Noun

mona f (plural mone)
* (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, figurative) cunt, pussy

#### Noun

mona m (invariable)
* (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, derogatory) idiot, silly, dupe

### Anagrams

* Maon, Oman, mano, noma

## Kituba
### Verb

mona
* to see

## Luba-Kasai
### Verb

mona
* to see

## Middle English
### Noun

mona
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“moon”)

## Murui Huitoto

mona :
| Root | Classifier |
| mona- | — |

### Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mona and Nüpode Huitoto mona.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɔna]
* Hyphenation: mo‧na

### Noun

mona
* sky

#### Declension
### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 179
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* mōne

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh₁- (“to measure”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoː.nɑ/

### Noun

mōna m
* moon
** c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
    Sē mōna næfþ nān lēoht būtan of þǣre sunnan lēoman, and hē is ealra tungla niðemest.The moon has no light except from the sun, and it is the lowest of all the heavenly bodies.
** The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    An. DCCXXXIIII Hēr wæs sē mōna swylċe hē wǣre mid blōde begoten, ⁊ forðferdan Tātwine ⁊ BedaYear 734 In this year it was as if the moon was covered in blood, and Tatwine and Beda died.
    Lōca nū hū beorhte sē mōna tō niht sċīnþ!Look how bright the moon is shining tonight!
    On þæs mōnan lēohte læġ lȳtel ǣġ on lēafe.In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Derived terms

* full mōna
* mōnan āsprungennes
* mōnanǣfen
* mōnandæġ
* mōnanniht
* mōnlīċ
* mōnsēoc
* nīewe mōna

#### Descendants

* Middle English: mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona
** English: moon
*** Sranan Tongo: mun
*** Tok Pisin: mun
*** Torres Strait Creole: mun
** Scots: muin, mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne
** Yola: mond
** Geordie English: muin, meun

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Cognates include Old English mōna, Old High German mâno, Old Norse máni and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔːna/

### Noun

môna m
* moon

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: muun
    Mooring: moune
* Saterland Frisian: Moune
* West Frisian: moanne

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑁄𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* मोन (Devanagari script)
* মোন (Bengali script)
* මොන (Sinhalese script)
* မောန or မေႃၼ (Burmese script)
* โมน or โมนะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩮᩣᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂມນ or ໂມນະ (Lao script)
* មោន (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄮𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

mona n
* wisdom
* self-possession
* silence

## Penrhyn
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

### Verb

mona
* (stative) be sweet

#### Related terms

* momona (“fat”)
* monamona (“lollipop, candy”)

## Pileni
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

### Noun

mona
* pudding

#### Related terms

* momona (“oily, greasy”)
* mnamona (“fat, grease”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmõ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmõ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmo.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmo.nɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -õnɐ, (Portugal) -onɐ
* Hyphenation: mo‧na

### Etymology 1

From Venetan mona (“pussy, cunt”).
Possibly borrowed from Spanish mona.

#### Noun

mona f (plural monas)
* female equivalent of mono
* rag doll
    Synonyms: marafona, matrafona
* (Can we verify this sense?) (Brazil, informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
* (informal) drunkenness
    Synonym: bebedeira
** 1906 March 3, A Situação, Jaguarão, page 2; quoted in Jeferson Francisco Selbach, Rosemary Fritsch Brum, “Jornal A Situação 1906 a 1920”, in Ruralização e viver em fronteira: Jaguarão/RS, Porto Alegre: Animal, 2017 May 13, →ISBN, page 99:Hoje a 1 hora da tarde foi tambem conduzido áquelle posto o creoulo Manoel Oliveira, por estar cahido com forte «mona» na rua 15 de Novembro, na porta do estabelecimento funerário do Sr. Miguel Dellelis.
* the state of being upset, bothered or annoyed
    Synonyms: aborrecimento, amuamento, amuo
* (Brazil, informal) woman
* (informal) head
    Synonym: cabeça
* (bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Adjective

mona
* feminine singular of mono

#### Noun

mona f (plural monas)
* a goat lacking one of its horns

### Further reading

* “mona” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “mona”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “mona”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “mona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “mona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “mona”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “mona”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Sinaugoro
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

### Noun

mona
* fat, grease

## Sotho
### Adverb

mona
* here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmona/ [ˈmo.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ona
* Syllabification: mo‧na

### Etymology 1

From mono (“monkey”). Compare English monkey.

#### Noun

mona f (plural monas)
* drunkenness, fuddle
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

##### Derived terms

* amonarse
* dormir la mona

#### Noun

mona f (plural monas, masculine mono, masculine plural monos)
* female equivalent of mono; female monkey
* copycat
* (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
* (Colombia) blonde woman

##### Derived terms

* a freír monas
* aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
* como la mona
* mona china
* pintar la mona

##### Descendants

* → English: mona
* → Italian: mona

#### Adjective

mona f sg
* feminine singular of mono

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mona f (plural monas)
* A type of circular cake, similar to a roscón

##### Derived terms

* mona de Pascua

### Further reading

* “mona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

### Adjective

mona
* sweet

#### Related terms

* momona
* monamona

### References

* Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
* “mona” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

## Volapük
### Noun

mona
* genitive singular of mon