# kona
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰoːna/

### Noun

kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur)
* woman
* wife

#### Declension
## Gilbertese
### Verb

kona
* can; to be able to

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko.na/, [ˈko.nə]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Determiner

kona
* his, her, its third person singular possessive, o-type

##### Synonyms

* ko ia
* ko ia ala
* ko ia nei

##### Related terms

* ona
* nona

##### See also
### Etymology 2

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

#### 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”)). Sense may have gone obsolete with partial reduplication of konakona to differentiate with other senses above, see there for details.

#### Noun

kona
* (archaic) bump, wart

##### Derived terms

* ʻilikona

##### Related terms

* konakona

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kona”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 165
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tona.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 350

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kona (“woman, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰɔːna/, [ˈkʰoɔ̯ːnä]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːna, -a

### 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.
* a wife
    Ég fór þangað með konunni minni. ― I went there with my wife.

#### Coordinate terms

* karl
* eiginmaður
* maður
* stúlka
* barn

#### Derived terms

* eiginkona
* hjúkrunarkona
* sundkona
* vinkona

#### Related terms

* kven-
* kvendi
* kvæna

#### See also

* dama, frú, fröken, jómfrú, kerling, maddama, ungfrú
* drós, svanni, víf

## Japanese
### Romanization

kona
* Rōmaji transcription of こな

## Matal
### Noun

kona
* son
    Masla uwanay, la uwana Kona gulo uwana gi gəkə̀sànì.(Luka 9:35)This one, He is my Son that I have chosen (Luke 9:35)
    Kona aŋa Zəzagəla ― Son of God

### References

* ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/9

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

### Pronoun

koná
* it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* konen m sg

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

kona f sg
* definite feminine singular of kone

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kona f sg
* definite singular of kone

## Old Danish
### 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 […]

#### Descendants

* Danish: kone

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* kvenna, kvinna
* kuna

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

### Noun

kona f (genitive konu, plural konur)
* woman
* wife

#### Declension

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

* kván f, kvæn f

#### Descendants

Most of the modern Scandinavian languages today distinguish between variations derived from kona, meaning wife, and variations derived from kvinna, meaning woman.
* Icelandic: kona
* Faroese: kona; kvinna
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kona, konu, kone; kvinna, kvinne
* Old Swedish: kona, kuna (gen. plur. kvinna, kvænna)
** Swedish: kona; kvinna
* Old Danish: konæ, kunæ (gen. plur. qwinnæ, kvinnæ)
** Danish: kone; kvinde
** Norwegian Bokmål: kone; kvinne
* → Norman: guênipe, guénipe (Jèrriais)
* → French: guenipe

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kona”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* kuna

### Etymology

From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.

### Noun

kona f
* woman
* wife
* mistress, paramour

#### Descendants

* Swedish: kona, kvinna

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

### Pronoun

koná
* it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔna
* Syllabification: ko‧na

### Verb

kona
* third-person singular present of konać

## Sambali
### Noun

konâ
* fish

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English corner.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kona class IX (plural kona class X)
* a corner (area in the angle between converging lines or walls)
* a bend or turn
* (soccer) a corner kick

### References

kona at Nino Vessella's Swahili-English Dictionary

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

### Pronoun

koná
* it; class 15 absolute pronoun.

## Swedish
### 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
* (obsolete) woman

#### Synonyms

* kvinna

#### Derived terms

* trollkona

### Anagrams

* Noak, kaon

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English corner.

### Noun

kona
* corner

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

### Pronoun

koná
* it; class 15 absolute pronoun.