Faroese

Noun

kona f (genitive singular konu, plural konur)

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Gilbertese

Verb

kona

1. can; to be able to

Hawaiian

Determiner

kona

1. his, her, its third person singular possessive, o-type

Synonyms

• ko ia
• ko ia ala
• ko ia nei

Related terms

• ona
• nona

See also

Noun

kona

1. leeward side of an island, southwest due to Hawaiian tradewinds

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔːna/
• Rhymes: -ɔːna

Noun

kona f ‎(genitive singular konu, nominative plural konur)

1. 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.

2. a wife

   Ég elska konuna mína.

   I love my wife.

Declension

Coordinate terms

• karl
• eiginmaður
• maður
• stúlka
• barn

Derived terms

• eiginkona
• hjúkrunarkona
• vinkona

Related terms

• kven-
• kvendi
• kvæna

See also

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

Japanese

Romanization

kona

1. rōmaji reading of こな

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• konen

Noun

kona m, f

1. definite feminine singular of kone

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kona f

1. 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)

1. (Scanian) 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 Swedish

Alternative forms

• kuna

Etymology

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

Noun

kona f

1. woman
2. wife
3. mistress, paramour

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: kona, kvinna

Swahili

Noun

kona (needs class)

1. corner (area in the angle between converging lines or walls)

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

1. (obsolete) woman

Declension

Derived terms

• trollkona

Synonyms

• kvinna