amona

Basque

Etymology

From ama (“mother”) +‎ on (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amona/ [a.mo.na]

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧na

Noun

amona anim

1. grandmother

   Synonym: amama

2. old woman

Declension

Declension of amona (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	amona	amona	amonak
ergative	amonak	amonak	amonek
dative	amonari	amonari	amonei
genitive	amonaren	amonaren	amonen
comitative	amonarekin	amonarekin	amonekin
causative	amonarengatik	amonarengatik	amonengatik
benefactive	amonarentzat	amonarentzat	amonentzat
instrumental	amonaz	amonaz	amonez
inessive	amonarengan	amonarengan	amonengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	amonarengana	amonarengana	amonengana
terminative	amonarenganaino	amonarenganaino	amonenganaino
directive	amonarenganantz	amonarenganantz	amonenganantz
destinative	amonarenganako	amonarenganako	amonenganako
ablative	amonarengandik	amonarengandik	amonengandik
partitive	amonarik	—	—
prolative	amonatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• aitona-amona (“grandparents”)
• amona mantangorri (“ladybug”)
• amonatxo (“grandma”)

 

Further reading

• “amona”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “amona”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmona/ [aˈmo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧na

Verb

amona

1. only used in se amona, third-person singular present indicative of amonarse
2. only used in te ... amona, syntactic variant of amónate, second-person singular imperative of amonarse