leona

See also: Leona

Esperanto

Adjective

leona (accusative singular leonan, plural leonaj, accusative plural leonajn)

1. leonine

Hypernyms

• felisa (“felid”)

Related terms

• leono (“lion”)

Irish

Noun

leona m pl

1. vocative plural of leon

Verb

leona

1. present subjunctive analytic of leon

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈona/

Noun

leona f (plural leonas)

1. female equivalent of leon, lioness

Descendants

• Spanish: leona

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈona/ [leˈo.na]

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: le‧o‧na

Noun

leona f (plural leonas)

1. female equivalent of león (“lioness”)

Further reading

• “león”, 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

Tokelauan

Te leona.

Etymology

Borrowed from English lion. Cognates include Hawaiian liona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le.ˈo.na]
• Hyphenation: le‧o‧na

Noun

leona

1. lion (Panthera leo)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 182