lona

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lona"

English

Noun

lona (plural lonas)

1. A bonus scored in the game of kabaddi for getting the entire opposing team declared as out.

Anagrams

• Laon, nola, Anlo, loan, NOLA, Alon, Nola

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈlo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈlo.na]

Noun

lona f (plural lones)

1. canvas, sailcloth
2. (boxing) mat

Derived terms

• loneta

Further reading

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

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish lona (“canvas”), from the name of the French coastal town Olonne, where the linen cloth was woven.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ló‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈlona/

Noun

lóna

1. canvas
2. floor of a boxing ring

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 5 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 11 absolute pronoun.

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 5 absolute pronoun.

Portuguese

Uma lona azul

Etymology

From the name of the French coastal town Olonne, where the linen cloth was woven. Cognate with Spanish lona.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -onɐ
• Hyphenation: lo‧na

Noun

lona f (plural lonas)

1. canvas (a type of coarse cloth)

Derived terms

• estar nas lonas

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: lona

Further reading

• “lona”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔna]

Noun

lona n

1. genitive singular of lono

Sotho

Pronoun

lona

1. you all

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 5 absolute pronoun.

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of the French coastal town Olonne, where the linen cloth was woven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlona/ [ˈlo.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: lo‧na

Noun

lona f (plural lonas)

1. canvas
   • 2023 June 20, Eliona Rakipaj, “Una lona de Vox en el centro de Madrid propone tirar a la basura el feminismo, el colectivo LGTBIQ+ y la Agenda 2030”, in El País‎^[1]:

     “La lona del odio, la discriminación y la vergüenza es un ataque a nuestros derechos y a nuestro modelo de convivencia”, se comenta en un vídeo que los socialistas han difundido a través de su cuenta de Twitter, donde anima a acudir el 23 J a votar para “tirar el odio y la basura”.

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2. sail cloth
3. cotton duck
4. tarpaulin

Descendants

• → Catalan: lona

Further reading

• “lona”, 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
• lona on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 5 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 11 absolute pronoun.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lona (“canvas”), from the name of the French coastal town Olonne, where the linen cloth was woven.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlona/ [ˈloː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: lo‧na

Noun

lona (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ)

1. canvas

Adjective

lona (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ)

1. made of canvas

Anagrams

• laon, alon

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 5 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 11 absolute pronoun.

Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːná/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 5 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -lo, poss. stem -ló
Full form	loná
Locative	kúlo
Full form	loná
Locative	kúlo
Copulative	yílo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâlo	ówâlo
Class 2	bâlo	ábâlo
Class 3	wâlo	ówâlo
Class 4	yâlo	éyâlo
Class 5	lâlo	élâlo
Class 6	âlo	áwâlo
Class 7	sâlo	ésâlo
Class 8	zâlo	ézâlo
Class 9	yâlo	éyâlo
Class 10	zâlo	ézâlo
Class 11	lwâlo	ólwâlo
Class 14	bâlo	óbâlo
Class 15	kwâlo	ókwâlo
Class 17	kwâlo	ókwâlo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *loná.

Pronoun

loná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 11 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -lo, poss. stem -ló
Full form	loná
Locative	kúlo
Full form	loná
Locative	kúlo
Copulative	yílo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâlo	ówâlo
Class 2	bâlo	ábâlo
Class 3	wâlo	ówâlo
Class 4	yâlo	éyâlo
Class 5	lâlo	élâlo
Class 6	âlo	áwâlo
Class 7	sâlo	ésâlo
Class 8	zâlo	ézâlo
Class 9	yâlo	éyâlo
Class 10	zâlo	ézâlo
Class 11	lwâlo	ólwâlo
Class 14	bâlo	óbâlo
Class 15	kwâlo	ókwâlo
Class 17	kwâlo	ókwâlo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lona (6.3)”