bona

• bonar (non-rhotic)

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”),^{[en 1]} from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊnə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊnə
• Homophone: boner (non-rhotic)

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

1. (Polari) Good.
   • 1966, Kenneth Horne, Bona Tattoos (Round the Horne), season 2, spoken by Julian and Sandy (Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams):

     SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces?
     JULIAN: A bona idea. Now, let me see...

   • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137:

     Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.

   • 1997, Ian Lucas, “The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”, in Anna Livia, Kira Hall, editors, Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, page 90:

     Bona to vada you.

• See Thesaurus:good

• cod (Polari)
• See Thesaurus:bad

• bona omi, bona nochy, bona vardering

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

1. (Polari) Well.
   • 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick):

     Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.

• baon, Bano, oban, Oban, AONB, Abon

bona

1. feminine singular of bonu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔ.na]
• Rhymes: -ɔna

bona f

1. feminine singular of bo

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin bonus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbona/

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: bo‧na

bona (accusative singular bonan, plural bonaj, accusative plural bonajn)

1. good

   Antonym: malbona

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎^[1]:

     Mensoganto devas havi bonan memoron.

     A liar has to have a good memory.

• “bona”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “bona”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Zulu -bona, from Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

bona

1. to see

Borrowed from Esperanto bona, French bon, Italian buono, Spanish bueno, ultimately from Latin bonus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbona/

bona

1. good

   Antonym: mala

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Hyphenation: bò‧na

bona f (plural bone)

1. female equivalent of bono

bona f

1. feminine singular of bono

• bano

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bóna

1. to see

• bona:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔː.na]
• bonā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.naː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔː.na]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bona

1. inflection of bonus (“good”):
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

bonā

1. ablative feminine singular of bonus

Feminine of the noun bonus (“a good man”).

bona f (genitive bonae); first declension

1. A good or brave woman.

First-declension noun.

Inflection of the noun bonum.

bona n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bonum (“a good thing”)

• “bona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "bona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bona”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to meet with good weather: tempestatem idoneam, bonam nancisci
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reward amply; to give manifold recompense for: bonam (praeclaram) gratiam referre
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be gifted, talented (not praeditum esse by itself): bona indole (always in sing.) praeditum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) natural advantages: naturae bona
    
  • (ambiguous) to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad bonam frugem se recipere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to squander all one's property: lacerare bona sua (Verr. 3. 70. 164)
    
  • (ambiguous) to confiscate a person's property: bona alicuius publicare (B. G. 5. 54)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore to a person his confiscated property: bona alicui restituere
    
  • (ambiguous) allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
    
• “bona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• -ŵona

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bóna (“to see”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *bhón- (“to see”).

-bona

1. to see

• Bible Society of Zambia, Lenje Bible with Deutercanon, 2003 - Matalikilo 1:4, 1:10
• Arthur Cornwallis Madan, M.A. (1908), Lenje Handbook: A Short Introduction to the Lenje Dialect Spoken in North-West Rhodesia‎^[3], Oxford Clarendon Press, page 147

• Audio:

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bona

1. (Payakumbuh) truth; right

bona

1. (Payakumbuh) very:

   rumahnyo godang bona

   his house is very big

bona f sg

1. feminine singular of buono

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bóna

1. to see

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

bona

1. to see

From Middle Low German bonen.

• bone (e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²buː.nɑ/

bona (present tense bonar, past tense bona, past participle bona, passive infinitive bonast, present participle bonande, imperative bona/bon)

1. to wax or polish a floor

• boning f

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.nɑ/

bona n

1. (dialectal) definite plural of bån

From Old Norse búnaðr.

• IPA^(key): /²buː.nɑ/

bona m

1. (dialectal) pronunciation spelling of bunad

• “bona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• nabo

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bona (infinitive ohubona)

1. to see

• -bona birimerimbwe (“to see dimly or poorly”)
• -bona ohwomu hida (“to scan (read from a computerised device)”)
• -bonamo (“to see privately with an intention to pay a bribe”)
• -bonana (“to see each other”)
• -bonia (“to make visible, to look at someone in a loving way”)

• Diprose, Martin; Musimami, Sylvester N. M. (2012), Lunyole–English Dictionary‎^[4], SIL International

bona m

1. alternative form of bana

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, whence also Old Saxon bōna, Old English bēan, Old Norse baun.

bōna f

1. (botany) A bean

• Middle High German: bōne, pōn
  • Alemannic German: Bone
  • Central Franconian: Bunn
    • Hunsrik: Bohn
    • Luxembourgish: Boun
  • East Central German: Bunn
  • German: Bohne
  • Rhine Franconian: Bohn
    • Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]
    • Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “bōna”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[5] (in German), 6th edition

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.na/

bona

1. genitive singular of bun

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, see also Old English bēan, Old Frisian bāne, Old High German bōna, Old Norse baun.

bōna f

1. (botany) A bean

• Middle Low German: bône
  • German Low German: Bohn

    Plautdietsch: Boon

bona

1. winter

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bóna

1. to see

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bóna (infinitive kubóna, perfective -bônye)

1. to see
2. to find, get

bóna (Cyrillic spelling бо́на)

1. (Bosnia, informal) a way of addressing a familiar female

   Alo, bona. Šta radiš? ― Hey. What are you doing?

• bȍlan

• “bona”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

bona

1. to see

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bôna

1. to see

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

bona f

1. feminine singular of bono

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bóna

1. to see

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Claudia W. Corum (1980), Siswati Special Skills Handbook‎^[6], Peace Corps, page 54

bona

1. definite plural of bo

From Middle Low German bônen, from Old Saxon *bōnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bōnōn. Cognate with Dutch boenen, German bohnern.

bona (present bonar, preterite bonade, supine bonat, imperative bona)

1. to wax or polish a floor

   en hvirflande vals på slottssalens bonade och försåtligt hala parkettgolf.

   a whirling walz on the waxed and treacherously slippery parquet floor of the castle hall

2. (rare or archaic) to equip, to decorate, to dress, to wrap (see also ombona)

• böna
• dona
• ombona

• “bona”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• boan, nabo

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

• IPA^(key): /βóna/

-bona (infinitive okubona) (transitive)

1. (rare) to see, to look

   Synonym: -rora

2. (often troubles or hardships) to experience something

This verb supports at least two perfective stems: -boine and -baine; the former is more widely used.

With -boine:

With -baine:

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -bonera
  • Passive: -bonwa
  • Reduplicative: -bonabona (“to suffer”)
  • Stative: -boneka

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[7], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 238
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[8], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 25–26

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

bona

1. to see

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

• IPA^(key): [ɓoːná]

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

• IPA^(key): [ɓoːná]

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bôna

1. to see

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• -bonisa
• -bonisisa

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

• IPA^(key): /ɓoːná/

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

• IPA^(key): /ɓoːná/

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

-bôna

1. (transitive) to see
2. (transitive) to understand, to comprehend
3. (transitive) to recognise
4. (transitive) to seek out, to visit

• -bonela (applicative)
• -bonisa (causative)
• -bonisisa (intensive)
• -bonakala (neuter-passive)
• -bonwa (passive)
• -bonana (reciprocal)
• sawubona
• umabonakude