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bona

See also: Bona, bóna, Bóna, böna, bøna, and -bona
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English

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Etymology

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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.

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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.

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bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

  1. (Polari) Well.

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  1. ^ Baker, Paul (2004) Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 71

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Asturian

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bona

  1. feminine singular of bonu

Catalan

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bona f

  1. feminine singular of bo

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Common Romance, ultimately from Latin bonus.

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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.

Fanagalo

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Etymology

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

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bona

  1. to see

Ido

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Etymology

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

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bona

  1. good
    Antonym: mala
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Italian

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bona f

  1. feminine singular of bono

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Ladin

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bona f

  1. feminine singular of bon

Lala (South Africa)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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-bóna

  1. to see

Latin

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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bona

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

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bonā

  1. ablative feminine singular of bonus

Etymology 2

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

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bona f (genitive bonae); first declension

  1. A good or brave woman.
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bona bonae
genitive bonae bonārum
dative bonae bonīs
accusative bonam bonās
ablative bonā bonīs
vocative bona bonae

Etymology 3

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Inflection of the noun bonum.

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bona

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

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  • “bona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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

Minangkabau

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bona

  1. (Payakumbuh) truth; right

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bona

  1. (Payakumbuh) very:
    rumahnyo godang bona
    his house is very big

Neapolitan

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bona f sg

  1. feminine singular of buono

Northern Ndebele

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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boná

  1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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boná

  1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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-bóna

  1. to see
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Northern Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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bona

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German bonen.

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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
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Etymology 2

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bona n

  1. (dialectal) definite plural of bån

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse búnaðr.

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bona m

  1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of bunad.

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Old English

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bona m

  1. Alternative form of bana

Old High German

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Etymology

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

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    bōna f

    1. (botany) A bean

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    Declension of bōna (ō-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative bōna bōnā
    accusative bōna bōnā
    genitive bōna bōnōno
    dative bōnu bōnōm
    Declension of bōna (feminine n-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative bōna bōnun
    accusative bōnūn bōnun
    genitive bōnūn bōnōno
    dative bōnūn bōnōm, bōnōn
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    • Middle High German: bōne, pōn
      • Alemannic German: Bone
      • Central Franconian: Bunn
      • East Central German: Bunn
      • German: Bohne
      • Rhine Franconian: Bohn
        • Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]
        • Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn

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    bona

    1. genitive singular of bun

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    Mutation of bona
    radical lenition nasalization
    bona bona
    pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/     		mbona

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Adjective

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    bona f

    1. feminine singular of bon

    Old Saxon

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    Etymology

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

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    bōna f

    1. (botany) A bean

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    • Middle Low German: bône
      • German Low German: Bohn
        Plautdietsch: Boon

    Oromo

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    Noun

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    bona

    1. winter

    Phuthi

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

    Pronoun

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    boná

    1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 3

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    -bóna

    1. to see
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    Rwanda-Rundi

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    -bóna (infinitive kubóna, perfective -bônye)

    1. to see
    2. to find, get

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    bóna (Cyrillic spelling бо́на)

    1. (Bosnia, informal) a way of addressing a familiar female
      Alo, bona. Šta radiš? ― Hey. What are you doing?

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    • “bona”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

    Sotho

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    bona

    1. to see

    Southern Ndebele

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    -bôna

    1. to see
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    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 3

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

    Spanish

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    bona f

    1. feminine singular of bono

    Swazi

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 3

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    -bóna

    1. to see
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    Swedish

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    Etymology 1

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    Noun

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    bona

    1. definite plural of bo

    Etymology 2

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Verb

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    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)
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    Conjugation of bona (weak)
    Active Passive
    Infinitive bona bonas
    Supine bonat bonats
    Imperative bona —
    Imper. plural1 bonen —
    Present Past Present Past
    Indicative bonar bonade bonas bonades
    Ind. plural1 bona bonade bonas bonades
    Subjunctive2 bone bonade bones bonades
    Participles
    Present participle bonande
    Past participle bonad
    1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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    Tswana

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    bona

    1. to see

    Venetan

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    bona f

    1. feminine singular of bon

    Xhosa

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

    Etymology 3

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

    Verb

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    -bôna

    1. to see
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    Zulu

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.
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    Stem -bo, poss. stem -bó
    Full form boná
    Locative kúbo
    Full form boná
    Locative kúbo
    Copulative yíbo
    Possessive forms
    Modifier Substantive
    Class 1 wâbo ówâbo
    Class 2 bâbo ábâbo
    Class 3 wâbo ówâbo
    Class 4 yâbo éyâbo
    Class 5 lâbo élâbo
    Class 6 âbo áwâbo
    Class 7 sâbo ésâbo
    Class 8 zâbo ézâbo
    Class 9 yâbo éyâbo
    Class 10 zâbo ézâbo
    Class 11 lwâbo ólwâbo
    Class 14 bâbo óbâbo
    Class 15 kwâbo ókwâbo
    Class 17 kwâbo ókwâbo

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Nguni *boná.

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    boná

    1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.
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    Stem -bo, poss. stem -bó
    Full form boná
    Locative kúbo
    Full form boná
    Locative kúbo
    Copulative yíbo
    Possessive forms
    Modifier Substantive
    Class 1 wâbo ówâbo
    Class 2 bâbo ábâbo
    Class 3 wâbo ówâbo
    Class 4 yâbo éyâbo
    Class 5 lâbo élâbo
    Class 6 âbo áwâbo
    Class 7 sâbo ésâbo
    Class 8 zâbo ézâbo
    Class 9 yâbo éyâbo
    Class 10 zâbo ézâbo
    Class 11 lwâbo ólwâbo
    Class 14 bâbo óbâbo
    Class 15 kwâbo ókwâbo
    Class 17 kwâbo ókwâbo

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    From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

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    -bôna

    1. (transitive) to see
    2. (transitive) to understand, to comprehend
    3. (transitive) to recognise
    4. (transitive) to seek out, to visit
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    Infinitive ukubona
    Positive Negative
    Infinitive ukubona ukungaboni
    Imperative
    Simple + object concord
    Singular bona -bone
    Plural bonani -boneni
    Present
    Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
    1st singular ngiyabona, ngibona engibonayo, engibona ngibona angiboni engingaboni ngingaboni
    2nd singular uyabona, ubona obonayo, obona ubona awuboni ongaboni ungaboni
    1st plural siyabona, sibona esibonayo, esibona sibona asiboni esingaboni singaboni
    2nd plural niyabona, nibona enibonayo, enibona nibona aniboni eningaboni ningaboni
    Class 1 uyabona, ubona obonayo, obona ebona akaboni ongaboni engaboni
    Class 2 bayabona, babona ababonayo, ababona bebona ababoni abangaboni bengaboni
    Class 3 uyabona, ubona obonayo, obona ubona awuboni ongaboni ungaboni
    Class 4 iyabona, ibona ebonayo, ebona ibona ayiboni engaboni ingaboni
    Class 5 liyabona, libona elibonayo, elibona libona aliboni elingaboni lingaboni
    Class 6 ayabona, abona abonayo, abona ebona awaboni angaboni engaboni
    Class 7 siyabona, sibona esibonayo, esibona sibona asiboni esingaboni singaboni
    Class 8 ziyabona, zibona ezibonayo, ezibona zibona aziboni ezingaboni zingaboni
    Class 9 iyabona, ibona ebonayo, ebona ibona ayiboni engaboni ingaboni
    Class 10 ziyabona, zibona ezibonayo, ezibona zibona aziboni ezingaboni zingaboni
    Class 11 luyabona, lubona olubonayo, olubona lubona aluboni olungaboni lungaboni
    Class 14 buyabona, bubona obubonayo, obubona bubona abuboni obungaboni bungaboni
    Class 15 kuyabona, kubona okubonayo, okubona kubona akuboni okungaboni kungaboni
    Class 17 kuyabona, kubona okubonayo, okubona kubona akuboni okungaboni kungaboni
    Recent past
    Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
    1st singular ngibonile, ngibonē engibonile, engibonē ngibonile, ngibonē angibonanga engingabonanga ngingabonanga
    2nd singular ubonile, ubonē obonile, obonē ubonile, ubonē awubonanga ongabonanga ungabonanga
    1st plural sibonile, sibonē esibonile, esibonē sibonile, sibonē asibonanga esingabonanga singabonanga
    2nd plural nibonile, nibonē enibonile, enibonē nibonile, nibonē anibonanga eningabonanga ningabonanga
    Class 1 ubonile, ubonē obonile, obonē ebonile, ebonē akabonanga ongabonanga engabonanga
    Class 2 babonile, babonē ababonile, ababonē bebonile, bebonē ababonanga abangabonanga bengabonanga
    Class 3 ubonile, ubonē obonile, obonē ubonile, ubonē awubonanga ongabonanga ungabonanga
    Class 4 ibonile, ibonē ebonile, ebonē ibonile, ibonē ayibonanga engabonanga ingabonanga
    Class 5 libonile, libonē elibonile, elibonē libonile, libonē alibonanga elingabonanga lingabonanga
    Class 6 abonile, abonē abonile, abonē ebonile, ebonē awabonanga angabonanga engabonanga
    Class 7 sibonile, sibonē esibonile, esibonē sibonile, sibonē asibonanga esingabonanga singabonanga
    Class 8 zibonile, zibonē ezibonile, ezibonē zibonile, zibonē azibonanga ezingabonanga zingabonanga
    Class 9 ibonile, ibonē ebonile, ebonē ibonile, ibonē ayibonanga engabonanga ingabonanga
    Class 10 zibonile, zibonē ezibonile, ezibonē zibonile, zibonē azibonanga ezingabonanga zingabonanga
    Class 11 lubonile, lubonē olubonile, olubonē lubonile, lubonē alubonanga olungabonanga lungabonanga
    Class 14 bubonile, bubonē obubonile, obubonē bubonile, bubonē abubonanga obungabonanga bungabonanga
    Class 15 kubonile, kubonē okubonile, okubonē kubonile, kubonē akubonanga okungabonanga kungabonanga
    Class 17 kubonile, kubonē okubonile, okubonē kubonile, kubonē akubonanga okungabonanga kungabonanga
    Remote past
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    1st singular ngābona engābona ngābona angibonanga engingabonanga ngingabonanga
    2nd singular wābona owābona wābona awubonanga ongabonanga ungabonanga
    1st plural sābona esābona sābona asibonanga esingabonanga singabonanga
    2nd plural nābona enābona nābona anibonanga eningabonanga ningabonanga
    Class 1 wābona owābona ābona akabonanga ongabonanga engabonanga
    Class 2 bābona abābona bābona ababonanga abangabonanga bengabonanga
    Class 3 wābona owābona wābona awubonanga ongabonanga ungabonanga
    Class 4 yābona eyābona yābona ayibonanga engabonanga ingabonanga
    Class 5 lābona elābona lābona alibonanga elingabonanga lingabonanga
    Class 6 ābona ābona ābona awabonanga angabonanga engabonanga
    Class 7 sābona esābona sābona asibonanga esingabonanga singabonanga
    Class 8 zābona ezābona zābona azibonanga ezingabonanga zingabonanga
    Class 9 yābona eyābona yābona ayibonanga engabonanga ingabonanga
    Class 10 zābona ezābona zābona azibonanga ezingabonanga zingabonanga
    Class 11 lwābona olwābona lwābona alubonanga olungabonanga lungabonanga
    Class 14 bābona obābona bābona abubonanga obungabonanga bungabonanga
    Class 15 kwābona okwābona kwābona akubonanga okungabonanga kungabonanga
    Class 17 kwābona okwābona kwābona akubonanga okungabonanga kungabonanga
    Potential
    Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
    1st singular ngingabona — ngingabona ngingebone — ngingebone
    2nd singular ungabona — ungabona ungebone — ungebone
    1st plural singabona — singabona singebone — singebone
    2nd plural ningabona — ningabona ningebone — ningebone
    Class 1 angabona — engabona angebone — engebone
    Class 2 bangabona — bengabona bangebone — bengebone
    Class 3 ungabona — ungabona ungebone — ungebone
    Class 4 ingabona — ingabona ingebone — ingebone
    Class 5 lingabona — lingabona lingebone — lingebone
    Class 6 angabona — engabona angebone — engebone
    Class 7 singabona — singabona singebone — singebone
    Class 8 zingabona — zingabona zingebone — zingebone
    Class 9 ingabona — ingabona ingebone — ingebone
    Class 10 zingabona — zingabona zingebone — zingebone
    Class 11 lungabona — lungabona lungebone — lungebone
    Class 14 bungabona — bungabona bungebone — bungebone
    Class 15 kungabona — kungabona kungebone — kungebone
    Class 17 kungabona — kungabona kungebone — kungebone
    Immediate future
    Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
    1st singular ngizobona engizobona ngizobona angizubona engingezubona ngingezubona
    2nd singular uzobona ozobona uzobona awuzubona ongezubona ungezubona
    1st plural sizobona esizobona sizobona asizubona esingezubona singezubona
    2nd plural nizobona enizobona nizobona anizubona eningezubona ningezubona
    Class 1 uzobona ozobona ezobona akazubona ongezubona engezubona
    Class 2 bazobona abazobona bezobona abazubona abangezubona bengezubona
    Class 3 uzobona ozobona uzobona awuzubona ongezubona ungezubona
    Class 4 izobona ezobona izobona ayizubona engezubona ingezubona
    Class 5 lizobona elizobona lizobona alizubona elingezubona lingezubona
    Class 6 azobona azobona ezobona awazubona angezubona engezubona
    Class 7 sizobona esizobona sizobona asizubona esingezubona singezubona
    Class 8 zizobona ezizobona zizobona azizubona ezingezubona zingezubona
    Class 9 izobona ezobona izobona ayizubona engezubona ingezubona
    Class 10 zizobona ezizobona zizobona azizubona ezingezubona zingezubona
    Class 11 luzobona oluzobona luzobona aluzubona olungezubona lungezubona
    Class 14 buzobona obuzobona buzobona abuzubona obungezubona bungezubona
    Class 15 kuzobona okuzobona kuzobona akuzubona okungezubona kungezubona
    Class 17 kuzobona okuzobona kuzobona akuzubona okungezubona kungezubona
    Remote future
    Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
    1st singular ngiyobona engiyobona ngiyobona angiyubona engingeyubona ngingeyubona
    2nd singular uyobona oyobona uyobona awuyubona ongeyubona ungeyubona
    1st plural siyobona esiyobona siyobona asiyubona esingeyubona singeyubona
    2nd plural niyobona eniyobona niyobona aniyubona eningeyubona ningeyubona
    Class 1 uyobona oyobona eyobona akayubona ongeyubona engeyubona
    Class 2 bayobona abayobona beyobona abayubona abangeyubona bengeyubona
    Class 3 uyobona oyobona uyobona awuyubona ongeyubona ungeyubona
    Class 4 iyobona eyobona iyobona ayiyubona engeyubona ingeyubona
    Class 5 liyobona eliyobona liyobona aliyubona elingeyubona lingeyubona
    Class 6 ayobona ayobona eyobona awayubona angeyubona engeyubona
    Class 7 siyobona esiyobona siyobona asiyubona esingeyubona singeyubona
    Class 8 ziyobona eziyobona ziyobona aziyubona ezingeyubona zingeyubona
    Class 9 iyobona eyobona iyobona ayiyubona engeyubona ingeyubona
    Class 10 ziyobona eziyobona ziyobona aziyubona ezingeyubona zingeyubona
    Class 11 luyobona oluyobona luyobona aluyubona olungeyubona lungeyubona
    Class 14 buyobona obuyobona buyobona abuyubona obungeyubona bungeyubona
    Class 15 kuyobona okuyobona kuyobona akuyubona okungeyubona kungeyubona
    Class 17 kuyobona okuyobona kuyobona akuyubona okungeyubona kungeyubona
    Present subjunctive
    Positive Negative
    1st singular ngibone ngingaboni
    2nd singular ubone ungaboni
    1st plural sibone singaboni
    2nd plural nibone ningaboni
    Class 1 abone angaboni
    Class 2 babone bangaboni
    Class 3 ubone ungaboni
    Class 4 ibone ingaboni
    Class 5 libone lingaboni
    Class 6 abone angaboni
    Class 7 sibone singaboni
    Class 8 zibone zingaboni
    Class 9 ibone ingaboni
    Class 10 zibone zingaboni
    Class 11 lubone lungaboni
    Class 14 bubone bungaboni
    Class 15 kubone kungaboni
    Class 17 kubone kungaboni
    Past subjunctive
    Positive Negative
    1st singular ngabona ngangabona, angabona, angangabona
    2nd singular wabona wangabona, awabona, awangabona
    1st plural sabona sangabona, asabona, asangabona
    2nd plural nabona nangabona, anabona, anangabona
    Class 1 wabona wangabona, akabona, akangabona
    Class 2 babona bangabona, ababona, abangabona
    Class 3 wabona wangabona, awabona, awangabona
    Class 4 yabona yangabona, ayabona, ayangabona
    Class 5 labona langabona, alabona, alangabona
    Class 6 abona angabona, awabona, awangabona
    Class 7 sabona sangabona, asabona, asangabona
    Class 8 zabona zangabona, azabona, azangabona
    Class 9 yabona yangabona, ayabona, ayangabona
    Class 10 zabona zangabona, azabona, azangabona
    Class 11 lwabona lwangabona, alwabona, alwangabona
    Class 14 babona bangabona, ababona, abangabona
    Class 15 kwabona kwangabona, akwabona, akwangabona
    Class 17 kwabona kwangabona, akwabona, akwangabona
    Derived terms
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