different between bona vs boza

English

Alternative forms

• bonar

Etymology

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Adjective

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

1. (Polari) Good.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:good

Antonyms

• cod (Polari)
• See Thesaurus:bad

Derived terms

• bona omi, bona nochy, bona vardering

Adverb

bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)

1. (Polari) Well.

See also

• bona fide

References

Anagrams

• AONB, Abon, Bano, Oban, baon

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?b?.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?b?.na/
• Rhymes: -?na

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bo

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, ultimately from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo.na/
• Hyphenation: bo?na
• Rhymes: -ona

Adjective

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

1. good
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     Mensoganto devas havi bonan memoron.

     A liar has to have a good memory.

   Antonym: malbona

Fanagalo

Etymology

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

Verb

bona

1. to see

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bona/

Adjective

bona

1. good

   Antonym: mala

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bono

Ladin

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Latin

Pronunciation

• bona: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bo.na/, [?b?nä]
• bona: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bo.na/, [?b??n?]
• bon?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bo.na?/, [?b?nä?]
• bon?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bo.na/, [?b??n?]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective 1

bona

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

Adjective 2

bon?

1. ablative feminine singular of bonus

Etymology 2

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

Noun 1

bona f (genitive bonae); first declension

1. A good or brave woman.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Noun 2

bon?

1. ablative singular of bona

Etymology 3

Inflection of the noun bonum.

Noun

bona

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

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• bona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• 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

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

1. to see

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baun?, whence also Old Saxon b?na, Old English b?an, Old Norse baun. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ab?-.

Noun

b?na f

1. (botany) A bean

Descendants

• Middle High German: b?ne
  • Alemannic German: Bone
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Bohn

    Luxembourgish: Boun

  • German: Bohne
  • Rhine Franconian: Bohn

    Frankfurterisch: [b?õ?n]

    Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bona/

Noun

bona

1. genitive singular of bun

Mutation

Old Occitan

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baun?, whence also Old English b?an, Old Frisian b?ne, Old High German b?na, Old Norse baun. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ab?-.

Noun

b?na f

1. (botany) A bean

Descendants

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

    Plautdietsch: Boon

  • ? Westrobothnian: bø?n

Oromo

Noun

bona

1. winter

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna (infinitive kubóna, perfective -bônye)

1. to see
2. to find, get

Serbo-Croatian

Interjection

bóna (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

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

See also

• b?lan

References

• “bona” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

bona

1. to see

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bóna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

bona

1. definite plural of bo

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. to wax or polish a floor

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

Conjugation

See also

• böna
• dona
• ombona

Anagrams

• boan, nabo

Venetian

Adjective

bona f

1. feminine singular of bon

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?o?ná]

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?o?ná]

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• -bonisa
• -bonisisa

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?ná/

Pronoun

boná

1. they, them; class 2 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *boná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?ná/

Pronoun

boná

1. it; class 14 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

-bôna

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

Inflection

Derived terms

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

English

Noun

boza (countable and uncountable, plural bozas)

1. Alternative spelling of bosa

Anagrams

• Boaz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (Turkish boza), from Persian ????? (buze).

Noun

bóza f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bosa (a fermented malt drink)

Spanish

Noun

boza f (plural bozas)

1. boza

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????, from Persian ????? (buze).

Etymology 2

Possibly from Turkish bozmak ("to blemish, to blight, to spoil or ruin") and Ottoman Turkish ???? (boz) ("Gray, Brown" - referring to the color of the beverage)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boz?]
• Hyphenation: bo?za

Noun

boza (definite accusative bozay?, plural bozalar)

1. A fermented drink made from wheat or millet, bosa.

Declension