different between yond vs yoni

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English yond, from Old English ?eond.

Adjective

yond (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) further; more distant
2. (obsolete) yonder

Adverb

yond (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) yonder
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, Scene ii^[1]:

     The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, / And say what thou seest yond.

See also

• beyond

Etymology 2

From Old English onda, anda (“envy, jealousy; hatred, anger”).

Adjective

yond

1. (obsolete) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.

Anagrams

• dyno, dyon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (yoni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Noun

yoni (plural yonis)

1. The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
   • 2004, Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra, Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:

     Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.

   • 2001, David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, Oxford 2001, p. 205:

     In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.

   • 1997, David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine, University of California 1997, p. 235:

     The goddess blesses him by placing his li?gam in her yoni.

Derived terms

• yonic
• yoni egg
• yoni massage

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?.ni/

Noun

yoni m (plural yonis)

1. yoni

Javanese

Romanization

yoni

1. Romanization of ?????

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

yoni ?

1. womb
2. origin