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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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian noni.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no?ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Noun

noni (countable and uncountable, plural nonis)

1. The Polynesian fruit tree Morinda citrifolia.
2. The fruit of Morinda citrifolia, or a juice made from this fruit that is supposed to have healthful qualities

References

• Morinda citrifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Morinda citrifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Morinda citrifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• in on

Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?ni/

Noun

noni

1. woman

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?noni/, [?no?ni]
• IPA^(key): /?noni?/, [?no?ni(?)]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Syllabification: no?ni

Interjection

noni

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of no niin

Etymology 2

From Hawaiian noni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?noni/, [?no?ni]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Syllabification: no?ni

Noun

noni

1. noni (Morinda citrifolia)
2. noni (plant of the genus Morinda)
3. (in the plural) the genus Morinda

Declension

Anagrams

• Onni, noin, onni

Hawaiian

Etymology

Related to Samoan nonu.

Noun

noni

1. A Polynesian tree with fruits traditionally used as medicine, Morinda citrifolia

Italian

Adjective

noni

1. masculine plural of nono

Noun

noni m

1. plural of nono

Anagrams

• inno, nino

Japanese

Romanization

noni

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Numeral

n?n?

1. nominative masculine plural of n?nus
2. genitive masculine singular of n?nus
3. genitive neuter singular of n?nus
4. vocative masculine plural of n?nus

Spanish

Noun

noni f (plural nonis)

1. noni (fruit)

Venetian

Noun

noni

1. plural of nono