sona

sona (plural sonas)

1. (fandom slang) Clipping of fursona.
   • 2020, Kathy Merlock Jackson, Kathy Shepherd Stolley, Lisa Lyon Payne, Animals and Ourselves: Essays on Connections and Blurred Boundaries, McFarland, →ISBN:

     Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit.

2. (fandom slang, by extension) Clipping of any term suffixed with -sona.
   • 2024 July 4, Scarlett Bittle, “What is a Sona?”, in CharacterHub‎^[1]:

     A sona’s main job is to represent the artist who created it. A sona is sort of like a self insert character in a fanfiction.

   • 2025 November 4, Holly Swinyard, Fans and Fandom: A Journey into the Passion and Power of Fan Culture‎^[2], Casemate Publishers, →ISBN:

     Look, if you didn't have a Sonic 'sona' (not that we called them that, all those moons ago when I was young) when you were a kid then have you really lived in fandom?

• Onas, Noas, AONs, Naso, Naos, naos, naso-, ONAs, Sano

From Bengali সোনা (śōna) or Hindi सोना (sonā), from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa).

• IPA^(key): /sʰona/

sona (Bengali script সোনা)

1. gold

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

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

sona

1. inflection of sonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From English zone, from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).

• Hyphenation: so‧na

sona

1. a zone; a given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

sona

1. (intransitive) to steal

sona (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. wasp

Attested since 1708. From son (“sound”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsona/ [ˈs̺o.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: so‧na

sona f (plural sonas)

1. rumor; word of mouth
2. fame; reputation

   Synonyms: fama, nome, reputación

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sona”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sona”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sona”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

sona

1. indefinite genitive plural of sonur

From Old Irish sonae.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔn̪ˠə/^[1], /ˈsˠɞn̪ˠə/^[2]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʊnˠə/, /ˈsˠʊn̪ˠə/

sona

1. happy

• sonas (“happiness”)
• lá breithe sona dhuit (“happy birthday”)
• Nollaig shona (“Merry Christmas”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

sona

1. inflection of sonare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Naos, Naso, Sanò, anso, ansò, naso, naso-, sano, sanò

sona

1. romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦤ

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sōna f (genitive sōnae); first declension

1. Old Latin form of zōna

First-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sonā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sonō

• "sona", 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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔna/

sona

1. inflection of son:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

soná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

• sonen

sona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sone

sona f

1. definite singular of sone

From Proto-West Germanic *sānō. Related to Old Norse senn, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.nɑ/

sōna

1. immediately, straightaway
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"

     Hwæt ða nicostratus wearð swiðe afyrht þa ða he þæt wundor ge-seah on his wife gedon and feol adune sona to sebastianes fotum...

     Then Nicostratus was greatly afraid, when he saw the miracle wrought on his wife, and immediately fell down at Sebastian's feet,...

• samtinges

• English: soon

sona

1. genitive plural of sonr

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

soná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

From Old Irish sonae.

• IPA^(key): [sɔnə]

sona

1. happy

   Tha mi cho sona ri bròig! ― I’m as happy as a shoe!

2. fortunate, lucky

• cho sona ri bròg
• co-latha breith sona

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

soná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

-sona (infinitive kusona)

1. to relax, rest

Conjugation of -sona
Positive present -nasona Subjunctive -sone Negative -soni Imperative singular sona
Infinitives
Positive kusona Negative kutosona
Imperatives
Singular sona Plural soneni
Tensed forms
Habitual husona Positive past positive subject concord + -lisona Negative past negative subject concord + -kusona
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasona) Singular Plural 1st person ninasona/nasona tunasona 2nd person unasona mnasona 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasona wanasona other classes positive subject concord + -nasona
Negative present (negative subject concord + -soni) Singular Plural 1st person sisoni hatusoni 2nd person husoni hamsoni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasoni hawasoni other classes negative subject concord + -soni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasona Negative future negative subject concord + -tasona
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sone) Singular Plural 1st person nisone tusone 2nd person usone msone 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asone wasone other classes positive subject concord + -sone
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisone Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesona Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesona Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisona Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisona
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asona) Singular Plural 1st person nasona twasona 2nd person wasona mwasona 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asona wasona m-mi(III/IV) wasona yasona ji-ma(V/VI) lasona yasona ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasona vyasona n(IX/X) yasona zasona u(XI) wasona see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasona pa(XVI) pasona mu(XVIII) mwasona
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesona "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasona "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasona "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisona "If not" positive subject concord + -siposona Consecutive kasona / positive subject concord + -kasona Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasone
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisona -tusona 2nd person -kusona -wasona/-kusoneni/-wasoneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msona -wasona m-mi(III/IV) -usona -isona ji-ma(V/VI) -lisona -yasona ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisona -visona n(IX/X) -isona -zisona u(XI) -usona see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusona pa(XVI) -pasona mu(XVIII) -musona Reflexive -jisona
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sona- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sonaye -sonao m-mi(III/IV) -sonao -sonayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sonalo -sonayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sonacho -sonavyo n(IX/X) -sonayo -sonazo u(XI) -sonao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sonako pa(XVI) -sonapo mu(XVIII) -sonamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sona) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesona -osona m-mi(III/IV) -osona -yosona ji-ma(V/VI) -losona -yosona ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosona -vyosona n(IX/X) -yosona -zosona u(XI) -osona see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosona pa(XVI) -posona mu(XVIII) -mosona
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • usono (“resting”)

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

soná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona)

1. to atone (to make reparation for a crime or the like)
2. (by extension) to pay (face consequences)

   Han ska få sona sina brott!

   He will pay for his crimes!

• försona

• sona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• nosa, onas

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋelaʀ.

sona

1. to fry

Maybe the same as above.

sona

1. to puncture, to pierce
2. to stab

Borrowed from Swahili -shona, from Proto-Bantu *-còna.

• IPA^(key): /sóna/

-sona (infinitive okusona) (transitive)

1. to sew

   Synonym: -baziira

• Nominal derivations:
  • emisonere (“way of sewing”)
  • omusoni (“tailor, seamstress”)
  • omusono (“type of fashion”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 284
• Entry 660 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

sona

1. dative singular of son

sona

1. genitive singular of son

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

soná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *soná.

• IPA^(key): /soːná/

soná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 7 absolute pronoun.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “sona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sona (6.3)”