dòna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dona"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɔ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɔ.na]

Noun

dòna f (plural dònes)

1. Obsolete spelling of dona (“woman; wife”).
   • 1906, Emili Vilanova i March, Gent de casa, page 36:

     — Bésam lo peu; — li contesta la seva dòna alsantse y anantsen al seu quarto ab tota la magestat d'una reyna agraviada.

     "Kiss my foot," his wife replies, rising and going to her room with all the majesty of an insulted queen.

Emilian

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“mistress”).

Pronunciation

• (Bologna) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːna/, [ˈdɔ̈ɔ̯nɐ]

Noun

dòna f

1. woman (adult female human)

References

• “dòna” in Luigi Lepri, Daniele Vitali, Dizionario Bolognese-Italiano Italiano-Bolognese, Edizioni Pendragon, 2nd edition, 2009, page 98.

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• dóna
• döna (Rimini)

Etymology

Cognate with Italian donna (“woman”).

Noun

dòna f (plural dòn, second plural donne)

1. woman
   • 1540, Pier Francesco da Faenza, Commedia nuova:

     O donne, vidì aqui el traditore […]

     Oh women, see here the traitor […]

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 189