wona

See also: wóna, and wóną

Lamba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bóna.

Verb

wona

1. to see

Lower Sorbian

Pronoun

wona f sg

1. Superseded spelling of wóna.

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 3 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. they, them; class 6 absolute pronoun.

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 3 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. they, them; class 6 absolute pronoun.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 3 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. they, them; class 6 absolute pronoun.

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 3 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. they, them; class 6 absolute pronoun.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronoun

wona

1. she

Declension

Upper Sorbian personal pronouns

First person pronouns
	Singular			Dual		Plural
Nominative	ja			mój		my
Genitive	mje (after preposition) mnje			naju		nas
Dative	mi (after preposition) mni			namaj		nam
Accusative	mje (after preposition) mnje			naju		nas
Instrumental	mnu			namaj		nami
Locative	mni					nas
Second person pronouns
	Singular			Dual		Plural
Nominative	ty			wój		wy
Genitive	će (after preposition) tebje			waju		was
Dative	ći (after preposition) tebi			wamaj		wam
Accusative	će (after preposition) tebje			waju		was
Instrumental	tobu			wamaj		wami
Locative	tebi					was
Third person pronouns
	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual virile	Dual nonvirile	Plural virile	Plural nonvirile
Nominative	wón	wona	wono	wonaj	wonej	woni	wone
Genitive	jeho (after preposition) njeho	jeje (after preposition) njeje	jeho (after preposition) njeho	jeju		jich (after preposition) nich
Dative	jemu (after preposition) njemu	jej (after preposition) njej	jemu (after preposition) njemu	jimaj (after preposition) nimaj		jim (after preposition) nim
Accusative	jón (after preposition) njón (animate) jeho (animate after preposition) njeho	ju (after preposition) nju	jo, je (after preposition) njo, nje	jeju (after preposition) njeju	jej (after preposition) njej	jich (after preposition) nich	je (after preposition) nje
Instrumental	nim	njej	nim	nimaj		nimi
Locative						nich

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 3 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. they, them; class 6 absolute pronoun.

Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːná/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 3 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -wo, poss. stem -wó
Full form	woná
Locative	kúwo
Full form	woná
Locative	kúwo
Copulative	yíwo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâwo	ówâwo
Class 2	bâwo	ábâwo
Class 3	wâwo	ówâwo
Class 4	yâwo	éyâwo
Class 5	lâwo	élâwo
Class 6	âwo	áwâwo
Class 7	sâwo	ésâwo
Class 8	zâwo	ézâwo
Class 9	yâwo	éyâwo
Class 10	zâwo	ézâwo
Class 11	lwâwo	ólwâwo
Class 14	bâwo	óbâwo
Class 15	kwâwo	ókwâwo
Class 17	kwâwo	ókwâwo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *woná.

Pronoun

woná

1. they, them; class 6 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -wo, poss. stem -wó
Full form	woná
Locative	kúwo
Full form	woná
Locative	kúwo
Copulative	yíwo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâwo	ówâwo
Class 2	bâwo	ábâwo
Class 3	wâwo	ówâwo
Class 4	yâwo	éyâwo
Class 5	lâwo	élâwo
Class 6	âwo	áwâwo
Class 7	sâwo	ésâwo
Class 8	zâwo	ézâwo
Class 9	yâwo	éyâwo
Class 10	zâwo	ézâwo
Class 11	lwâwo	ólwâwo
Class 14	bâwo	óbâwo
Class 15	kwâwo	ókwâwo
Class 17	kwâwo	ókwâwo

References

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