kono

See also: Kono and kɔnɔ

English

Etymology

From Māori [Term?].

Noun

kono (plural kono or konos)

1. (New Zealand) A traditional Maori woven basket.
   • 1972, James K. Baxter, ‘He Waiata mo Te Kare’, Selected Poems, Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023, p. 264:

     To others my love is a plaited kono / Full or empty […] .

   • 2016, Nigel Borell, edited by Ngahiraka Mason, Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The Māori Portraits, page 214:

     His son Hector is the source image of the young boy seated on a log eating a potato from a kono […] .

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kono]

Adjective

kono

1. green

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *kənə.

Verb

kono

1. to forbid
2. to obstruct
3. to keep from

References

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 19 (2009)

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gòn.

Verb

kono

1. to ail, to be ill/sick

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kono/ [ko.no]
• Rhymes: -ono, -o
• Hyphenation: ko‧no

Noun

kono inan

1. (geometry) cone

Declension

Declension of kono (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	kono	konoa	konoak	konook
ergative	konok	konoak	konoek	konook
dative	konori	konoari	konoei	konooi
genitive	konoren	konoaren	konoen	konoon
comitative	konorekin	konoarekin	konoekin	konookin
causative	konorengatik	konoarengatik	konoengatik	konoongatik
benefactive	konorentzat	konoarentzat	konoentzat	konoontzat
instrumental	konoz	konoaz	konoez	konootaz
innesive	konotan	konoan	konoetan	konootan
locative	konotako	konoko	konoetako	konootako
allative	konotara	konora	konoetara	konootara
terminative	konotaraino	konoraino	konoetaraino	konootaraino
directive	konotarantz	konorantz	konoetarantz	konootarantz
destinative	konotarako	konorako	konoetarako	konootarako
ablative	konotatik	konotik	konoetatik	konootatik
partitive	konorik	—	—	—
prolative	konotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “kono”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkono/ [ˈko.n̪o]
• Hyphenation: ko‧no

Noun

kóno (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜈᜓ)

1. (geometry) cone

   Synonym: balisungsong

Esperanto

Etymology

From koni +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkono/

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: ko‧no

Noun

kono (uncountable, accusative konon)

1. knowledge

Derived terms

• koni
• konato

Fula

Conjunction

kono

1. (Pular) but, however

Dialectal variants

• ammaa (Adamawa)
• dee (Liptaako)
• kaa (Massina)

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Polynesian *tono "bit, command". Cognate with Māori tono (“bid, command”), Tahitian tono (“send, assign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.no/

Noun

kono

1. invitation

Verb

kono(transitive)

1. to invite, to ask in
2. to entice, to lure
3. to prompt, to induce

Derived terms

• hoʻokono (causative)
• konokono (reduplicated form)

Further reading

• kono in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Japanese

Romanization

kono

1. Rōmaji transcription of この

Javanese

Adverb

kono

1. there

Koasati

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *koniCo. Compare Alabama kono, Chickasaw koni, Choctaw koni, Creek kunu.

Noun

kono

1. skunk

Lindu

Adjective

kono

1. true

Derived terms

• kakono-konona
• kakonoana
• konoa
• nakono

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi kono.

Verb

kono

1. to ail, to be ill/sick

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cono, from Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkono/ [ˈkoː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: ko‧no

Noun

kono (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈᜓ)

1. (geometry) cone

   Synonym: (neologism) tagilog

2. anything shaped like a cone
3. large mechanized rice mill (especially cone-type mills)

Derived terms

• hugis-kono
• ikono
• ipakono
• magpakono

Related terms

• koniko
• konipero

See also

• apa
• balinsuso
• balisungsong
• barkilyos
• papa
• puntok
• talulo

Further reading

• “kono”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kono”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 154