kono

See also: Kono and kɔnɔ

English

Etymology

From Māori kono.

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 […] .

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)

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.

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gòn.

Verb

kono

1. to ail, to be ill/sick

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóh₃nos

Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos)bor.

Latin cōnuslbor.

Spanish conobor.

Basque kono

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
inessive	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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóh₃nos

Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos)bor.

Latin cōnuslbor.

Spanish conobor.

Central Bikol kono

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti

Proto-Italic *gnōskō

Latin gnōscō

Latin cognōsco

Late Latin conōscere

Old French conoistre

French connaîtrebor.

Italian conoscerebor.

▲

English knowinflu.

▲

German kenneninflu.

Yiddish קענען (kenen)influ.

Esperanto koni

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto kono

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

Further reading

• “kono”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

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

For pronunciation and definitions of kono – see the following entry.

【この】 [adnominal] (deictically) this ... (near the speaker) [adnominal] (anaphorically) this ... I am talking about (only the speaker knows) [adnominal] used before words for insults to add emphasis; compare Chinese 這／这 (zhè, “this”) and Vietnamese này (“this”) [adnominal] I, me: used before one's own name to refer to oneself arrogantly [number] (dated) nine Alternative spellings 此の, 斯の

(This term, kono, is the romaji of the above term.)

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóh₃nos

Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos)bor.

Latin cōnuslbor.

Spanish conobor.

Tagalog kono

Borrowed from Spanish cono, a learned borrowing from Latin cōnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkono/ [ˈk̠oː.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

Watiwa

Noun

kono

1. shadow

Further reading

• Andrew Pawley et al., "The Trans New Guinea family", in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide (2018, →ISBN)