fono

See also: fonò, fono-, and -fono

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фон (fon), from French fond, ultimately from Latin fundus (“ground, foundation, bottom”). Compare Italian fondo. Doublet of fundo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfono]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Hyphenation: fo‧no

Noun

fono (accusative singular fonon, plural fonoj, accusative plural fonojn)

  1. (art) background, backdrop

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɔno
  • Hyphenation: fò‧no

Noun

fono m (plural foni)

  1. phone (linguistics)

Samoan

Noun

fono

  1. social class of headmen
  2. assembly of headmen
  3. Parliament

Spanish

Noun

fono m (plural fonos)

  1. (chiefly Chile) telephone, blower
  2. (linguistics) phone

Further reading

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸo.n̪o/

Verb

fono

  1. (transitive) to not want
    Antonyms: seba, tope

Conjugation
Conjugation of fono (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tofono mofono afono
2nd person nofono fofono
3rd person inanimate ifono dofono
animate
imperative nofono, fono fofono, fono

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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