onna

See also: önna and önña

English

Contraction

onna

1. (colloquial) On the.
   • 1976, Jonathan Betuel, The Dogfighter, page 187:

     "Next thing I know you're onna ground, bloody. I don't know what come over me. You goin' out?" Lenny asked.

   • 2007, Martin Amis, Vintage Amis, Vintage, →ISBN, page 30:

     Mal said, “How you doing then?” “Me? I'm onna dole, mate. I'm onna street.”

2. (colloquial) On a.
   • 2012, C. V. Warmouth, A Louisiana Purchase, page 405:

     I bin tole ta put a rag onna stick 'tween huh teef so she not bite huh tung.

See also

• inna
• 'onna

Anagrams

• Anon, Nona, OANN, Onan, anon, anon., nano, nano-, nona-

Chickasaw

Adverb

onna

1. the next day
2. tomorrow

Verb

onna (3rd person subject only, in/transitive)

1. (intransitive) to be the next day
2. (intransitive) to be tomorrow
3. (transitive) to be the next day (in a place)

Japanese

Romanization

onna

1. Rōmaji transcription of おんな

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese 女 (onna, “female; wife”).

Noun

onna

1. woman (female human)
2. wife

Adjective

onna

1. female (animal)

Coordinate terms

• otoko

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2015) “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎^[1], pages 513-532