"sona" meaning in Swedish

See sona in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old Swedish sona, likely from Middle Low German sōnen, from Old Saxon (gi)sōnian, from Proto-West Germanic *swōnijan. First attested in 1522. Compare Dutch zoenen, German sühnen. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|sona}} Old Swedish sona, {{der|sv|gml|sōnen}} Middle Low German sōnen, {{der|sv|osx|(gi)sōnian}} Old Saxon (gi)sōnian, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*swōnijan}} Proto-West Germanic *swōnijan, {{etydate|1522}} First attested in 1522, {{cog|nl|zoenen}} Dutch zoenen, {{cog|de|sühnen}} German sühnen Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|sonar|preterite|sonade|supine|sonat|imperative|sona|head=}} sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona), {{sv-verb-reg}} sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: sonar [present], sonade [preterite], sonat [supine], sona [imperative], weak [table-tags], sona [active, infinitive], sonas [infinitive, passive], sonat [active, supine], sonats [passive, supine], sona [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], sonen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], sonar [active, indicative, present], sonade [active, indicative, past], sonas [indicative, passive, present], sonades [indicative, passive, past], sona [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], sonade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], sonas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], sonades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], sone [active, dated, present, subjunctive], sonade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], sones [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], sonades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], sonande [active, participle, past, present], sonad [active, participle, past]
  1. to atone (make reparation for a crime or the like)
    Sense id: en-sona-sv-verb-Y9RDcyxx Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (by extension) to pay (face consequences) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-sona-sv-verb-CJyndLvS Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: försona

Inflected forms

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    [
      "sona",
      "sona#Old_Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "sōnen",
      "sonen#Middle_Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "(gi)",
      "gi-#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "sōnian",
      "sonian#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "*swōnijan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swōnijan"
    ],
    [
      "zoenen",
      "zoenen#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "sühnen",
      "sühnen#German"
    ]
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    },
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "osx",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "First attested in 1522",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "zoenen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zoenen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sühnen"
      },
      "expansion": "German sühnen",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "sonar",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
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        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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        "passive",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sone",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sones",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sonande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "2": "verbs",
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        "5": "preterite",
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        "7": "supine",
        "8": "sonat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {},
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    }
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    }
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "försona"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to atone (make reparation for a crime or the like)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sona-sv-verb-Y9RDcyxx",
      "links": [
        [
          "atone",
          "atone"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
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            [
              8,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He will pay for his crimes!",
          "text": "Han ska få sona sina brott!",
          "translation": "He will pay for his crimes!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay (face consequences)"
      ],
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          "pay"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) to pay (face consequences)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sona"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
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    [
      "sona",
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    ],
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    ],
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      "(gi)",
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      "sōnian",
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      "zoenen",
      "zoenen#Dutch"
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      "sühnen",
      "sühnen#German"
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      "form": "sonar",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "sona",
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    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
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      "form": "sonats",
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      "form": "sona",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sonades",
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      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sone",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sones",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonande",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonad",
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        "10": "sona",
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        "3": "present",
        "4": "sonar",
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        "7": "supine",
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      "expansion": "sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona)",
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      "args": {},
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "försona"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to atone (make reparation for a crime or the like)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "atone",
          "atone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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              11,
              15
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            [
              8,
              11
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          ],
          "english": "He will pay for his crimes!",
          "text": "Han ska få sona sina brott!",
          "translation": "He will pay for his crimes!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay (face consequences)"
      ],
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        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
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        "(by extension) to pay (face consequences)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
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  ],
  "word": "sona"
}

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