ionas, s. 1 = ionnas11. 2. (As adv.)~ go, so that. ~ nach, so that . . . not. ~ go mbeidís slán, so that they might be saved. Cuir i dtaisce é ~ nach gcaillfear é, put it away lest it should get lost. Bhí sé crua orthu ~ gur imigh siad uaidh, he was hard on them with the result that they left him.