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ana

Etymology 1

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈænə/, /ˈɑnə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːnə/
  • Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
    • 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8
      The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

  1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
    wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij
    of wine and honey, each, two ounces
Synonyms
  • (of each): aa (abbreviation)

Etymology 3

Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/

Noun

ana (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
Derived terms
  • pro-ana
See also
  • mia, pro-mia

Etymology 4

Ancient Greek; see ana-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/

Adverb

ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)

  1. In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
Antonyms
  • kata

Etymology 5

Hindi; see anna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/

Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”)

Anagrams

  • A.A.N., Aan, naa

Akkadian

Pronunciation

  • (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈa.na/

Preposition

ana (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (place, people) to, toward, onto
  2. (time) for
  3. (time) within
  4. (purpose) for, in order to, in favor of

Alternative forms

  • an (Old Akkadian)

References

  • “ana”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Alabama

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ana

  1. me

Ambonese Malay

Noun

ana (plural ana-ana or anana)

  1. child

Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑnɑ/

Noun

ana

  1. tree

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana or *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, “mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈnɑ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧na

Noun

ana (definite accusative ananı, plural analar)

  1. mother
    Synonym: mama
    Hyponyms: valideyn (“parent”), ata-ana (“parents”)
    Coordinate term: ata (“father”)

Declension

Further reading

  • “ana” in Obastan.com.

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ná/

Noun

aná class 2

  1. plural of mwana

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

Noun

ana

  1. mother, mom
    Synonyms: abay, anay, nene

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “ana”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronoun

ana m sg or f sg

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 146

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈana]

Pronoun

ana

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ona

Dongxiang

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.

Compare Bonan aane, Karakhanid اَنا (ana), Uyghur ئانا (ana), Western Yugur ana, Turkish ana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈnɑ/

Noun

ana

  1. mom, mama

Synonyms

  • anei (“mother”)
  • ekie (“mother (formal)”)

Related terms

  • anai (“gramma, granny”)

Gothic

Romanization

ana

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Maori ana, Samoan ana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.na/, [ˈɐ.nə]

Noun

ana

  1. cave, cavern

Derived terms

  • ana kahe pele (“lava tube”)

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

anâ

  1. child; offspring

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)

  1. to rush on, barge into

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ana/
  • Rhymes: -ana, -na, -a

Pronoun

ana

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of saya
  2. (colloquial) Synonym of aku

Usage notes

  • Usually used by Arab descendants, Arabs or Islamic scholars and preacher in Islamic teaching community.

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish anai m pl (“wealth, riches, prosperity”).

Noun

ana m (genitive singular ana)

  1. (literary) wealth, prosperity
Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)

  1. spell of fine weather
Declension

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Adverb

ana

  1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

Japanese

Romanization

ana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あな

Javanese

Romanization

ana

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦤ

Kambera

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

Noun

ana

  1. child

Derived terms

  • paana (“to give birth to”)

Kaxuyana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apina. Compare Ye'kwana nña, Trió anja, Wayana emna, Waiwai amna.

Pronoun

ana

  1. we (exclusive)

References

  • Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

Laboya

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

Noun

ana

  1. child (one's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter).

See also

  • lakawa

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 5

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈnɐ]

Pronoun

anà f sg

  1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular of anas

Particle

anà

  1. there (it) is

Related terms

  • (here is): štai, šitai, šit
  • (there is): antai, aure
  • (here, there is): va

Further reading

  • “ana”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /anə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ana/
  • Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

Pronoun

ana (Jawi spelling انا)

  1. I (personal pronoun)
  2. me (direct object of a verb)
  3. me (object of a preposition)
  4. me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. my (belonging to me)

See also

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Samoan ana.

Noun

ana

  1. cave

Maranao

Noun

ana

  1. guest
    Synonyms: banto, ma'ana

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From a- +‎ na. Cognates include Minica Huitoto ana and Nüpode Huitoto ana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈana]
  • Hyphenation: a‧na

Adverb

ana

  1. down, below

Derived terms

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 25
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 307

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈnɑː/

Adverb

ana (Arabic spelling ئانا)

  1. Alternative form of niha (“now”)

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ana”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8

Old English

Adjective

āna

  1. sole
  2. alone
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
  3. by itself
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
  4. only
    • c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", lines 94-95
    • "The Fortunes of Men", lines 8-9

Declension

Old High German

Etymology 1

Equivalent to a feminine form of ano (“grandfather”), related to Proto-Germanic *anô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-. Akin to Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”), etc.

Noun

ana f

  1. grandmother
Related terms
  • ano (“grandfather”)
Descendants
  • Middle High German: ane
    • German: Ahne
    • Swabian: Ahna

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.

Preposition

ana

  1. at
  2. on

Adverb

ana

  1. onwards
Descendants
  • Middle High German: ane, an
    • Cimbrian: å
    • German: an
    • Hunsrik: aan
    • Luxembourgish: un
    • Pennsylvania German: aa
    • Yiddish: אָן (on)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Verb

ana

  1. imperative active second-person singular of anati (“to breathe”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ana n

  1. cart
Declension

References

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.na/
  • Hyphenation: a‧na

Particle

ana

  1. Introduces the irrealis mood.

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 56
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[5], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 546

Rukai

Conjunction

ana

  1. if

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ana (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈnɑ]

Noun

ana (3rd person possessive anası, plural analar)

  1. (dated) girl
    Synonym: gız
  2. daughter

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ana”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 288
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “ana”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[7], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, pages 4, 20
  • Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “ana”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎[8], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 109
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ana”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 191

Scots

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of an a'

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

ana

  1. inflection of -wa na:
    1. third-person singular present affirmative
    2. m-wa class subject inflected singular present affirmative

Swedish

Etymology

From German ahnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɑːna/

Verb

ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)

  1. to have a feeling that something will happen, has happened or is in a certain way, without really having firm reason for the belief
  2. to see, make out, discern (with difficulty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • aning
  • ana oråd
  • ana ugglor i mossen
  • det ante mig

Noun

ana c

  1. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather
    Synonym: förfader

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.na]

Pronoun

ana (subject clitic i, possessive prefix na or nga, Jawi أن)

  1. (human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they
  2. (polite, unknown gender) third-person singular pronoun, he, she, the singular they
    ginado se ana ― ask them (literally, “ask he/she”)
  3. preceding a name, indicates a family or group of people
    ana Nutfah ― Nutfah and them (family, the people she's with, etc.)

Usage notes

Historically and poetically, ana may collocate with the subject clitic yo as well.

See also

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.na]
  • Hyphenation: a‧na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognates include Hawaiian ana and Samoan ana.

Noun

ana

  1. cave, den
  2. hold (of a ship)

Verb

ana

  1. (intransitive, + i) to live, dwell (in caves)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-na. Cognates include Hawaiian āna and Samoan āna.

Pronoun

a ana

  1. (alienable) his, hers
See also

Determiner

ana

  1. (alienable) his, her
See also

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[9], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 15

Tooro

Etymology

Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi ana (“forty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /áːna/

Numeral

ana

  1. class 6 form of -na (“four”)
  2. forty

Usage notes

  • Sense 2 (forty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "four". makumi ana is used instead.

Turkish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːna/

Noun

ana

  1. dative singular of an

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish آننه, انا, from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰣𐰀 (ana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.na/

Noun

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)

  1. mother
    Synonym: anne
Declension
Derived terms
  • analı
  • analık
  • anasız
  • anasızlık

Adjective

ana

  1. main
  2. fundamental
Derived terms
  • anayasa

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آننه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[10], Constantinople: Mihran, page 40
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[11], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 205

See also

  • anne

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

  • an

Conjunction

ana

  1. and

Wolof

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.na/

Adverb

ana

  1. (interrogative) where is, how are

Usage notes

This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.

See also

  • fan

Yola

Preposition

ana

  1. Alternative form of on

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • ànọ́

Etymology 1

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ná (“to spend”), literally “that which time has already been spent on”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.nã́/

Noun

àná

  1. yesterday
  2. (euphemistic) deceased, late
    Synonym: olóògbé
Derived terms
  • àtànámánàá (“throughout all yesterday”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala àna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.nã̄/
  • (Èkìtì, Ifẹ̀) IPA(key): /à.nã̀/

Noun

àna or ànà

  1. in-law
    Synonym: (Oǹdó) àlè
Usage notes
  • The form ànà is only used among speakers of the Ifẹ̀ and Èkìtì dialects
Derived terms
  • ìmàna (“a ceremony before a wedding where the bride and groom's families formally meet”)
  • owó ìdána (“brideprice”)

Zazaki

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish ana (“mother”).

Noun

ana

  1. mam
  2. mother

Source: wiktionary.org