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Definitions and meaning of lana

lana

English

Noun

lana

1. The tree Genipa americana.

Derived terms

• lana dye

Anagrams

• Alan, Anal, Nala, alan, anal, anal., nala

Anguthimri

Noun

lana

1. (Mpakwithi) tongue

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈl̪a.n̪a]
• Hyphenation: la‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lana.

Noun

lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. wool

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. cooking oil

   Synonym: manteka

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈl̪a.n̪ɐ]

Noun

lána (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. gasoline; petrol
2. wave that looks like a thin film of oil on the surface
3. medicinal aromatic oil
4. (folklore) oil that supposedly grants the ungo the abilities of flight, shapeshifting, etc.

Fala

Alternative forms

• lan (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana f (plural lanas)

1. (Lagarteiru) wool

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑnɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧na

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Swedish plana (“to level, flatten”).

Noun

lana

1. field drag, leveling drag

   Synonym: lata

2. blade (landscaping or snow clearing tool, often dragged by a vehicle)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from dialectal Swedish lana, if not the other way around.

Noun

lana

1. a bag-shaped fishing net; fyke

Declension

Anagrams

• alan

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• lanna (ORB, narrow)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lāna.

Noun

lana f (plural lanes) (ORB, broad)

1. wool

References

• laine in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lana in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1077: “la lana” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[3] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 744: “laine” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lana”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 147

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/, [ˈlɐ.nə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *langa (“be afloat, buoyant”). Cognate with Maori ranga (“shoal of fish”).

Noun

lana

1. floating, buoyant, adrift

2. calm, still (water)

Verb

lana

1. (stative) to float, drift
2. (stative, of blood) to circulate, be circulating
3. (stative) to want, have hopes
4. (stative) to be aware of sounds as one wakes up

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin rāna, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries.

Noun

lana

1. frog

   Synonym: poloka

References

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/

Adjective

lana

1. woolen / woollen

   Synonym: lanala

Related terms

• lano

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: là‧na

Noun

lana f (plural lane)

1. wool

Derived terms

Related terms

• lanoso

Further reading

• lana in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• lana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• lana in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• lana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• làna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• lana in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• lana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *wlānā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos, “wool”), English wool and Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā, “wool”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.na]

Noun

lāna f (genitive lānae); first declension

1. wool

   Synonym: vellus
2. (transferred) spinning wool

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vellō (“to pluck out”)
• vellus (“wool”)

Descendants

References

Further reading

• “lana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil

Lindu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil (cooking)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlana]

Noun

lana

1. inflection of lan:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lana n

1. definite plural of lan

Verb

lana (present tense lanar, past tense lana, past participle lana, passive infinitive lanast, present participle lanande, imperative lana/lan)

1. alternative form of lane

Anagrams

• Alan, Alna, anal, anla, alna, lana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Participle

lana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lany

Ponosakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña. Cognate with Mongondow lana, Tagalog lana (“sesame oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/, [ˈɭa.na]

Noun

lana

1. oil

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

• launa (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter)
• làna (Sutsilvan)
• langa (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lana f

1. (Vallader) wool

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lana

1. genitive singular of lan

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lana, from Latin lāna. Cognate with Portuguese lã, Galician la, Catalan llana, Occitan lana, French laine, Italian lana and Romanian lână.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈla.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana f (plural lanas)

1. wool

   Sin variación en los precios de las lanas de merina. ― No variation in the prices of merino wool.

2. (Mexico, colloquial) cash, money, dough

   Synonyms: dinero, plata, pasta

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “lana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Alternative forms

• LAN:a

Etymology

From LAN (“LAN party”) +‎ -a.

Verb

lana (present lanar, preterite lanade, supine lanat, imperative lana)

1. to participate in a LAN party

   De lanar ― They're having a LAN party

Conjugation

References

• lana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈlaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lana (“wool”), from Latin lāna.

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. wool
2. wool cloth or garment

Related terms

Adjective

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. woolen; made of wool

   Synonym: de-lana

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ) (dialectal)

1. sesame oil

Derived terms

See also

• linga

Etymology 3

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ) (dialectal)

1. species of small banana

Further reading

• “lana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laña”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• laan

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /lana/ [laˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana (Sulat Sūg spelling لَنَ)

1. oil (general term)

Derived terms

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