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Definitions and meaning of na

na

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no.

Adverb

na (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not.
  2. (obsolete) No.

Etymology 2

Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.

Interjection

na

  1. (Tyneside or Scotland) No.
    "Na, yor wrang."
    "Na, ye cannet watch telly."
    "Divn’t yee like milk?" "Na."

References

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Noun

na

  1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of noun animate.

See also

  • nad
  • ni
  • nid
  • nah

Anagrams

  • -an, A/N, AN, An, a(n), an, an', an-

'Are'are

Article

na

  1. the

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Acehnese

Verb

na

  1. to be (exist)

Derived terms

  • nakeuh
  • hana

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *na-, *nō- from Proto-Indo-European *nō̆s (“we”). Cognate to Latin nos (“we”), Sanskrit नस् (nas, “we”).

Pronoun

na

  1. (Gheg) we

Alternative forms

  • ne
  • në

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

Contraction

na f (masculine nel, neuter no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)

  1. in the

Bambara

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [náà]

Noun

na

  1. stew

Etymology 2

Particle

na (tone nà)

  1. auxiliary marker for future tense

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Adverb

na

  1. already

Particle

na

  1. connects consonant ending noun or adjective to a noun or adjective that it modifies.

Blagar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑ/

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *na. Cognate to Zia na.

Pronoun

na

  1. I

Noun

na

  1. thing

References

  • H. Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura--Alor--Indonesia) (1977)
  • W. A. L. Stokhof, Preliminary notes on the Alor and Pantar languages (East Indonesia) (1975)
  • A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Catalan

Etymology

From the final syllable of Latin domina (“Lady”).

Pronunciation

  • (Central) IPA(key): /nə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /na/

Article

na f sg (elided n', masculine en)

  1. (Eastern Catalan) Personal article used before feminine given names instead of the definite article la.

Usage notes

  • While this article (and its masculine counterpart en) is standard in Balearic Catalan, in other Eastern Catalan dialects its use is waning, and the elided of the definite article, l', is used before names beginning with vowels. There is no plural personal article, so the plural definite article les is used in all dialects.

Related terms

  • dona

Cavineña

Noun

na

  1. root of ena

References

  • Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

na

  1. I

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech na, from Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neh₃.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Preposition

na

  1. on, onto (direction, + accusative case)
  2. on (location, + locative case)
  3. to, (direction, + accusative case, used only with certain places (do + genitive is more common))
  4. at, in (location, + locative case, used only with certain places (v is more common))
  5. for (purpose, + accusative case)
  6. at (in the direction of, + accusative case)

Further reading

  • na in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • na in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin nōn.

Adverb

na

  1. no
  2. not

Related terms

  • naun
  • non

Domari

Etymology

From Sanskrit नव (nava).

Numeral

na

  1. (Aleppo, cardinal) nine

References

  • Bruno Herin (2012), “The Domari Language of Aleppo (Syria)”, in Linguistic Discovery‎[1], volume 10, issue 2, DOI:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.412

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː/
  • Hyphenation: na
  • Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *nāh, *nā, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

Preposition

na

  1. after
  2. (op ... na, with a cardinal number) bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation.
    Brazilië is met zijn 8,5 miljoen vierkante kilometer het grootste land van Zuid-Amerika en het op vier na grootste ter wereld.
    With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.
    Naast dat de toonladder een kenmerkend gegeven is, zijn er ook bepaalde tonen, die een speciale rol hebben, zoals de vadi en de samvadi, respectievelijk: de belangrijkste en de op een na belangrijkste toon.
    Next to [the fact] that the musical scale is a characteristic datum, there are also certain tones that have a special role, such as the vadi and the samvadi: respectively the most important and second most important tones.
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: na, a
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: na

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *nāh, *nā, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz.

Adjective

na (comparative nader, superlative naast)

  1. close
Inflection

The forms of the positive are obsolescent, particularly the inflected one. The comparative and superlative forms are functioning as independent adjectives to an increasing extent.

Derived terms
  • nabij
  • te na komen

Etymology 3

Preposition

na

  1. (dialectal) Archaic form of naar.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

na

  1. first person; I

See also

  • naha

Esperanto

Etymology

Presumably from the accusative suffix -n (possibly a blend with the article la or with the suffix -a), or from Russian на (na).

Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /na/
    • Hyphenation: na
    • Audio:

Preposition

na

  1. (neologism, rare) Preposition introducing an accusative phrase.
    Mi legis na Gerda Malaperis.
    I read Gerda Disappeared.

Usage notes

Unofficial; it is recognized by some Esperantists on the Internet, but disapproved by most high-level speakers. Proponents recommended using it only where the accusative suffix isn't possible: with numerals (unu (“one”)), particles (iom (“some”), kies (“whose”)), letters (J), titles of books, and quotations, etc. More standard options are to use the general preposition je, to omit the accusative ending, or to rephrase the sentence to avoid the issue.

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + feminine article a (“the”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɐ/

Contraction

na f (masculine no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

  1. in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of a.

Pronoun

na f (accusative)

  1. Alternative form of a (“her”)
Usage notes

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

Related terms
  • a
  • la
  • no

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na(ː)/
  • Rhymes: -aː
  • Homophones: nah, Narr (latter regional)

Etymology 1

Perhaps from an unstressed form of nu.

Interjection

na

  1. well!, so!; used to introduce a statement
  2. oh, hm, huh, och, nu; expressing a (usually mild) degree of surprise, doubt, or frustration
  3. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) huh?; used as a question marker, often implying that the speaker knows the answer
  4. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) hey!, hi!; used as a greeting, but with an interrogative intonation, as if saying “So? You see me there?”, or “So? How is everything?”
Derived terms
  • na klar
  • na und
  • nanu

Etymology 2

A variant of nein.

Interjection

na

  1. (regional, chiefly southern Germany and Austria) Alternative form of nein (“no”)

Anagrams

  • an

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese na. Cognate with Kabuverdianu na.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

Preposition

na

  1. at
  2. in
  3. on

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Preposition

na

  1. for, belonging to, by

Usage notes

  • Used for acquired possessions, while no is used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒ]
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Interjection

na

  1. well, so, hey

Derived terms

Further reading

  • na in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nˠə/

Article

na (definite article)

  1. genitive singular feminine of an (triggers h-prothesis)
  2. nominative/dative plural of an (triggers h-prothesis)
  3. genitive plural of an (triggers eclipsis)

Contraction

na

  1. Nonstandard form of ina

Mutation

Further reading

  • "na" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “na” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “na” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Japanese

Romanization

na

  1. Rōmaji transcription of な
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ナ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese na.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

Preposition

na

  1. at
  2. in
  3. on

Kasem

Noun

na

  1. water

References

  • SIL Burkina Faso, Dictionnaire bilingue kassem - français, 2007

Kikuyu

Particle

na

  1. (instrumental) with
    Gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ.
    To cut with a mouth is not to cut with a knife.
  2. (comitative) and, with
    Ikinya na thĩ itiaganaga.
    The foot and the earth cannot help meeting.
  3. (source) from
    Wega uumaga na mũciĩ.
    Goodness comes from home.
    Synonym: kuuma
  4. but
    Kanua njero, na mũciĩ ndũkomeka nĩ heho.
    The mouth is sweet, but the house is too cold to lie at.

References

Kilivila

Noun

na

  1. (in compounds) woman

References

  • Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 372, 591. →ISBN

Ladin

Article

na f

  1. an, a

Synonyms

  • n'

See also

  • n

Ladino

Interjection

na (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נה‎)

  1. here! behold!

Lakota

Conjunction

na

  1. and

Latin

Verb

nā

  1. imperative singular of nō, swim!

References

  • na 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)

Lingala

Etymology

Of native Bobangi origin (compare Swahili na), but its functional broadening to "in, at" may be under the influence of West African languages; compare Igbo na, Krio na.

Preposition

na

  1. with, and
  2. in, at
  3. of (form of ya before personal pronouns)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neh₃

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Preposition

na

  1. (with locative) on, in
  2. (with accusative) on, onto

Further reading

  • Arnošt Muka (1921, 1928), “na_2”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German, Russian), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted (in German)Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • na in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Luganda

Conjunction

na

  1. and (only used if the overall statement is grammatically negative)

See also

  • ne

References

The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 94.

Mandarin

Pronunciation

Romanization

na (Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄚ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 吶, 呐
  2. Pinyin transcription of 哪

na

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ná.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nǎ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of nà.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

Preposition

na

  1. towards
  2. behind
  3. after, following, later than
  4. in accordance with, based on

Adverb

na

  1. afterwards, later
  2. close, near
Descendants
  • Dutch: na
  • Limburgish: nao

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz.

Adjective

nâ

  1. close
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “na (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “na (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “na (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “na (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “na (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Neapolitan

Feminine form of nu, from Latin ūnus.

Alternative forms

  • n' before words starting with a vowel.

Etymology

From Latin ūna

Article

na f sg

  1. a, an

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *ne. Related to ne.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

na

  1. no

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

Verb

-na

  1. to rain

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈna/

Adverb

na

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

Verb

na

  1. to rain

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse hana, the accusative form of hon (“she”). Confer with Swedish na. The correct term in Norwegian Bokmål would be henne, and either ho or henne in Norwegian Nynorsk.

Pronoun

na

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) her; object form of ho

Usage notes

  • It is almost without exceptions used as a clitic, and is always unstressed.

See also

  • a
  • hu

Ojibwe

Particle

na

  1. Question marker for yes/no questions. It is always placed after the first word in the sentence. If the first word ends in a vowel, use the particle na; if it ends in a consonant, use ina.
    • Giminikwe na? — Are you drinking?
    • Gigii-anokii na bijiinaago? — Did you work yesterday?
    • but: Giwiisin ina? — Are you eating?

Synonyms

  • ina

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neh₃.

Preposition

na

  1. on, onto (direction, + accusative case)
  2. on (location, + locative case)
  3. for (purpose, + accusative case)
  4. at (in the direction of, + accusative case)

Descendants

  • Czech: na

Further reading

  • “na”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online]‎[3], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2020

Old English

Alternative forms

  • nō

Etymology

From a contraction of ne (“not”) and ā (“ever”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑː/

Adverb

nā

  1. not, no
    • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Version B, year 897
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 22:17
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Fifth Sunday in Lent"

Conjunction

nā

  1. not
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Midlent"

Synonyms

  • (conjunction): næs

Descendants

  • English: no
  • Scots: nae, naw

See also

  • nāht
  • nān
  • ne
  • nese

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

Blend of ne (“not”) +‎ ā (“ever”). Akin to Old English nā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Adverb

nā

  1. never
Descendants
  • West Frisian: nea

Particle

nā

  1. no
Descendants
  • Saterland Frisian: noa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Preposition

nā (+ dative)

  1. Alternative form of nēi

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈a/

Article

na (triggers /h/-prothesis in the feminine genitive singular, in the feminine and neuter nominative plural, and in the accusative plural; triggers eclipsis in the genitive plural)

  1. Aphetic form of inna (“the (various inflected forms)”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈a/

Determiner

na (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

  1. Aphetic form of inna (“in his/her/its/their”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈a/

Determiner

na

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of nach (“any”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈aː/

Particle

na

  1. Alternative spelling of ná (“don’t”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit न (na).

Particle

na

  1. no, not

Adjective

na

  1. (demonstrative) that

Declension

Derived terms

  • ena (“this”)
  • nā (“her”)

Synonyms

  • ta

Pronoun

na m or n

  1. (demonstrative) that
  2. him, it
  3. (in the plural) them

Declension

Usage notes

Note that this is not used to reference, explicitly or implicitly, a neuter noun in the plural.

Synonyms

  • ta

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “na”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese na and Kabuverdianu na.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

Preposition

na

  1. at
  2. in
  3. inside
  4. on

Etymology 2

From Dutch naar.

Preposition

na

  1. to
  2. towards

Phalura

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit न (na, “not”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Particle

na (negating, Perso-Arabic spelling نہ)

  1. not
  2. don't

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “[6]”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Interjection

na (Perso-Arabic spelling نہ)

  1. no!

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[7], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

Verb

-na

  1. to rain

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neh₃

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Preposition

na

  1. (+ locative) on
  2. (+ locative) in, at
  3. (+ accusative) onto, on
  4. (+ accusative) to
  5. (+ accusative) for, by (a time, date etc.)
  6. (+ accusative) for, to deal with
  7. (+ accusative) per
  8. (+ accusative or adverb) in a particular manner
  9. (+ accusative, mathematics) onto (surjective)

Adjective

na (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) onto; surjective

Usage notes

  • When used as an adjective, this word is indeclinable, postpositive (when used attributively), and usually placed inside quotation marks, e.g. funkcja „na”.

Further reading

  • na in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • na in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: na

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

Contraction

na f (masculine no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

  2. Contraction of em a (“in the”).
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Preposition

na

  1. at
  2. in

Etymology 2

Pronoun

na

  2. Alternative form of a (third-person feminine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.


Riantana

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *na. Cognate to Blagar na.

Pronoun

na

  1. I

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit न (na, “no”).

Adverb

na

  1. not

Interjection

na

  1. right?; tag question

Particle

na

  1. no

References

  • Dieter W. Halwachs (accessed September 19, 2021), “Morphology”, in Romani Projekt Graz‎[8]
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “na”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 152

Samoan

Pronoun

na

  1. he / she

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (stressed) /na/, (unstressed) /nə/

Etymology 1

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ a (“his/her”).

Preposition

na (+ dative)

  1. (triggers lenition) in his; in its
  2. (triggers H-prothesis) in her; in its
Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

na (triggers H-prothesis)

  1. inflection of an (“the”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative or dative plural
Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Irish a (“that which”)

Pronoun

na

  1. all that, that which, whatever

Etymology 4

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *now- (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Conjunction

na

  1. or

Etymology 5

From Old Irish indás (“than (it) is”).

Conjunction

na

  1. than

Etymology 6

Univerbation of an (interrogative particle) +‎ do (past tense particle)

Particle

na

  1. marks an interrogative in the past tense

Etymology 7

From Old Irish ná.

Particle

na

  1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂no(H). Compare nȁd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Preposition

na (Cyrillic spelling на)

  1. (+ locative case) on, at, in (with certain nouns, expressing location without a change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ; see usage notes below)
  2. (+ locative case) on (indicating medium)
  3. (+ accusative case) to, on, onto (with certain nouns, expressing the goal of motion, answering questions kùda (Bosnian, Serbian) or kȁmo (Croatian); see usage notes below)
  4. (+ accusative case) for (with verbs of motion and certain other verbs, to express something which will last for a limited period; after that a reverse action is implied)
  5. (+ accusative case) in (used with seasons)
  6. (+ accusative case) noun attribute for permanent properties, such as sources of power or energy, but not including purpose
  7. (+ accusative case) by, on, through (adverbial phrase of manner)
  8. (+ accusative case) indirect object of certain verbs
  9. (+ accusative case) a part of certain set expressions, which can be spelled also as one word in Croatian

Usage notes

na is used to indicate the location (with locative) or the goal of motion (with accusative), with:

  • surfaces, either horizontal (table) or vertical (wall), including open spaces such as playgrounds, mountains, islands, most neighborhoods, pictures, the sky
  • activities, such as ručak lunch, odmor vacation, posao work, predavanje lecture, sastanak meeting
  • exposure to the sun, fresh air, wind, rain and snow (na suncu ― in the sun)
  • limits: rub, ivica edge, početak beginning, kraj end, vrh top, dno bottom
  • languages (na engleskom ― in English)
  • with more sea, to express at/to the seaside; with selo village, to express in/to the countryside
  • the noun fakultet

Interjection

na! (Cyrillic spelling на!)

  1. Here you are! Take it!
  2. Help yourself!

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Adjective

-na

  1. four

Inflection

Sicilian

Article

na f sg

  1. (indefinite) a, an

See also

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna/

Preposition

na (followed by locative šiesty pád)

  1. on (location)

na (followed by accusative štvrtý pád)

  1. for (purpose)

Further reading

  • na in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Preposition

na

  1. (with locative) on (stationary)
  2. (with accusative) onto (motion towards)
  3. (with accusative) at, on (a moment in time)

Further reading

  • “na”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali

Adverb

na

  1. moreover

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

Verb

-na

  1. to rain

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology 1

From enna.

Contraction

na

  1. (obsolete) en la

Etymology 2

Representing accents where intervocalic /d/ is lost after a stressed syllable.

Alternative forms

  • na'

Pronoun

na

  1. Pronunciation spelling of nada.

Further reading

  • “na” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch naar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Preposition

na

  1. to

Sumerian

Romanization

na

  1. Romanization of 𒈾 (na)

Swahili

Etymology

Akin to Lingala na, Luganda na. From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Find Bantu cognates and Proto-Bantu etymon”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑ/

Conjunction

na

  1. and
  2. with
  3. by

Usage notes

Older or more conservative Swahili writings only use na to connect two nouns, never to connect two adjectives; the second adjective is changed into an abstract noun instead. However, in modern colloquial Swahili, this is not always the case.

na can be suffixed with special suffixes (for human pronominals) or any -o of reference (for other objects) to inflect it with an object (for example, nayo = "with it"):

Inflection

Object-inflected forms of na:

Swazi

Particle

nâ

  1. Interrogative particle; indicates a yes-no question. Placed at the end of the sentence.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hana, accusative form of hon. In standard Swedish the corresponding dative form (henne, in Old Norse: hænni) instead has taken its place.

Pronoun

na

  1. (dialectal, strongly colloquial) her; accusative/dative of hon

Usage notes

Often merged with previous word. Rarely in written form unless supposed to imitate (dialectal) speech.

Synonyms

  • henne

See also

  • en

References

Anagrams

  • -an, an, an-

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na/

Adverb

na

  1. already; now (expresses the event when followed by a verb)
  2. already; now (declares the event of action when followed by a verb in the past tense)
  3. already; now (suggests immediate or quick action when followed by the infinitive form and future tense of the verb)

Adjective

na

  1. already; now (expresses the event when followed by a noun)
  2. now; already (expresses a shift or change in the performance of a task when followed by a personal pronoun)

Preposition

na

  1. connects adjectives and nouns

See also

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From .

Conjunction

  1. and

Derived terms

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. house

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Unami

Pronunciation

Pronoun

  1. that (animate)

Venda

Conjunction

  1. and
  2. with

Venetian

Article

  1. a, an

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier )

  1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Welsh

Etymology 1

Cognate with , ultimately from + .

Pronunciation

Interjection

  1. no

Particle

  1. not
  2. don’t
Usage notes

Triggers mixed (aspirate or soft) mutation of a following consonant. When the following consonant is g, which disappears under soft mutation, the form na remains; it does not become , the form used before vowels. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan.

Alternative forms

Conjunction

  1. that … not
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Alternative forms
See also

Etymology 2

Variant of , probably from rebracketing of the comparative “*-achn ” as “ ”.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

  1. than
  2. neither, nor
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Verb

Mutation

Etymology 4

Adjective

Noun

Mutation

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From .

Pronunciation

Adverb

  1. somewhat
    Hä rit nona högt ópp i värä tornä däna
    That tower rises fairly high up in the air.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From .

Pronunciation

Pronoun

  1. her

Xhosa

Etymology 1

Particle

Etymology 2

From .

Verb

  1. to rain
Inflection

This verb needs an [[:Category: verb inflection-table templates|inflection-table template]].

Yola

Etymology

From , from , from . Cognates include and .

Particle

  1. no

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, , London: J. Russell Smith

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

Pronoun

  1. you (singular); thou
    Na dô neygini? : Are you tired?

References

  • Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Zhuang

Etymology

From . Cognate with , , , , , .

Pronunciation

Adjective

  1. thick (with opposite surfaces far apart)
  2. dense; thick

Zia

Etymology

From . Cognate to .

Pronoun

  1. I

Zou

Etymology 1

From , from . Cognates include and .

Pronunciation

Adjective

  1. ill

Etymology 2

From , from . Cognates include and .

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. nose

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) , Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 47

Zulu

Etymology 1

Possibly from .

Pronunciation

Particle

Etymology 2

From .

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to rain
Inflection

See also

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), ”, in , →ISBN
  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), ”, in , →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (Scots) no, not at all.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)