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4-letter words (4 found)

ANAN,ANNA,NAAN,NANA,

3-letter words (3 found)

ANA,ANN,NAN,

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AA,AN,NA,

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nana anna nnaa nnaa anna nana naan anan naan anan aann aann nnaa nnaa nana anna nana anna anan naan aann aann naan anan

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Definitions and meaning of nana

nana

Etymology 1

An aphetic form of banana.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: näʹnə, IPA(key): /ˈnɑːnə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

nana (plural nanas)

  1. (informal) A banana.
  2. (UK, slang) A foolish person.
Alternative forms
  • narna, narner

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of nanna.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nănʹə, IPA(key): /ˈnænə/
  • Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

nana (plural nanas)

  1. (informal, term of endearment) One's grandmother.
  2. (informal) A nanny.

Anagrams

  • A.A.N.N., Anna, anan, anna, naan

Abidji

Noun

nana

  1. grandfather

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/, [ˈna.na]

Adjective

nana

  1. feminine singular of nanu

Balinese

Romanization

nana

  1. Romanization of ᬦᬦ
  2. Romanization of ᬦᬦᬵ

Bambara

Pronunciation

Verb

nana

  1. past of na

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/, [ˈn̪a.n̪a]

Noun

nanà

  1. pus

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈna.na]

Adjective

nana

  1. feminine singular of nan

Noun

nana f (plural nanes)

  1. female equivalent of nan (“dwarf”)
  2. female equivalent of nano (“boy”)
  3. Clipping of estrella nana (“dwarf star”)

Derived terms

  • nana blanca
  • nana roja

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq. Compare Malay nanah.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/, [ˈn̪a.n̪ʌʔ]

Noun

nana

  1. (uncountable) pus

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

nana

  1. mother.

Central Mazahua

Noun

nana

  1. mother

Champenois

Etymology

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Noun

nana

  1. (Sommepy) bread

References

  • Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎[2] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

  • nanna

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Pronoun

nana

  1. something

Darkinjung

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Pronoun

nana

  1. him (3rd person singular accusative)

Ese

Noun

nana

  1. war

Esperanto

Etymology

From nano (“dwarf”, noun) +‎ -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnana]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: na‧na

Adjective

nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)

  1. dwarf

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana, from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.na/

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive)
    Synonym: meuf

Further reading

  • “nana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • Anna

Galician

Etymology

Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana̝/

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (archaic) mother; mama

Derived terms

  • nai

References

  • “nana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “nana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “nana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “nana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Garawa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Determiner

nana

  1. that
    Synonym: nanda

References

  • Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

Hadza

Etymology

naha +‎ -na

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nana/

Adverb

nana

  1. there

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.na/, [ˈnɐ.nə]

Verb

nana

  1. Lānaʻi form of ulana (“to plait”)

Herero

Verb

nana

  1. to pull

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nána

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: nà‧na

Adjective

nana

  1. feminine singular of nano

Noun

nana f (plural nane)

  1. female equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)

Anagrams

  • Anna, annà

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Japanese

Romanization

nana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なな

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnanəʔ/, [ˈnäː.nəʔ]

Noun

nánâ

  1. (pathology) pus

Kituba

Numeral

nana

  1. eight

Krisa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Pronoun

nana

  1. I

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.na/, [ˈnäːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.na/, [ˈnäːnä]

Noun

nāna f (genitive nānae); first declension

  1. dwarf (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

  • nānus

References

  • “nana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nana”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • nanā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

Noun

nana

  1. nose

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

nana

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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா (aṇṇā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nana (Jawi spelling نان, plural nana-nana, informal 1st possessive nanaku, 2nd possessive nanamu, 3rd possessive nananya)

  1. brother (older male sibling)

See also

  • abang
  • kakak
  • engko
  • uda

Mansaka

Noun

nana

  1. pus

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”). Doublet of nānā.

Interjection

nana

  1. lo, look, see, behold (imperative).

References

Etymology 2

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Noun

nana

  1. eyebrow

Further reading

  • “nana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Marshallese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [nʲɑːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [nʲɑ nʲɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {nahnah}

Adjective

nana

  1. bad
  2. wicked
  3. evil
  4. inedible

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nanà

  1. pus

Michoacán Mazahua

Noun

nana

  1. mother

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

nana

  1. everything

Determiner

nana

  1. all

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[4] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 187
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[5], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana (mutated form nana)

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla náxanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nana/

Noun

nana (plural naana)

  1. man

Northern Sami

Adjective

nana

  1. attributive of nanus

Oroqen

Noun

nana

  1. skin, hide

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐnɐ

Etymology 1

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. nap; a quick or little sleep
    Synonyms: soneca, cochilo

Etymology 2

Verb

nana

  1. inflection of nanar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sambali

Noun

nana

  1. aunt

Noun

nanà

  1. pus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎːna/
  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

  1. mother
  2. grandmother

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع (nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎːna/
  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

  1. mint
    Synonym: mètvica

References

  • “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Simeulue

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Spanish

Etymology 1

Echoic/imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: na‧na

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (Latin America) nanny
    Synonyms: niñera, ama
  2. (colloquial) granny, grandmother
    Synonyms: abuela, yaya
  3. (Chile) housekeeper
  4. lullaby
    Synonym: canción de cuna
  5. a kind of small sack
  6. (dated, Guatemala) mommy; mom; mother
Coordinate terms
  • tata
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua nanay (“pain”).

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, childish) small wound, scratch or painful bump
    Synonyms: pupa, yaya
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay, mostly in the plural) pains and aches of old age
    Synonym: achaque

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/, [ˈna.nɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

nanà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

  1. pus; matter
    Synonym: agwasa
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Philippine Spanish nana (“mommy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/, [ˈna.nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

nana (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

  1. aunt
    Synonyms: tiya, tita, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, ante, inda
  2. (obsolete, Standard Tagalog) mother
    Synonyms: ina, nanay, mama
Coordinate terms
  • tata

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈnaʔ/, [nɐˈnaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

nanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

  1. (obsolete) name of the Baybayin letter ᜈ, corresponding to "na"

See also

Further reading

  • “nana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[6] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[7], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 409: “Materia) Nana (pp) de la llaga [o herida]”
    • page 439: “N) Nana (pc) Vna delas letras del Abeçedario Tagalog. |. Nana yaon .|. ᜈ . Aralan mo aco nang pagſulat nang iniong Nana, enſeñame a eſcriuir bueſtra letra .N.”
    • page 487: “Podre) Nana (pp) q̃ ſale de la herida.”

Tahitian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nana]

Interjection

nana

  1. bye, goodbye

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq.

Noun

nana

  1. pus

Toba Batak

Alternative forms

  • ᯉᯉ

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Wanyi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Determiner

nana

  1. that

References

  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

Waray-Waray

Noun

nanà

  1. pus; abscess

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

nana

  1. mother.

Yogad

Noun

naná

  1. pus; abscess

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