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5-letter words (1 found)

NANNA,

4-letter words (4 found)

ANAN,ANNA,NAAN,NANA,

3-letter words (3 found)

ANA,ANN,NAN,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AN,NA,

You can make 11 words from nanna according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nanna

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Definitions and meaning of nanna

nanna

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (grandmother); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny.

Noun

nanna (plural nannas)

  1. grandmother

Related terms

  • nanna nap
  • nanna wobble
  • nanny
  • nana

Anagrams

  • Annan, Nan'an, Nan-an

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from Nivkh нанӽ (nanẋ), нанак (nanak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nánꜜnà/

Noun

nanna (Kana spelling ナㇴナ)

  1. (dialectal, Sakhalin) elder sister
    Synonym: sa

References

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

nana

Pronoun

nanna (indefinite pronoun)

  1. something

Related terms

nanta

Finnish

Etymology

Child speak, a variant of nami, namu, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑnːɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝nːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nan‧na

Noun

nanna (colloquial)

  1. sweet, candy
    tehdä nannaa (colloquial)to feel good, be pleasing

Declension

Synonyms

  • nami

Further reading

  • nanna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Nanan, annan

Italian

Etymology

From child speak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnan.na/
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Hyphenation: nàn‧na

Noun

nanna f (plural nanne)

  1. beddy-byes, bye-byes (time to sleep, childish)

Derived terms

  • ninnananna

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian nanna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnan.na/

Noun

nanna f (plural nanniet, masculine nannu)

  1. grandmother

Inflection

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian nonna, Latin nonna, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), English nanna.

Noun

nanna f (plural nanni)

  1. grandmother, grandma. Female equivalent of nannu
  2. anger, irritation, disdain
  3. (croquet) when the bowl goes through the hoop from the reverse side
  4. (humorous) old wine

Descendants

  • Maltese: nanna

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “nanna”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2643
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “nanna”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 241
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “nànna”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 562

Sumerian

Romanization

nanna

  1. Romanization of 𒋀𒆠 (nanna)

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