bana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bana"

Languages (41)

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Anguthimri

Verb

bana

1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to climb

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

bàna

1. disease
2. outside of the village

Synonyms

• bana

Verb

bana

1. sicken (to become sick)

Etymology 2

Noun

bàna

1. kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /bana/ [ba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Verb

bana

1. Short form of banatu (“to distribute”).

Capiznon

Noun

bana

1. husband

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”). Perhaps related to banay (“immediate family”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈba.n̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

bána (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. husband

   Coordinate term: asawa

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bana.

Derived terms

• banabana
• pamana
• pamanhonon

Etymology 2

Cognate with Hiligaynon bana (“opinion, thought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈba.n̪ɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

banà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. (obsolete) guess, thought (now only used in derived forms)

Derived terms

• banabana
• kabana
• pakabana

Crimean Tatar

Adverb

bana

1. a second ago, just now

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bana

1. husband

Dyaabugay

Noun

bana

1. water
2. rain

References

• Dyaabugay Swadesh List
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Wordlists Djabugay Everyday Words

Dyirbal

Noun

bana

1. water

References

• K. Plaster, Women, fire, and dangerous things
• Ferenc Kiefer, Mária Ladányi, Péter Siptár, Current Issues in Morphological Theory (2012, →ISBN, page 169

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną.

Verb

bana (third person singular past indicative banaði, third person plural past indicative banaðu, supine banað)

1. kill, put to death

Conjugation

Conjugation of bana (group v-30)

infinitive	bana
supine	banað
	present	past
first singular	bani	banaði
second singular	banar	banaði
third singular	banar	banaði
plural	bana	banaðu
participle (a6)1	banandi	banaður
	imperative
singular	bana!
plural	banið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• "bana" at Sprotin.fo

Galician

Verb

bana

1. inflection of banir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Gamilaraay

Noun

bana

1. lean meat

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bá.ná/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bə́.nə́]

Adverb

bana

1. this year

Hiligaynon

Noun

bána

1. husband

Noun

bánà

1. opinion, guess, thought

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną. See bani (“death”).

Verb

bana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative banaði, supine banað)

1. To kill. [with dative]

   Kennari banar nemanda sinum.

   A teacher kills his student.

   Hetjan banaði drekanum.

   The hero slew the dragon.

Conjugation

bana – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bana
supine sagnbót		banað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		banandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	bana	banaði		bani	banaði
	þú	banar	banaðir		banir	banaðir
	hann, hún, það	banar	banaði		bani	banaði
plural	við	bönum	bönuðum		bönum	bönuðum
	þið	banið	bönuðuð		banið	bönuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	bana	bönuðu		bani	bönuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	bana (þú), banaðu
plural	þið	banið (þið), baniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

See also

• bani (noun)

Etymology 2

Noun

bana

1. inflection of bani:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Kituba

Noun

bana

1. children

Kuku-Yalanji

Noun

bana

1. water

References

• R. M. W. Dixon, The Languages of Australia (2010), page 100
• Henry D. Hershberger, Ruth Hershberger, 1982, Kuku-Yalanji dictionary, page 15

Lingala

Noun

bana class 2

1. plural of mwana

Lokono

Etymology 1

From Proto-Arawak *uhbana.

Noun

bana

1. liver

Etymology 2

From Proto-Arawak *pana.

Noun

bana

1. leaf

References

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249

Mansaka

Noun

bana

1. husband

Minangkabau

Adverb

bana

1. very

   Synonyms: amek, sangek, sungguah

   Antonym: kurang

Adjective

bana

1. true
2. right, correct

   Synonym: batua

3. valid

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• banet
• bante (simple past)
• bant (past participle)

Verb

bana

1. simple past of bane
2. past participle of bane (both Etymology 3)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• banen m sg (Etymologies 1 and 2)

Noun

bana f sg

1. definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)

Occitan

Etymology

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate with Catalan banya.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

bana f (plural banas)

1. horn (on an animal's head)

Old English

Alternative forms

• bona

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô. Cognate with Old Frisian bona, Old Saxon bano, Old High German bano, Old Norse bani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.nɑ/

Noun

bana m

1. murderer
   • Hie næfre his banan folgian noldon. ― They never would pursue his murderer. (Saxon Chronicles)
2. Something which causes death.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	bana	banan
accusative	banan	banan
genitive	banan	banena
dative	banan	banum

Descendants

• Middle English: bane, ban, bayn, beone, bone (West Midland)
  • English: bane
  • Middle Scots: bane, baine, bain, bayn, bone

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to bani m (“death, killer”).

Verb

bana

1. to kill [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bana — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	bana
present participle	banandi
past participle	banaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	bana	banaða		bana	banaða
2nd person singular	banar	banaðir		banir	banaðir
3rd person singular	banar	banaði		bani	banaði
1st person plural	bǫnum	bǫnuðum		banim	banaðim
2nd person plural	banið	bǫnuðuð		banið	banaðið
3rd person plural	bana	bǫnuðu		bani	banaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	bana
1st person plural	bǫnum
2nd person plural	banið

Conjugation of bana — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	banask
present participle	banandisk
past participle	banazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	bǫnumk	bǫnuðumk		bǫnumk	bǫnuðumk
2nd person singular	banask	banaðisk		banisk	banaðisk
3rd person singular	banask	banaðisk		banisk	banaðisk
1st person plural	bǫnumsk	bǫnuðumsk		banimsk	banaðimsk
2nd person plural	banizk	bǫnuðuzk		banizk	banaðizk
3rd person plural	banask	bǫnuðusk		banisk	banaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	banask
1st person plural	bǫnumsk
2nd person plural	banizk

Noun

bana

1. inflection of bani:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. accusative/genitive plural

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bana”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Kashubian ban and Silesian bana.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈba.na/

Noun

bana f

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of kolej (“rail, railway”)

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bana”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298

Portuguese

Verb

bana

1. inflection of banir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Sambali

Conjunction

bana

1. because

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Greater Polish bana and Kashubian ban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ba‧na

Noun

bana f

1. rail, railway
2. train

Declension

Declension of bana

	singular	plural
nominative	bana	bany
genitive	bany	banōw
dative	banie	banōm
accusative	banã	bany
instrumental	banōm	banami/banōma
locative	banie	banach
vocative	bano	bany

Related terms

• sztrasynbana (“tram”)

Further reading

• bana in silling.org

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly from Anyi bana or from English banana or Portuguese banana, both possibly from Wolof banaana (“banana”). Cognate of Aukan baana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbana/, [ˈba̠na̠], [ˈbɑ̟nɑ̟]

Noun

bana

1. plantain (cooking banana)
2. (colloquial) penis

Coordinate terms

• bakba

Derived terms

• bakabana

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-bana (infinitive kubana)

1. to squeeze, to press

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bana
Positive present -nabana Subjunctive -bane Negative -bani Imperative singular bana
Infinitives
Positive kubana Negative kutobana
Imperatives
Singular bana Plural baneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubana Positive past positive subject concord + -libana Negative past negative subject concord + -kubana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabana) Singular Plural 1st person ninabana/nabana tunabana 2nd person unabana mnabana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabana wanabana other classes positive subject concord + -nabana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bani) Singular Plural 1st person sibani hatubani 2nd person hubani hambani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habani hawabani other classes negative subject concord + -bani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabana Negative future negative subject concord + -tabana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bane) Singular Plural 1st person nibane tubane 2nd person ubane mbane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abane wabane other classes positive subject concord + -bane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abana) Singular Plural 1st person nabana twabana 2nd person wabana mwabana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abana wabana m-mi(III/IV) wabana yabana ji-ma(V/VI) labana yabana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabana vyabana n(IX/X) yabana zabana u(XI) wabana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabana pa(XVI) pabana mu(XVIII) mwabana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobana Consecutive kabana / positive subject concord + -kabana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibana -tubana 2nd person -kubana -wabana/-kubaneni/-wabaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbana -wabana m-mi(III/IV) -ubana -ibana ji-ma(V/VI) -libana -yabana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibana -vibana n(IX/X) -ibana -zibana u(XI) -ubana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubana pa(XVI) -pabana mu(XVIII) -mubana Reflexive -jibana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -banaye -banao m-mi(III/IV) -banao -banayo ji-ma(V/VI) -banalo -banayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -banacho -banavyo n(IX/X) -banayo -banazo u(XI) -banao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -banako pa(XVI) -banapo mu(XVIII) -banamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebana -obana m-mi(III/IV) -obana -yobana ji-ma(V/VI) -lobana -yobana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobana -vyobana n(IX/X) -yobana -zobana u(XI) -obana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobana pa(XVI) -pobana mu(XVIII) -mobana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɑːna/, [ˈbɑːˌna]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːna

Noun

bana c

1. a trajectory, a course, a path (path that something moves along, especially in physics, astronomy, or the like)

   projektilens bana

   the trajectory of the projectile

   jordens bana runt solen

   the Earth's path (orbit) around the sun

   Månen vandrar sin tysta ban' [not a common shortening otherwise], snön lyser vit på fur och gran. Snön lyser vit på taken. Endast tomten är vaken.

   The moon wanders its silent course, the snow shines white on pine and spruce. The snow shines white on the roofs. Only the tomte is awake. [from the poem Tomten by Viktor Rydberg]

2. (figuratively, in "i de banorna") along those lines

   Jag har inte tänkt i de banorna

   I haven't thought along those lines

3. (figuratively) a career path, life path, etc.; a route

   välja den militära banan

   choose the military route

   1. (idiomatic, figuratively, in "brottets bana" (the path of the crime)) criminal activity

      lockas in på brottets bana

      be lured into a life of crime (or into committing a crime or the like)

      lämna brottets bana

      leave the life of crime

4. a (prepared) area or track or the like for (sports) competitions; a court, a course, a track, etc.

   tennisbana

   tennis court

   badmintonbana

   badminton court

   golfbana

   golf course

   minigolfbana

   miniature golf course

   löparbana

   running track

   skjutbana

   shooting range

   hoppbana

   jump course (for show jumping)

5. (figuratively, in "vara tillbaka på banan," "åter på banan," and the like) back on the track (once again active)

   Spelaren är tillbaka på banan efter skadan

   The player is back on the track after the injury

6. (video games) a stage, a level

   Jag är fast på tredje banan

   I'm stuck on the third level

7. (usually in compounds) a train track, a railway track

   Synonym: tågbana

   de privata banorna

   the privately owned tracks

8. (usually in compounds) a strip, road section, or the like with a certain purpose

   landningsbana

   landing strip

   körbana

   roadway, carriageway (the part of a road that carries traffic)

   landa på bana 3

   land on runway 3

9. a long strip of material being processed (for example paper)
   1. (idiomatic, in "i långa banor") in large amounts

      bestick i långa banor på museets nya utställning

      cutlery galore at the museum's new exhibition

Declension

Declension of bana

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bana	banas
	definite	banan	banans
plural	indefinite	banor	banors
	definite	banorna	banornas

Derived terms

• artonhålsbana
• badmintonbana
• bana väg
• bancykling
• banhoppning
• berg- och dalbana
• berg-och-dal-bana
• bergochdalbana
• bowlingbana
• cykelbana
• dansbana
• förortsbana
• glidbana
• golfbana
• grusbana
• gräsbana
• gångbana
• halkbana
• hinderbana
• hoppbana
• höghastighetsbana
• inomhusbana
• kapplöpningsbana
• kometbana
• kägelbana
• körbana
• landningsbana
• levnadsbana
• linbana
• löparbana
• magnetbana
• malmbana
• minigolfbana
• omloppsbana
• planetbana
• privatbana
• projektilbana
• racingbana
• rutschbana
• skjutbana
• skådebana
• solbana
• sopa banan med någon (“wipe the floor with someone”)
• speedwaybana
• squashbana
• stambana
• startbana
• statsbana
• T-bana
• t-bana
• taxibana
• tennisbana
• terrängbana
• travbana
• tunnelbana
• tävlingsbana
• vattenrutschbana
• vägbana

Verb

bana (present banar, preterite banade, supine banat, imperative bana)

1. See bana väg.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bana (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bana		banas
supine	banat		banats
imperative	bana		—
imper. plural1	banen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	banar	banade	banas	banades
ind. plural1	bana	banade	banas	banades
subjunctive2	bane	banade	banes	banades
present participle		banande
past participle		banad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• bana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kapampangan bana (“lowland; marshland”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəna (“lower part of a river; tidal bore”). Compare Malay bena.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈnaʔ/ [bɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧na

Noun

banâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. watery lowland; swamp; marsh

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cebuano bana (“husband”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah (“husband”), from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ana
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐʔ]
    • Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧na

Noun

bana or banà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. husband

   Synonyms: asawa, esposo

Further reading

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

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bana/ [baˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧na

Noun

bana (Sulat Sūg spelling بَنَ)

1. husband

Derived terms

• banahun
• magbana

Tiruray

Noun

bana

1. beans

Turkish

Pronoun

bana

1. me, to me, for me (dative of ben)

Usage notes

• One of only two irregular Turkish dative cases (the other is sana).

Volapük

Noun

bana

1. genitive singular of ban (bath)

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

bana

1. husband

Yidiny

Noun

bana

1. Any drinkable liquid.
2. water

References

• R. M. W. Dixon, A Grammar of Yidin and The Languages of Australia (2011, →ISBN, page 102)

Zulu

FWOTD – 21 November 2019

Etymology

From -bi +‎ -ana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɓáːna/

Adjective

-bána

1. rather bad
2. somewhat evil
3. somewhat ugly

Inflection

Adjective concord

	modifier		copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimbana	engingembana	ngimbana	angimbana
2nd singular	ombana	ongembana	umbana	awumbana
1st plural	esibabana	esingebabana	sibabana	asibabana
2nd plural	enibabana	eningebabana	nibabana	anibabana
class 1	ombana	ongembana	mbana	akambana
class 2	ababana	abangebabana	babana	abababana
class 3	ombana	ongembana	mbana	awumbana
class 4	emibana	engemibana	mibana	ayimibana
class 5	elibana	elingelibana	libana	alilibana
class 6	amabana	angemabana	mabana	awamabana
class 7	esibana	esingesibana	sibana	asisibana
class 8	ezimbana	ezingezimbana	zimbana	azizimbana
class 9	embana	engembana, engeyimbana	imbana, yimbana	ayiyimbana
class 10	ezimbana	ezingezimbana	zimbana	azizimbana
class 11	olubana	olungelubana	lubana	alulubana
class 14	obubana	obungebubana	bubana	abububana
class 15	okubana	okungekubana	kubana	akukubana
class 17	okubana	okungekubana	kubana	akukubana

Derived terms

• -banyana

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓana”