AnguthimriEdit

VerbEdit

bana

  1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to climb

ReferencesEdit

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

BambaraEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

bàna

  1. disease
  2. outside of the village
SynonymsEdit

VerbEdit

bana

  1. sicken (to become sick)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

bàna

  1. kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

bana

  1. Short form of banatu.

CapiznonEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. husband

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧na

NounEdit

bana

  1. husband

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bana.

Crimean TatarEdit

AdverbEdit

bana

  1. a second ago, just now

Dibabawon ManoboEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. husband

DyaabugayEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. water
  2. rain

ReferencesEdit

DyirbalEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

GamilaraayEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. lean meat

HausaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

AdverbEdit

bana

  1. this year

HiligaynonEdit

NounEdit

bána

  1. husband

NounEdit

bánà

  1. opinion, guess, thought

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. (transitive, with dative) To kill.
    Kennari banar nemanda sinum.
    A teacher kills his student.
    Hetjan banaði drekanum.
    The hero slew the dragon.

ConjugationEdit

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

bana

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

Kuku-YalanjiEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

LingalaEdit

NounEdit

bana class 2

  1. plural of mwana

MansakaEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. husband

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

bana

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

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • banen m sg (Etymologies 1 and 2)

NounEdit

bana f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

NounEdit

bana f (plural banas)

  1. horn (on an animal's head)

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bana m

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

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to bani m (death, killer).

VerbEdit

bana

  1. (transitive, with dative) To kill.

ConjugationEdit

NounEdit

bana

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

ReferencesEdit

  • bana”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

bana

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

SambaliEdit

ConjunctionEdit

bana

  1. because

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from Anyi bana[1] or from English banana or Portuguese banana, both possibly from Wolof banaana (banana). Cognate of Aukan baana.

NounEdit

bana

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

Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ G. Huttar (1985), “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide[1], →ISSN, page 54

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-bana (infinitive kubana)

  1. to squeeze, to press

ConjugationEdit

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.

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bana c

  1. path, track, course, race
    månen går sin tysta ban', snön ligger vit på fur och granthe moon walks its silent path, the snow lies white on pine and spruce
  2. (mostly in compounds) train track, railway track
    Synonym: tågbana
    de privata banornathe privately owned railroads
  3. track, career path, career, life
  4. (video games) stage, level
    Jag är fast på tredje bananI'm stuck on the third level
  5. (astronomy) orbit

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bana 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bana banan banor banorna
Genitive banas banans banors banornas

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

TagalogEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧na
  • IPA(key): /baˈnaʔ/, [bɐˈnaʔ]

NounEdit

banâ

  1. watery lowland; swamp; marsh

Etymology 2Edit

From Cebuano bana (husband).

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈbana/, [ˈba.nɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbanaʔ/, [ˈba.nɐʔ]

NounEdit

bana or banà

  1. husband
    Synonym: esposo

TausugEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

bana

  1. husband

TirurayEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. beans

TurkishEdit

PronounEdit

bana

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

Usage notesEdit

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

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. genitive singular of ban (bath)

Waray-WarayEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧na

NounEdit

bana

  1. husband

YidinyEdit

NounEdit

bana

  1. Any drinkable liquid.
  2. water

ReferencesEdit

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

ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From -bi +‎ -ana.

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /ɓáːna/

AdjectiveEdit

-bána

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

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

ReferencesEdit