jana
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
In dialects meant "row, line" (e.g. of traps), from where it was adopted into the literary language. The first instance of the modern meaning in geometry is from 1860.
There are two theories for the etymology of this word. The first supposes that the word is directly related to juoni, although the exact derivation is unclear. It is quite often described as a "sound-symbolic" variant of such, mainly in light of the supposed other obscured derivatives juna, jono and others. The other theory supposes a borrowing from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*(j)ānaʀ) (from Proto-Germanic *jēnaz; compare Old High German jān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jana
Declension edit
Inflection of jana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jana | janat | ||
genitive | janan | janojen | ||
partitive | janaa | janoja | ||
illative | janaan | janoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jana | janat | ||
accusative | nom. | jana | janat | |
gen. | janan | |||
genitive | janan | janojen janainrare | ||
partitive | janaa | janoja | ||
inessive | janassa | janoissa | ||
elative | janasta | janoista | ||
illative | janaan | janoihin | ||
adessive | janalla | janoilla | ||
ablative | janalta | janoilta | ||
allative | janalle | janoille | ||
essive | janana | janoina | ||
translative | janaksi | janoiksi | ||
abessive | janatta | janoitta | ||
instructive | — | janoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “jana”, 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 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
jana m
- person; man; people
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | jano | janā |
Accusative (second) | janaṃ | jane |
Instrumental (third) | janena | janehi or janebhi |
Dative (fourth) | janassa or janāya or janatthaṃ | janānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | janasmā or janamhā or janā | janehi or janebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | janassa | janānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | janasmiṃ or janamhi or jane | janesu |
Vocative (calling) | jana | janā |
Descendants edit
- Burmese: ဇန (ja.na.)
References edit
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jana”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Diana, from Proto-Italic *deiwā, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jana f (plural janas)
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
jana (invariable)
- last (most recent time)
- 2019, “Uhuru wa vyombo vya habari: Waandishi wangapi waliouawa mwaka jana duniani?”, in BBC Swahili[2]:
- Afghanistan inasalia kuwa nchi ilio hatari zaidi kuishi kama mwandishi habari, kukishuhudiwa vifo vya waandishi 16 mwaka jana.
- Afghanistan continues to be the most dangerous country for journalists to live in, bearing witness to the deaths of 16 journalists last year.
Adverb edit
jana
- yesterday
- 2018 December 3, “MAGUFULI AMTAJA LOWASSA SHIDA YA MAJI”, in Taifa Leo[3], archived from the original on 9 August 2019:
- Takribani wiki moja baada ya Rais John Magufuli na Edward Lowassa kupeana sifa, jana kiongozi mkuu huyo wa nchi amemtaja tena waziri mkuu huyo wa zamani, safari hii akimhusisha na ombi la mbunge wa Monduli kuhusu uhaba wa maji.
- About one week after President John Magufuli and Edward Lowassa exchanged praise, yesterday the head of state mentioned the former prime minister again, this time involving a request to MP Monduli's request about water shortages.
Noun edit
jana (n class, plural jana)
- yesterday
- 2019 July 24, Curtis Otieno, “ODM MP praises DPP Haji over CS Rotich's woes”, in Hivi Sasa[4]:
- Tunataka sasa kuona watu wanafungwa katika kesi zote sio hii ya jana tu.
- Now we want to see people imprisoned in every case, not just yesterday's.
Etymology 2 edit
From the root of mwana.
Noun edit
jana (ma class, plural majana)
- Augmentative of mwana: large child
- larva, grub
- 2005, Kakakuona, Issue 19[5], Tanzania Wildlife Protection Fund, page 5:
- Wafugaji wengine waliokuwa wakifuga nyuki kwa kutumia vyungu walifaulu kutenganisha kundi la majana na lile la kuweka asali kwa kuweka nyansi zenye kuruhusu nyuki vibarua kupanda juu wakiwa wamejaa matumbo yao na mbochi na chavua kubakia kwenye mtungi wa chini kwenye malkia na majana.
- Other beekeeping ranchers using ants were successful in separating the group of larvae from the settled honey by leaving out grass to allow worker bees to rise above when they had filled their stomachs with nectar and pollen, leaving a jar below with the queen and larvae.
Derived terms edit
- kijana (“youth”)
Ye'kwana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *pana.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jana (possessed janadü)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[6], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hana”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “hāna”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[7], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Zulu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From -de (“long, tall”) + -ana (diminutive).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
-jana
Inflection edit
Adjective concord | ||||
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Modifier | Copulative | |||
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | engimjana | engingemjana | ngimjana | angimjana |
2nd singular | omjana | ongemjana | umjana | awumjana |
1st plural | esibajana | esingebajana | sibajana | asibajana |
2nd plural | enibajana | eningebajana | nibajana | anibajana |
Class 1 | omjana | ongemjana | mjana | akamjana |
Class 2 | abajana | abangebajana | bajana | ababajana |
Class 3 | omjana | ongemjana | mjana | awumjana |
Class 4 | emijana | engemijana | mijana | ayimijana |
Class 5 | elijana | elingelijana | lijana | alilijana |
Class 6 | amajana | angemajana | majana | awamajana |
Class 7 | esijana | esingesijana | sijana | asisijana |
Class 8 | ezinjana | ezingezinjana | zinjana | azizinjana |
Class 9 | enjana | engenjana, engeyinjana | injana, yinjana | ayiyinjana |
Class 10 | ezinjana | ezingezinjana | zinjana | azizinjana |
Class 11 | olujana | olungelujana | lujana | alulujana |
Class 14 | obujana | obungebujana | bujana | abubujana |
Class 15 | okujana | okungekujana | kujana | akukujana |
Class 17 | okujana | okungekujana | kujana | akukujana |
References edit
C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-jana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-jana”