Etymology
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From French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”). The word comes from the western dialects of West Indian French.
Pronunciation
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liana (plural lianas)
- (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter 2, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.
- 1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,[1]
- Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.
1943 April 4, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, page 6:Allow friendly natives to walk in front of you on the track. They have sharp eyes for pitfalls, snakes, hornets, and stinging plants. They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers. They like to do it.
1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3:They left the drive and stood among the wild tannia under the saman tree. Mrs Tulsi held a liana and offered it to Mr Biswas. While he felt it, she held a thinner liana and pulled it down. ‘As strong as rope,’ she said. ‘The children could skip with this.’
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Anagrams
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Indonesian
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Etymology
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From English liana, from French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈlia̯na/
- Hyphenation: lia‧na
liana (first-person possessive lianaku, second-person possessive lianamu, third-person possessive liananya)
- (botany) liana: a climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
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Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈlja.na/, (traditional) /liˈa.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: lià‧na, (traditional) li‧à‧na
liana f (plural liane)
- liana (vine)
- plot (complicated)
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Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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- (Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [lɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [lɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈɐ.na/ [lɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɐ.na/
liana f (plural lianas)
- liana (climbing woody vine)
- Synonym: cipó
Pronunciation
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-liana (infinitive kuliana)
- Reciprocal form of -lia
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -liana
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Positive present
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-naliana
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Subjunctive
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-liane
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Negative
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-liani
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Imperative singular
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liana
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huliana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liliana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuliana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaliana/naliana
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tunaliana
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2nd person
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unaliana
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mnaliana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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analiana
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wanaliana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naliana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -liani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siliani
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hatuliani
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2nd person
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huliani
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hamliani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haliani
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hawaliani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -liani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taliana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taliana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -liane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niliane
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tuliane
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2nd person
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uliane
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mliane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aliane
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waliane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -liane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siliane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeliana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeliana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliliana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliliana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meliana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaliana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaliana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiliana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoliana
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Consecutive
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kaliana / positive subject concord + -kaliana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaliane
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Object concord
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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