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nana

See also: Nana, naná, ñaña, nāna, na-na, nana-, nānā, ñāṇa, nanà, nána, and Nána

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

An aphetic form of banana.

PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: näʹnə, IPA(key): /ˈnɑːnə/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

NounEdit

nana (plural nanas)

  1. (informal) A banana.
  2. (UK, slang) A foolish person.
    You look a right nana dressed up like that.
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Variant spelling of nanna.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana (plural nanas)

  1. (informal, term of endearment) One's grandmother.
  2. (informal) A nanny.

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

nana

  1. feminine singular of nanu

BalineseEdit

RomanizationEdit

nana

  1. Romanization of ᬦᬦ
  2. Romanization of ᬦᬦᬵ

BambaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

nana

  1. past tense of na

Bikol CentralEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/

NounEdit

nanà

  1. pus

Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

nana

  1. feminine singular of nan

NounEdit

nana f (plural nanes)

  1. female equivalent of nan (“dwarf”)
  2. female equivalent of nano (“boy”)
  3. Clipping of estrella nana (“dwarf star”)

Derived termsEdit

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq. Compare Malay nanah.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/, [ˈn̪a.n̪ʌʔ]

NounEdit

nana

  1. (uncountable) pus

Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. mother.

ChampenoisEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

nana

  1. (Sommepy) bread

ReferencesEdit

  • Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168

ChickasawEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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PronounEdit

nana

  1. something

DarkinjungEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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PronounEdit

nana

  1. him (3rd person singular accusative)

EseEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. war

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From nano (“dwarf”, noun) +‎ -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin nānus.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈnana]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: na‧na

AdjectiveEdit

nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)

  1. dwarf

FijianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana, from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive)
    Synonym: meuf

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (archaic) mother; mama

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “nana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “nana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “nana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “nana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

GarawaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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DeterminerEdit

nana

  1. that
    (please add the primary text of this usage example) ― I used that pot because there were no other pots available.
    Synonym: nanda

ReferencesEdit

  • Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

HadzaEdit

EtymologyEdit

naha +‎ -na

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

nana

  1. there

IlocanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/

NounEdit

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

IsnagEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

NounEdit

nána

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: nà‧na

AdjectiveEdit

nana

  1. feminine singular of nano

NounEdit

nana f (plural nane)

  1. female equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)

AnagramsEdit

IvatanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

nana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なな

KrisaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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PronounEdit

nana

  1. I

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nāna f (genitive nānae); first declension

  1. dwarf (female)

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nāna nānae
Genitive nānae nānārum
Dative nānae nānīs
Accusative nānam nānās
Ablative nānā nānīs
Vocative nāna nānae

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “nana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nana”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

LivonianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

NounEdit

nana

  1. nose

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. inflection of nan:
    1. genitive/accusative singular
    2. nominative dual

MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா (aṇṇā).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana (Jawi spelling نان‎, plural nana-nana, informal 1st possessive nanaku, 2nd possessive nanamu, 3rd possessive nananya)

  1. brother (older male sibling)

See alsoEdit

MansakaEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. pus

MarshalleseEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [nʲɑːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [nʲɑ nʲɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {nahnah}

AdjectiveEdit

nana

  1. bad
  2. wicked
  3. evil
  4. inedible

ReferencesEdit

MasbatenyoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

NounEdit

nanà

  1. pus

Murui HuitotoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈna.na]
  • Hyphenation: na‧na

PronounEdit

nana

  1. everything

DeterminerEdit

nana

  1. all

ReferencesEdit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 187
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154

NiasEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

nana (mutated form nana)

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Northern PaiuteEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Cahuilla náxanish

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nana (plural naana)

  1. man

Northern SamiEdit

AdjectiveEdit

nana

  1. attributive of nanus

OroqenEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. skin, hide

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. nap; a quick or little sleep
    Synonyms: soneca, cochilo

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

nana

  1. inflection of nanar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

SambaliEdit

NounEdit

nana

  1. aunt

NounEdit

nanà

  1. pus

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

  1. mother
  2. grandmother

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع‎ (nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع‎ (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع‎ (naʕnāʕ).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

  1. mint
    Synonym: mètvica

ReferencesEdit

  • “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SimeulueEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

nana

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

SpanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Echoic/imitative.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: na‧na

NounEdit

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (Latin America) nanny
    Synonyms: niñera, ama
  2. (colloquial) granny, grandmother
    Synonyms: abuela, yaya
  3. (Chile) housekeeper
  4. lullaby
    Synonym: canción de cuna
  5. a kind of small sack
  6. (dated, Guatemala) mommy; mom; mother
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Quechua nanay (“pain”).

NounEdit

nana f (plural nanas)

  1. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, childish) small wound, scratch or painful bump
    Synonyms: pupa, yaya
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay, mostly in the plural) pains and aches of old age
    Synonym: achaque

Further readingEdit

TagalogEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/, [ˈna.nɐʔ]

NounEdit

nanà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

  1. pus; matter
    Synonym: agwasa

Etymology 2Edit

From Philippine Spanish nana (“mommy”).

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: na‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈnana/, [ˈna.nɐ]

NounEdit

nana (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

  1. aunt
    Synonyms: tiya, tita, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, ante, inda

TahitianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

nana

  1. bye, goodbye

TausugEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq.

NounEdit

nana

  1. pus

Toba BatakEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)

  1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

WanyiEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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DeterminerEdit

nana

  1. that
    (please add the primary text of this usage example) ― I used that pot because there were no other pots available.

ReferencesEdit

  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

Waray-WarayEdit

NounEdit

nanà

  1. pus; abscess

YogadEdit

NounEdit

naná

  1. pus; abscess
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