nanna
See also: Nanna
English
editEtymology
editPossibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny, Sicilian nanna.
Noun
editnanna (plural nannas)
Related terms
editAnagrams
editAinu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Nivkh нанӽ (nanẋ), нанак (nanak).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnanna (Kana spelling ナㇴナ)
References
edit- ^ Vovin, Alexander V. (2016) “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina, Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38.
Chickasaw
editAlternative forms
editPronoun
editnanna (indefinite pronoun)
Related terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editChild speak, a variant of nami, namu, etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnanna (colloquial)
Declension
editInflection of nanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nanna | nannat | |
genitive | nannan | nannojen | |
partitive | nannaa | nannoja | |
illative | nannaan | nannoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nanna | nannat | |
accusative | nom. | nanna | nannat |
gen. | nannan | ||
genitive | nannan | nannojen nannain rare | |
partitive | nannaa | nannoja | |
inessive | nannassa | nannoissa | |
elative | nannasta | nannoista | |
illative | nannaan | nannoihin | |
adessive | nannalla | nannoilla | |
ablative | nannalta | nannoilta | |
allative | nannalle | nannoille | |
essive | nannana | nannoina | |
translative | nannaksi | nannoiksi | |
abessive | nannatta | nannoitta | |
instructive | — | nannoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “nanna”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom child speak.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnanna f (plural nanne)
- sleep (childish)
- beddy-byes, bye-byes (time to sleep, childish)
Derived terms
editMaltese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnanna f (plural nanniet, masculine nannu)
Inflection
editInflected forms | |||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
m | f | ||
1st person | nannti | nannitna | |
2nd person | nanntek | nannitkom | |
3rd person | nanntu | nannitha | nannithom |
Sicilian
editEtymology
editCompare Italian nonna, Latin nonna, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), English nanna.
Noun
editnanna f (plural nanni)
- grandmother, grandma. Female equivalent of nannu
- anger, irritation, disdain
- T’aju na nanna.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- In English, that means "You're a grandmother."
- (croquet) when the bowl goes through the hoop from the reverse side
- (humorous) old wine
Descendants
edit- → Maltese: nanna
References
edit- Traina, Antonino (1868) “nanna”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2643
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “nanna”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 241
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “nànna”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 562
Sumerian
editRomanization
editnanna
- Romanization of 𒋀𒆠 (nanna)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English onomatopoeias
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Female family members
- Ainu terms borrowed from Nivkh
- Ainu terms derived from Nivkh
- Ainu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ainu lemmas
- Ainu nouns
- Sakhalin Ainu
- Chickasaw lemmas
- Chickasaw pronouns
- Finnish onomatopoeias
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish terms with collocations
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Italian onomatopoeias
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/anna
- Rhymes:Italian/anna/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- mt:Family
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian feminine nouns
- Sicilian female equivalent nouns
- Sicilian terms with usage examples
- scn:Croquet
- Sicilian humorous terms
- Sumerian non-lemma forms
- Sumerian romanizations