patana

See also: Patana

English

Alternative forms

• patina, patena

Etymology

From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpætənə/

Noun

patana (plural patanas)

1. A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
   • 1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19:

     A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.

Further reading

• “patena”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “patana, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Finnish

Noun

patana

1. essive singular of pata

Anagrams

• napata, pantaa, pataan, tapaan, tapana

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

patana f (plural patanas)

1. (Solanum tuberosum L.) potato

Synonyms

• [1]: bocinhòla, entrefega, perilha, tartifla, tartifle, trufa, tufèra, tura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtana/ [paˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pa‧ta‧na

Noun

patana f (plural patanas)

1. (Dominican Republic) tractor-trailer

Further reading

• “patán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-patana (infinitive kupatana)

1. Reciprocal form of -pata

Conjugation

Conjugation of -patana
Positive present -napatana Subjunctive -patane Negative -patani Imperative singular patana
Infinitives
Positive kupatana Negative kutopatana
Imperatives
Singular patana Plural pataneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupatana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipatana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupatana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapatana/napatana tunapatana 2nd person unapatana mnapatana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapatana wanapatana other classes positive subject concord + -napatana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patani) Singular Plural 1st person sipatani hatupatani 2nd person hupatani hampatani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapatani hawapatani other classes negative subject concord + -patani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapatana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapatana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patane) Singular Plural 1st person nipatane tupatane 2nd person upatane mpatane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatane wapatane other classes positive subject concord + -patane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipatane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepatana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepatana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipatana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipatana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apatana) Singular Plural 1st person napatana twapatana 2nd person wapatana mwapatana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatana wapatana m-mi(III/IV) wapatana yapatana ji-ma(V/VI) lapatana yapatana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapatana vyapatana n(IX/X) yapatana zapatana u(XI) wapatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapatana pa(XVI) papatana mu(XVIII) mwapatana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepatana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapatana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japatana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipatana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopatana Consecutive kapatana / positive subject concord + -kapatana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapatane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -patana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -patanaye -patanao m-mi(III/IV) -patanao -patanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -patanalo -patanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -patanacho -patanavyo n(IX/X) -patanayo -patanazo u(XI) -patanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -patanako pa(XVI) -patanapo mu(XVIII) -patanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -patana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepatana -opatana m-mi(III/IV) -opatana -yopatana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopatana -yopatana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopatana -vyopatana n(IX/X) -yopatana -zopatana u(XI) -opatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopatana pa(XVI) -popatana mu(XVIII) -mopatana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -patania
  • Causative: -patanisha
  • Stative: -patanika