peana

See also: peană, peanã, and peaña

Estonian

Noun

peana

1. essive singular of pea

Italian

Etymology

From Latin paeāna, alternative accusative form of paeān, from Ancient Greek παιάν (paián).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: pe‧à‧na

Noun

peana m (invariable)

1. paean, specifically:
2. (Ancient Greece, historical) hymn to Apollo
   • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎^[1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book I, page 27:

     […] E così tutto ¶ Cantando il dì, la gioventude argiva, ¶ E un allegro peàna alto intonando, ¶ Laudi a Febo dicean

     And so the Argive youth, all day long singing and raising a happy paean, praised Phoebus

3. (by extension) hymn or song of victory or praise
4. (prosody) Alternative form of peone

Related terms

• peone

Anagrams

• apnea, napea

Spanish

Noun

peana f (plural peanas)

1. pedestal

Further reading

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-peana (infinitive kupeana)

1. Reciprocal form of -pa: to give oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of -peana
Positive present -napeana Subjunctive -peane Negative -peani Imperative singular peana
Infinitives
Positive kupeana Negative kutopeana
Imperatives
Singular peana Plural peaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupeana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipeana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupeana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napeana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapeana/napeana tunapeana 2nd person unapeana mnapeana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapeana wanapeana other classes positive subject concord + -napeana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -peani) Singular Plural 1st person sipeani hatupeani 2nd person hupeani hampeani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapeani hawapeani other classes negative subject concord + -peani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapeana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapeana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -peane) Singular Plural 1st person nipeane tupeane 2nd person upeane mpeane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apeane wapeane other classes positive subject concord + -peane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipeane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepeana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepeana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipeana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipeana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apeana) Singular Plural 1st person napeana twapeana 2nd person wapeana mwapeana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apeana wapeana m-mi(III/IV) wapeana yapeana ji-ma(V/VI) lapeana yapeana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapeana vyapeana n(IX/X) yapeana zapeana u(XI) wapeana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapeana pa(XVI) papeana mu(XVIII) mwapeana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepeana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapeana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japeana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipeana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopeana Consecutive kapeana / positive subject concord + -kapeana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapeane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -peana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -peanaye -peanao m-mi(III/IV) -peanao -peanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -peanalo -peanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -peanacho -peanavyo n(IX/X) -peanayo -peanazo u(XI) -peanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -peanako pa(XVI) -peanapo mu(XVIII) -peanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -peana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepeana -opeana m-mi(III/IV) -opeana -yopeana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopeana -yopeana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopeana -vyopeana n(IX/X) -yopeana -zopeana u(XI) -opeana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopeana pa(XVI) -popeana mu(XVIII) -mopeana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.