tania

See also: Tania, Tània, Tânia, tanią, Tanią, and tañía

English

Etymology

Tupian.

Noun

tania

1. (rare) New cocoyam, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
   • 1994, H Waaijenberg and E. Aguilar, Production and Partitioning of Dry Matter in Eddoe (Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum) (Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE), page 3:

     Most research on Colocasia esculenta has been done on taro (C. esculenta var. esculenta), which is grown in Hawaii, the Pacific islands and the Philippines, where it is an important staple food. Assumptions about the development of eddoe have to be based on extrapolations from taro, which belongs to the same species but is grown for the main corm, or from tania (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) [...]. However, eddoe, taro and tania differ in their morphology and duration of growing period.

2. (rare) Taro.

Alternative forms

• tannier, tanier
• tannia
• tanya

Anagrams

• Anita, NAATI, T'ai-an, Tai'an, Tiaan, Tiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɲa/
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: ta‧nia
• Homophone: Tania

Adjective

tania

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of tani

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tania (infinitive kutania)

1. to tease, to joke with

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tania
Positive present -natania Subjunctive -tanie Negative -tanii Imperative singular tania
Infinitives
Positive kutania Negative kutotania
Imperatives
Singular tania Plural tanieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutania Positive past positive subject concord + -litania Negative past negative subject concord + -kutania
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natania) Singular Plural 1st person ninatania/natania tunatania 2nd person unatania mnatania 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatania wanatania other classes positive subject concord + -natania
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tanii) Singular Plural 1st person sitanii hatutanii 2nd person hutanii hamtanii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatanii hawatanii other classes negative subject concord + -tanii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatania Negative future negative subject concord + -tatania
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tanie) Singular Plural 1st person nitanie tutanie 2nd person utanie mtanie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atanie watanie other classes positive subject concord + -tanie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitanie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetania Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetania Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitania Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitania
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atania) Singular Plural 1st person natania twatania 2nd person watania mwatania 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atania watania m-mi(III/IV) watania yatania ji-ma(V/VI) latania yatania ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatania vyatania n(IX/X) yatania zatania u(XI) watania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatania pa(XVI) patania mu(XVIII) mwatania
Perfect positive subject concord + -metania "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatania "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatania "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitania "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotania Consecutive katania / positive subject concord + -katania Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katanie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitania -tutania 2nd person -kutania -watania/-kutanieni/-watanieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtania -watania m-mi(III/IV) -utania -itania ji-ma(V/VI) -litania -yatania ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitania -vitania n(IX/X) -itania -zitania u(XI) -utania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutania pa(XVI) -patania mu(XVIII) -mutania Reflexive -jitania
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tania- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -taniaye -taniao m-mi(III/IV) -taniao -taniayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tanialo -taniayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -taniacho -taniavyo n(IX/X) -taniayo -taniazo u(XI) -taniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -taniako pa(XVI) -taniapo mu(XVIII) -taniamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tania) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetania -otania m-mi(III/IV) -otania -yotania ji-ma(V/VI) -lotania -yotania ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotania -vyotania n(IX/X) -yotania -zotania u(XI) -otania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotania pa(XVI) -potania mu(XVIII) -motania
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • utani (“friendly teasing”)