ana

See also Appendix:Variations of "ana"

English

Etymology 1

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

ana (plural anas)

1. A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
   • 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8

     The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards

   • 1903, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin B. Sawvel (editor), The complete anas of Thomas Jefferson, Round Table Press, New York
   • 2008, Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson,

     Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas, which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum, a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.

Etymology 2

From Greek ἀνά (aná), of each.

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or contracted to aa), / ij. (that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces).

Etymology 3

Noun

ana (uncountable)

1. (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).

Derived terms

• pro-ana

Etymology 4

Ancient Greek; see ana-.

Adverb

ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)

1. In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
   • 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)

     Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.

   • 2005, Animation journal (volumes 13-15)

     Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.

Antonyms

• kata

Anagrams

• naa

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Alabama

Pronoun

ana

1. me

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Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑnɑ/

Noun

ana

1. tree

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

Noun

ana

1. mother

Declension

    declension of ana

nominative	ana
genitive	ananıñ
dative	anağa
accusative	ananı
locative	anada
ablative	anadan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Gothic

Romanization

ana

1. See 𐌰𐌽𐌰

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Hawaiian

Etymology

Common Polynesian

Noun

ana

1. cave

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Icelandic

Verb

ana (anaði)

1. to rush on, to barge into

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Italian

Adverb

ana

1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

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Japanese

Romanization

ana

1. See あな

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أنا (ʾána), from Proto-Semitic *’anāk-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ˀanāku.

Alternative forms

• انا

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /anə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

Pronoun

ana (Jawi spelling انا)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	familiar	aku / اکو	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	polite	saya / ساي
2nd person	familiar	engkau / اڠکاو kamu / کامو awak / اوق
	polite	anda / اندا
3rd person		dia / دي ia / اي -nya / -ڽ	mereka / مريک

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Maori

Noun

ana (invariant in plural; no cases)

1. cave

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Old High German

Etymology 1

Akin to Latin anus (old woman)， Old Prussian ane (grandmother), etc.

Noun

ana f

1. grandmother

Related terms

• ano (grandfather)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.

Preposition

ana

1. at
2. on

Descendants

• German: an

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Rapa Nui

Conjunction

ana

1. if

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːna/

Verb

ana

1. guess, believe that something will happen, or has happened. Being fairly certain, but acknowledges that after all, one could be wrong.

   Jag anar att någon kommer köpa den där billiga bilen snart

2. barely see

   Jag tror jag anar en katt i den busken

   I think I can see (something which resembles) a cat in that bush

Conjugation

Conjugation of ana

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	ana	anas
Present tense	anar	anas
Past tense	anade	anades
Supine	anat	anats
Imperative	ana	—
Present participle	anande
Past participle	anad

Derived terms

• aning
• ana ugglor i mossen

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

ana

1. dative singular form of an

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic ana (“mother”), from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”).

Noun

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)

1. (regional), (childish) mother

   Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.

   You will see! I will complain about you to my mother.

2. main

   Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı.

   When the main fuse blew, the whole house was left in the dark.

Declension

declension of ana

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	ana	analar
definite accusative (belirtme)	anayı	anaları
dative (yönelme)	anaya	analara
locative (bulunma)	anada	analarda
ablative (çıkma)	anadan	analardan
genitive (tamlayan)	ananın	anaların

possessive forms of ana

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	anam	analarım
senin (your)	anan	anaların
onun (his/her/its)	anası	anaları
bizim (our)	anamız	analarımız
sizin (your)	ananız	analarınız
onların (their)	anaları	anaları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	anamı	analarımı
senin (your)	ananı	analarını
onun (his/her/its)	anasını	analarını
bizim (our)	anamızı	analarımızı
sizin (your)	ananızı	analarınızı
onların (their)	analarını	analarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	anama	analarıma
senin (your)	anana	analarına
onun (his/her/its)	anasına	analarına
bizim (our)	anamıza	analarımıza
sizin (your)	ananıza	analarınıza
onların (their)	analarına	analarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (in/at/on my)	anamda	analarımda
senin (in/at/on your)	ananda	analarında
onun (in/at/on his/her/its)	anasında	analarında
bizim (in/at/on our)	anamızda	analarımızda
sizin (in/at/on your)	ananızda	analarınızda
onların (in/at/on their)	analarında	analarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (from my)	anamdan	analarımdan
senin (from your)	anandan	analarından
onun (from his/her/its)	anasından	analarından
bizim (from our)	anamızdan	analarımızdan
sizin (from your)	ananızdan	analarınızdan
onların (from their)	analarından	analarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (of my)	anamın	analarımın
senin (of your)	ananın	analarının
onun (of his/her/its)	anasının	analarının
bizim (of our)	anamızın	analarımızın
sizin (of your)	ananızın	analarınızın
onların (of their)	analarının	analarının

predicative forms of ana

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	anayım	analarım*
sen (you are)	anasın	analarsın*
o (he/she/it is)	ana / anadır	analar* / analardır*
biz (we are)	anayız	analarız
siz (you are)	anasınız	analarsınız
onlar (they are)	analar	analardır
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	anaydım	analardım*
sen (you were)	anaydın	analardın*
o (he/she/it was)	anaydı	analardı*
biz (we were)	anaydık	analardık
siz (you were)	anaydınız	analardınız
onlar (they were)	anaydılar	analardı
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	anaymışım	analarmışım*
sen (you were)	anaymışsın	analarmışsın*
o (he/she/it was)	anaymış	analarmış*
biz (we were)	anaymışız	analarmışız
siz (you were)	anaymışsınız	analarmışsınız
onlar (they were)	anaymışlar	analarmış
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Derived terms

• analı
• analık
• anasız
• anasızlık

See also

• anne

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Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• an

Conjunction

ana

1. and