ana

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Adverb 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Alabama 2.1 Pronoun 3 Crimean Tatar 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.3 References 4 Hawaiian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Icelandic 5.1 Verb 6 Italian 6.1 Adverb 7 Japanese 7.1 Noun 8 Maori 8.1 Noun 9 Old High German 9.1 Etymology 1 9.1.1 Noun 9.2 Etymology 2 9.2.1 Preposition 10 Swedish 10.1 Verb 10.1.1 Conjugation 10.1.2 Derived terms 11 Turkish 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Declension 11.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

[edit] 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.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Greek ἀνά (aná), of each.

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ana

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).

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[edit] Noun

ana (uncountable)

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aan
• naa

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[edit] Pronoun

ana

1. me

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

[edit] Noun

ana

1. mother

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[edit] References

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

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[edit] Hawaiian

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Common Polynesian

[edit] Noun

ana

1. cave

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Verb

ana (anaði)

1. to rush on, to barge into

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adverb

ana

1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

ana (kanji 穴, hiragana あな)

1. hole
2. cave

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[edit] Maori

[edit] Noun

ana (invariant in plural; no cases)

1. cave

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology 1

Akin to Latin anus.

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ana f.

1. grandmother

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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ana

1. at

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[edit] Swedish

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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

[edit] Conjugation

Infinitive	ana
Present tense	anar
Past tense	anade
Supine	anat
Imperative	ana
Present participle	anande
Past participle	anad

[edit] Derived terms

• aning
• ana ugglor i mossen

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

[edit] Noun

ana

1. mother

[edit] Declension

[edit] See also

• anne