ana

See also ana-, Ana, and 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).

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. Romanization of 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

Noun

ana (kanji 穴, hiragana あな)

1. hole
2. cave

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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

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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

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

Noun

ana

1. mother

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

See also

• anne