ana

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

From Greek ἀνά (aná), of each.

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

ana (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Ancient Greek; see ana-.

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Alabama[edit]

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Pronoun[edit]

ana

  1. me

Aneme Wake[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ana

  1. tree

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

Noun[edit]

ana

  1. mother

Declension[edit]

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

References[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ana

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Common Polynesian

Noun[edit]

ana

  1. cave

Icelandic[edit]

Verb[edit]

ana (anaði)

  1. to rush on, to barge into

Italian[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ana

  1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ana

  1. Rōmaji reading of あな

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Maori[edit]

Noun[edit]

ana (invariant in plural; no cases)

  1. cave

Old High German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ana f

  1. grandmother
Related terms[edit]
  • ano (grandfather)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Preposition[edit]

ana

  1. at
  2. on
Descendants[edit]
  • German: an

Rapa Nui[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ana

  1. if

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

ana

  1. dative singular of an

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Vilamovian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ana

  1. and

Zazaki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Lydian ēna ↔ ana (“mother”)

Noun[edit]

ana

  1. mother
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