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 Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.

   wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij

   of wine and honey, each, two ounces

Synonyms

• (of each): aa (abbreviation)

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

Etymology 5

Hindi; see anna.

Noun

ana (plural anas)

1. Alternative form of anna: a former subdivision of the rupee.

Anagrams

• A.A.N., naa

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Alabama

Pronoun

ana

1. me

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Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

Noun

ana

1. tree

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		ана
Roman		ana
Perso-Arabic		آنا‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana or *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, “mother”).

Noun

ana (definite accusative ananı, plural analar)

1. mother

Declension

Declension of ana

	singular	plural
nominative	ana	analar
definite accusative	ananı	anaları
dative	anaya	analara
locative	anada	analarda
ablative	anadan	analardan
definite genitive	ananın	anaların

Possessive forms of ana

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

Antonyms

• (with regard to gender) ata
• (with regard to ancestry) oğul, qız

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ná/

Noun

aná class 2

1. plural of mwana

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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

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]

Pronoun

ana

1. (archaic) Alternative form of ona

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Dongxiang

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.

Compare Bonan aane, Karakhanid اَنا‎ (ana), Uyghur ئانا‎ (ana), Western Yugur ana, Turkish ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈna/, [ɑˈnɑ]

Noun

ana

1. mom, mama

   Chi matei anane bayasigvasenu, anachi tade baer lie ogine.

   No matter how much you make your mother happy, she will not give you money.

Synonyms

• anei (“mother”)
• ekie (“mother (formal)”)

Related terms

• anai (“gramma, granny”)

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Gothic

Romanization

ana

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?].

Noun

ana

1. cave

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)

1. to rush on, barge into

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish anae m (“wealth, riches, prosperity”).

Noun

ana m (genitive singular ana)

1. (literary) wealth, prosperity

Declension

Declension of ana

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ana Vocative a ana Genitive ana Dative ana

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-ana Genitive an ana Dative leis an ana don ana

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)

1. spell of fine weather

Declension

Declension of ana

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ana anaí Vocative a ana a anaí Genitive ana anaí Dative ana anaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ana na hanaí Genitive na hana na n-anaí Dative leis an ana don ana leis na hanaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ana	n-ana	hana	t-ana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "ana" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Italian

Adverb

ana

1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

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Japanese

Romanization

ana

1. Rōmaji transcription of あな

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Javanese

Pronoun

ana

1. there is/are; to be

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Kambera

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

Noun

ana

1. child

Derived terms

• paana (“to give birth to”)

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Kaxuyana

Pronoun

ana

1. we (exclusive)

References

• Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

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Laboya

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

Noun

ana

1. child (one's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter).

See also

• lakawa

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 5

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈnɐ]

  • Audio

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Pronoun

anà f sg

1. feminine singular nominative form of anas.
2. feminine singular instrumental form of anas.

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʾanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /anə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /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	standard	saya / ساي‎ aku/ku- / اکو‎ / كو-‎ (informal/towards God) -ku / -كو‎ (informal possesive) hamba / همبا‎ (dated)	kami / کامي‎ (exclusive) kita / کيت‎ (inclusive)
	Palace Malay	beta / بيتا‎
2nd person	standard	kamu / کامو‎ anda / اندا‎ (formal)
		engkau/kau- / اڠکاو‎/ كاو-‎ (informal/towards God) awak / اوق‎ (friendly/older towards younger) -mu / -مو‎ (possesive)	kalian / كاليان‎
	Palace Malay	tuanku / توانكو‎
3rd person	standard	dia / دي‎ ia / اي‎ beliau / بلياو‎ (honorific) -nya / -ڽ‎ (possesive)	mereka / مريک‎
	Palace Malay	baginda / بڬيندا‎

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Samoan ana.

Noun

ana

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”)

Descendants

• Middle High German: ane
  • German: Ahne
  • Swabian: Ahna

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

ana

1. at
2. on

Adverb

ana

1. onwards

Descendants

• Middle High German: ane, an
  • Cimbrian: å
  • German: an
  • Hunsrik: aan
  • Luxembourgish: un
  • Pennsylvania German: aa

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Rapa Nui

Conjunction

ana

1. if

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Scots

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of an a'

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Swahili

Verb

ana

1. inflection of -wa na:
   1. third-person singular present affirmative
   2. m-wa class subject inflected singular present affirmative

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Swedish

Etymology

From German ahnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːna/

Verb

ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)

1. to guess, to 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.

   I think someone will come and buy that cheap car soon.

2. to see, make out, discern (with difficulty)

   Jag tror jag anar en katt i den busken.

   I think I can see a cat in that bush.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ana (weak)

	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

Noun

ana c

1. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather

   Synonym: förfader

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

ana

1. dative singular of an

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana).

Noun

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)

1. (regional, childish, law) mother

   Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ana
Definite accusative	anayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ana	analar
Definite accusative	anayı	anaları
Dative	anaya	analara
Locative	anada	analarda
Ablative	anadan	analardan
Genitive	ananın	anaların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular anam analarım 2nd singular anan anaların 3rd singular anası anaları 1st plural anamız analarımız 2nd plural ananız analarınız 3rd plural anaları anaları
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular anayım analarım 2nd singular anasın analarsın 3rd singular ana anadır analar analardır 1st plural anayız analarız 2nd plural anasınız analarsınız 3rd plural analar analardır

Synonyms

• anne

Derived terms

• analı
• analık
• anasız
• anasızlık

Adjective

ana (comparative daha ana, superlative en ana)

1. main

   Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı.

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

2. fundamental

Derived terms

• anayasa

See also

• anne

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Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• an

Conjunction

ana

1. and

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Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/

• Audio

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Adverb

ana

1. (interrogative) where is, how are

Usage notes

This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.

See also

• fan

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Zazaki

Noun

ana

1. mam
2. mother