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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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic
Roman	ana
Perso-Arabic

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	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	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	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	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	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	analarının

Antonyms

• (with regards to gender): ata
• (with regards 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 966-7980-89-8

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Czech

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

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.
• “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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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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Kaxuyana

Pronoun

ana

1. we (exclusive)

Reference

• Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈnɐ]

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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 *’anāk-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *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	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

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian.

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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Scots

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of an a'

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Swedish

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 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 (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

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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.

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 (ayrılma)	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 (her/his/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

• analı
• analık
• anasız
• anasızlık

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/

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. mother