bana

See also: bańa, bána, banã, baña, bañá, baňa, bāṇa, and bana-

Bambara

Noun

bana

1. disease
2. outside of the village

Synonyms

• bana

Verb

bana

1. sicken (to become sick)

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

bana

1. a husband

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bana.

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Crimean Tatar

Adverb

bana

1. a second ago, just now

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Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bana

1. husband

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Dyaabugay

Noun

bana

1. water
2. rain

References

• Dyaabugay Swadesh List
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Wordlists Djabugay Everyday Words

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Dyirbal

Noun

bana

1. water

References

• K. Plaster, Women, fire, and dangerous things
• Ferenc Kiefer, ‎Mária Ladányi, ‎Péter Siptár, Current Issues in Morphological Theory (2012, →ISBN, page 169

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Gamilaraay

Noun

bana

1. lean meat

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Hausa

Adverb

bana

1. this year

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Hiligaynon

Noun

bána

1. husband

Noun

bánà

1. opinion, guess, thought

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

bana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative banaði, supine banað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to kill

   Kennari banar nemanda sinum.

   A teacher kills his student.

   Hetjan banaði drekanum.

   The hero slew the dragon.

Conjugation

bana — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að bana
supine (sagnbót)		banað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		banandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég bana	við bönum	present (nútíð)	ég bani	við bönum
	þú banar	þið banið		þú banir	þið banið
	hann, hún, það banar	þeir, þær, þau bana		hann, hún, það bani	þeir, þær, þau bani
past (þátíð)	ég banaði	við bönuðum	past (þátíð)	ég banaði	við bönuðum
	þú banaðir	þið bönuðuð		þú banaðir	þið bönuðuð
	hann, hún, það banaði	þeir, þær, þau bönuðu		hann, hún, það banaði	þeir, þær, þau bönuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	bana (þú)	banið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	banaðu	baniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

See also

• bani (noun)

Noun

1. inflection of bani:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

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Kuku-Yalanji

Noun

bana

1. water

References

• R. M. W. Dixon, The Languages of Australia (2010), page 100
• Henry D. Hershberger, Ruth Hershberger, 1982, Kuku-Yalanji dictionary, page 15

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Lingala

Noun

bana class 2

1. plural of mwana

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• banet
• bante (simple past)
• bant (past participle)

Verb

bana

1. simple past of bane
2. past participle of bane (both Etymology 3)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• banen

Noun

bana m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)

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Occitan

Etymology

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Catalan banya.

Noun

bana f (plural banas)

1. horn (animal's head)

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Old English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *banô. Cognate with Old Frisian bona, Old Saxon bano, Old High German bano, Old Norse bani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.nɑ/

Noun

bana m

1. murderer

   Hie næfre his banan folgian noldon. ― They never would pursue his murderer. (Saxon Chronicles)

2. something which causes death

Declension

Declension of bana (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bana	banan
accusative	banan	banan
genitive	banan	banena
dative	banan	banum

Descendants

• English: bane

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Related to bani m (“death, killer”).

Verb

bana

1. (transitive, with dative) to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of bana — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	bana
present participle	banandi
past participle	banaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bana	banaða
2nd-person singular	banar	banaðir
3rd-person singular	banar	banaði
1st-person plural	bǫnum	bǫnuðum
2nd-person plural	banið	bǫnuðuð
3rd-person plural	bana	bǫnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bana	banaða
2nd-person singular	banir	banaðir
3rd-person singular	bani	banaði
1st-person plural	banim	banaðim
2nd-person plural	banið	banaðið
3rd-person plural	bani	banaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	bana
1st-person plural	bǫnum
2nd-person plural	banið

Conjugation of bana — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	banask
present participle	banandisk
past participle	banazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	bǫnumk	bǫnuðumk
2nd-person singular	banask	banaðisk
3rd-person singular	banask	banaðisk
1st-person plural	bǫnumsk	bǫnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	banizk	bǫnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	banask	bǫnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bǫnumk	bǫnuðumk
2nd-person singular	banisk	banaðisk
3rd-person singular	banisk	banaðisk
1st-person plural	banimsk	banaðimsk
2nd-person plural	banizk	banaðizk
3rd-person plural	banisk	banaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	banask
1st-person plural	bǫnumsk
2nd-person plural	banizk

References

• “bana”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Portuguese

Verb

bana

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of banir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of banir
3. third-person singular negative imperative of banir
4. third-person singular imperative of banir

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Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon *bana, from Proto-Germanic *banō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːˌna/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

bana c

1. a path, a race, a track

   månen går sin tysta ban', snön ligger vit på fur och gran ― the moon walks its silent path, the snow lies white on pine and spruce

2. a track, a railroad

   de privata banorna ― the privately owned railroads

3. a track, a career track, a career, a life

Declension

Declension of bana
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bana	banan	banor	banorna
Genitive	banas	banans	banors	banornas

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Tagalog

Noun

1. watery lowland; swamp; marsh

Etymology 2

From Cebuano bana (“husband”).

Noun

1. husband

Synonyms

• esposo

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Tiruray

Noun

bana

1. beans

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Turkish

Pronoun

bana

1. me, to me, for me (dative of ben)

Notes

• One of only two irregular Turkish dative cases (the other is sana).

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Volapük

Noun

bana

1. genitive singular of ban

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Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

bana

1. a husband

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Yidiny

Noun

bana

1. any drinkable liquid
2. water

References

• R. M. W. Dixon, A Grammar of Yidin and The Languages of Australia (2011, →ISBN, page 102)

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Zulu

FWOTD – 21 November 2019

Etymology

From -bi +‎ -ana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɓáːna/

Adjective

-bána

1. rather bad
2. somewhat evil
3. somewhat ugly

Inflection

Adjective concord
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimbana	engingembana	ngimbana	angimbana
2nd singular	ombana	ongembana	umbana	awumbana
1st plural	esibabana	esingebabana	sibabana	asibabana
2nd plural	enibabana	eningebabana	nibabana	anibabana
Class 1	ombana	ongembana	mbana	akambana
Class 2	ababana	abangebabana	babana	abababana
Class 3	ombana	ongembana	mbana	awumbana
Class 4	emibana	engemibana	mibana	ayimibana
Class 5	elibana	elingelibana	libana	alilibana
Class 6	amabana	angemabana	mabana	awamabana
Class 7	esibana	esingesibana	sibana	asisibana
Class 8	ezimbana	ezingezimbana	zimbana	azizimbana
Class 9	embana	engembana, engeyimbana	imbana, yimbana	ayiyimbana
Class 10	ezimbana	ezingezimbana	zimbana	azizimbana
Class 11	olubana	olungelubana	lubana	alulubana
Class 14	obubana	obungebubana	bubana	abububana
Class 15	okubana	okungekubana	kubana	akukubana
Class 17	okubana	okungekubana	kubana	akukubana

Derived terms

• -banyana

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓana”