chana

See also: Chana, chànà, and chaná

English

Chana (chickpeas)

Alternative forms

• chaná
• channa

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चना (canā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌnə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːnə/

Noun

chana (usually uncountable, plural chanas)

1. (India, cooking) A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
2. (India) Chickpeas.

   Synonym: kadala

Derived terms

• chana dal

Translations

Indian dish

• Hindi: चना (hi) m (canā)
• Sikkimese: ཅ་ན (ca na)

Aka-Bea

Noun

chana

1. woman; (before a name) Mrs

Garo

Etymology 1

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

Verb

chana (transitive)

1. to put on the fire, have on the fire (of a cooking pot)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

chana (transitive)

1. to count
2. to track, follow the tracks (as when hunting animals)

Irish

Noun

chana m sg

1. lenited form of cana

Verb

chana

1. lenited form of cana

Middle Irish

Noun

chana m

1. lenited form of cana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: cha‧na

Noun

chana m

1. genitive singular of chan
2. accusative singular of chan

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: cha‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chokwe [Term?]

Noun

chana f (plural chanas)

1. (Angola, geography) savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

   Synonyms: savana, (Angola) anhara

Etymology 2

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

Noun

chana f (plural chanas)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Further reading

• “chana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃana/ [ˈt͡ʃa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: cha‧na

Noun

chana f (plural chanas)

1. (Chile, slang) Term applied to a lower‐class woman not desired for a longer relationship

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cana, from Common Bantu *-càna. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsana and Giryama -tsana (“to slit”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-chana (infinitive kuchana)

1. to tear, to separate
2. to comb

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chana
Positive present -nachana Subjunctive -chane Negative -chani Imperative singular chana
Infinitives
Positive kuchana Negative kutochana
Imperatives
Singular chana Plural chaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchana Positive past positive subject concord + -lichana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachana) Singular Plural 1st person ninachana/nachana tunachana 2nd person unachana mnachana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachana wanachana other classes positive subject concord + -nachana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chani) Singular Plural 1st person sichani hatuchani 2nd person huchani hamchani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachani hawachani other classes negative subject concord + -chani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachana Negative future negative subject concord + -tachana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chane) Singular Plural 1st person nichane tuchane 2nd person uchane mchane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achane wachane other classes positive subject concord + -chane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achana) Singular Plural 1st person nachana twachana 2nd person wachana mwachana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achana wachana m-mi(III/IV) wachana yachana ji-ma(V/VI) lachana yachana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachana vyachana n(IX/X) yachana zachana u(XI) wachana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachana pa(XVI) pachana mu(XVIII) mwachana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochana Consecutive kachana / positive subject concord + -kachana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichana -tuchana 2nd person -kuchana -wachana/-kuchaneni/-wachaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchana -wachana m-mi(III/IV) -uchana -ichana ji-ma(V/VI) -lichana -yachana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichana -vichana n(IX/X) -ichana -zichana u(XI) -uchana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchana pa(XVI) -pachana mu(XVIII) -muchana Reflexive -jichana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chanaye -chanao m-mi(III/IV) -chanao -chanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chanalo -chanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chanacho -chanavyo n(IX/X) -chanayo -chanazo u(XI) -chanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chanako pa(XVI) -chanapo mu(XVIII) -chanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechana -ochana m-mi(III/IV) -ochana -yochana ji-ma(V/VI) -lochana -yochana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochana -vyochana n(IX/X) -yochana -zochana u(XI) -ochana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochana pa(XVI) -pochana mu(XVIII) -mochana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -chanwa
  • Stative: -chanika (“to be torn”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • chanuo (“comb”)
  • kitana (“comb”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχana/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːna/, /ˈχana/

Verb

chana

1. aspirate mutation of cana

Mutation

Mutated forms of cana

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cana	gana	nghana	chana

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-châna

1. (transitive) to recognize
2. to hit the mark

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.