inna

See also: Inna, inną, and -inna

English

Contraction

inna

1. (colloquial) In the.
   • 1991, The Beat

     In state-of-the-art dance hall, the bass booms like electrified tympani, the snare gets busy inna quasimilitary techno stylee […]

See also

• onna

Anagrams

• NINA, Nina, nina

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Gothic

Romanization

inna

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri yìnná (“aunt”).

Noun

innà f (possessed form innàr̃)

1. mother
2. maternal aunt
3. A polite term of address for any older woman.
4. (Hausa animistic religion) royal priestess
5. polio

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse inna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Verb

inna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative innti, supine innt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to do, to accomplish
2. (transitive, with accusative) to tell

Conjugation

inna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að inna
supine (sagnbót)		innt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		innandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég inni	við innum	present (nútíð)	ég inni	við innum
	þú innir	þið innið		þú innir	þið innið
	hann, hún, það innir	þeir, þær, þau inna		hann, hún, það inni	þeir, þær, þau inni
past (þátíð)	ég innti	við inntum	past (þátíð)	ég innti	við inntum
	þú inntir	þið inntuð		þú inntir	þið inntuð
	hann, hún, það innti	þeir, þær, þau inntu		hann, hún, það innti	þeir, þær, þau inntu
imperative (boðháttur)	inn (þú)	innið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	inntu	inniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

inntur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	inntur	innt	innt		inntir	inntar	innt
accusative (þolfall)	inntan	innta	innt		innta	inntar	innt
dative (þágufall)	inntum	inntri	inntu		inntum	inntum	inntum
genitive (eignarfall)	innts	inntrar	innts		inntra	inntra	inntra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	innti	innta	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu
accusative (þolfall)	innta	inntu	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu
dative (þágufall)	innta	inntu	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu
genitive (eignarfall)	innta	inntu	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu

Derived terms

• inna af hendi ("to get done, to accomplish")
• inna eftir ("to ask about")

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• na

Article

inna

1. genitive singular feminine of in (triggers prothesis of an unwritten /h/ before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21^c3

     In tan téte a laithe di chiunn cosnaib gnimaib ⁊ cosnaib imnedaib gniter and, do·tét iarum imthánud aidche tara hæsi, co ndermanammar-ni inna imned sin i mbiam isind laithiu tri chumsanad inna aidche dod·iarmorat.

     When the day passes away with the deeds and the troubles that are done therein, then comes the alternation of night after it that we may forget those troubles in which we are in the day through the repose of the night that follows it.

2. nominative plural feminine/neuter of in (triggers prothesis of an unwritten /h/ before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^b15

     Inna ancride inna fochaide do·bertar forsin n-aís noib, ad·cobrat-sidi cumscugud fercæ Dǽ do thabairt díglae tara n-ési.

     The cruelties of the afflictions that are wrought on the saints desire the stirring of the anger of God to inflict vengeance on their behalf.

3. accusative plural of all genders of in (triggers prothesis of an unwritten /h/ before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21^c3

     In tan téte a laithe di chiunn cosnaib gnimaib ⁊ cosnaib imnedaib gniter and, do·tét iarum imthánud aidche tara hæsi, co ndermanammar-ni inna imned sin i mbiam isind laithiu tri chumsanad inna aidche dod·iarmorat.

     When the day passes away with the deeds and the troubles that are done therein, then comes the alternation of night after it that we may forget those troubles in which we are in the day through the repose of the night that follows it.

4. genitive plural of all genders of in (triggers eclipsis)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^b15

     Inna ancride inna fochaide do·bertar forsin n-aís noib, ad·cobrat-sidi cumscugud fercæ Dǽ do thabairt díglae tara n-ési.

     The cruelties of the afflictions that are wrought on the saints desire the stirring of the anger of God to inflict vengeance on their behalf.

Contraction

inna

1. Contraction of i + a (“in his/her/its/their”).
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^a4

     Rethit huili, et is oínḟer gaibes búaid diib inna chomalnad.

     All run, and it is one man of them who gets victory for completing it (lit. in its completion).

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Old Norse

Verb

inna

1. to accomplish

Synonyms

• fremja
• vinna

References

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

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *in.

Adverb

inna

1. inside
2. indoors

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.na/

Pronoun

inna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of inny