jana

See also: Jana, jaña, and Jāņa

Finnish

Etymology

From a dialectal word meaning "row, line" (compare jono, juna, juoni). First instance of the modern meaning in geometry is from 1860.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑnɑ/, [ˈjɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification: ja‧na

Noun

jana

1. (geometry) line segment

Declension

Inflection of jana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		jana	janat
genitive		janan	janojen
partitive		janaa	janoja
illative		janaan	janoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		jana	janat
accusative	nom.	jana	janat
	gen.	janan
genitive		janan	janojen janainrare
partitive		janaa	janoja
inessive		janassa	janoissa
elative		janasta	janoista
illative		janaan	janoihin
adessive		janalla	janoilla
ablative		janalta	janoilta
allative		janalle	janoille
essive		janana	janoina
translative		janaksi	janoiksi
instructive		—	janoin
abessive		janatta	janoitta
comitative		—	janoineen

Possessive forms of jana (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	janani	janamme
2nd person	janasi	jananne
3rd person	janansa

Derived terms

• aikajana (“timeline”)

Anagrams

• Anja, ajan, jaan

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Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (De'kwana): jaana

Noun

jana

1. (Ye'kwana dialect) ear

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

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Pali

Etymology

From Sanskrit जन (jana)

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• जन (Devanagari script)
• জন (Bengali script)
• ජන (Sinhalese script)
• ဇန (Burmese script)
• ชน or ชะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊນ or ຊະນະ (Lao script)
• ជន (Khmer script)

Noun

jana m

1. person; man; people

Declension

Declension table of "jana" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	jano	janā
Accusative (second)	janaṃ	jane
Instrumental (third)	janena	janehi or janebhi
Dative (fourth)	janassa or janāya or janatthaṃ	janānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	janasmā or janamhā or janā	janehi or janebhi
Genitive (sixth)	janassa	janānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	janasmiṃ or janamhi or jane	janesu
Vocative (calling)	jana	janā

Descendants

• Burmese: ဇန (ja.na.)

References

jana in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʄɑ.nɑ/

Etymology 1

Adjective

jana (invariable)

1. last (most recent time)
   • 2019, “Uhuru wa vyombo vya habari: Waandishi wangapi waliouawa mwaka jana duniani?”, in BBC Swahili‎^[1]:

     Afghanistan inasalia kuwa nchi ilio hatari zaidi kuishi kama mwandishi habari, kukishuhudiwa vifo vya waandishi 16 mwaka jana.

     Afghanistan continues to be the most dangerous country for journalists to live in, bearing witness to the deaths of 16 journalists last year.

     (literally, “Afghanistan continues to be the country that is most dangerous to live in for journalists, bearing witness to the deaths of 16 journalists last year.”)

Adverb

jana

1. yesterday
   • 2018 December 3, “MAGUFULI AMTAJA LOWASSA SHIDA YA MAJI”, in Taifa Leo‎^[2]:

     Takribani wiki moja baada ya Rais John Magufuli na Edward Lowassa kupeana sifa, jana kiongozi mkuu huyo wa nchi amemtaja tena waziri mkuu huyo wa zamani, safari hii akimhusisha na ombi la mbunge wa Monduli kuhusu uhaba wa maji.

     About one week after President John Magufuli and Edward Lowassa exchanged praise, yesterday the head of state mentioned the former prime minister again, this time involving a request to MP Monduli's request about water shortages.

Noun

jana (n class, plural jana)

1. yesterday
   • 2019 July 24, Curtis Otieno, “ODM MP praises DPP Haji over CS Rotich's woes”, in Hivi Sasa‎^[3]:

     Tunataka sasa kuona watu wanafungwa katika kesi zote sio hii ya jana tu.

     Now we want to see people imprisoned in every case, not just yesterday's.

Etymology 2

From the root of mwana.

Noun

jana (ma class, plural majana)

1. Augmentative of mwana: large child
2. larva, grub
   • 2005, Kakakuona, Issue 19‎^[4], Tanzania Wildlife Protection Fund, page 5:

     Wafugaji wengine waliokuwa wakifuga nyuki kwa kutumia vyungu walifaulu kutenganisha kundi la majana na lile la kuweka asali kwa kuweka nyansi zenye kuruhusu nyuki vibarua kupanda juu wakiwa wamejaa matumbo yao na mbochi na chavua kubakia kwenye mtungi wa chini kwenye malkia na majana.

     Other beekeeping ranchers using ants were successful in separating the group of larvae from the settled honey by leaving out grass to allow worker bees to rise above when they had filled their stomachs with nectar and pollen, leaving a jar below with the queen and larvae.

Derived terms

• kijana (“youth”)

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Zulu

Alternative forms

• -dana

Etymology

From -de (“long, tall”) +‎ -ana (diminutive).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒaːna/

Adjective

-jana

1. rather long
2. fairly tall

Inflection

Adjective concord
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimjana	engingemjana	ngimjana	angimjana
2nd singular	omjana	ongemjana	umjana	awumjana
1st plural	esibajana	esingebajana	sibajana	asibajana
2nd plural	enibajana	eningebajana	nibajana	anibajana
Class 1	omjana	ongemjana	mjana	akamjana
Class 2	abajana	abangebajana	bajana	ababajana
Class 3	omjana	ongemjana	mjana	awumjana
Class 4	emijana	engemijana	mijana	ayimijana
Class 5	elijana	elingelijana	lijana	alilijana
Class 6	amajana	angemajana	majana	awamajana
Class 7	esijana	esingesijana	sijana	asisijana
Class 8	ezinjana	ezingezinjana	zinjana	azizinjana
Class 9	enjana	engenjana, engeyinjana	injana, yinjana	ayiyinjana
Class 10	ezinjana	ezingezinjana	zinjana	azizinjana
Class 11	olujana	olungelujana	lujana	alulujana
Class 14	obujana	obungebujana	bujana	abubujana
Class 15	okujana	okungekujana	kujana	akukujana
Class 17	okujana	okungekujana	kujana	akukujana

References

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