English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From French liane , influenced by lien ( “ link, bond ” ) . The word comes from the western dialects of West Indian French .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
liana (plural lianas )
( botany ) A climbing woody vine , usually tropical .
1839 , Robert FitzRoy ; Phillip Parker King ; Charles Darwin , chapter 2, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle , between the Years 1826 and 1836, [ … ] , volume (please specify |volume=I to III) , London: Henry Colburn , [ … ] , →OCLC :Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.
1884 , Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys) , London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,[1]
Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.
1943 April 4, Allied Geographical Section; Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea , page 6:Allow friendly natives to walk in front of you on the track. They have sharp eyes for pitfalls, snakes, hornets, and stinging plants. They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers. They like to do it.
1961 , V. S. Naipaul , A House for Mr Biswas , Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3:They left the drive and stood among the wild tannia under the saman tree. Mrs Tulsi held a liana and offered it to Mr Biswas. While he felt it, she held a thinner liana and pulled it down. ‘As strong as rope,’ she said. ‘The children could skip with this.’
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Indonesian [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From English liana , from French liane , influenced by lien ( “ link, bond ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈlia̯na/
Hyphenation: lia‧na
liana (first-person possessive lianaku , second-person possessive lianamu , third-person possessive liananya )
( botany ) liana : a climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
Further reading [ edit ]
Italian [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈlja.na/ , ( traditional ) /liˈa.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: lià‧na , ( traditional ) li‧à‧na
liana f (plural liane )
liana (vine)
plot (complicated)
Anagrams [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Borrowed from French liane .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈlja.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: lia‧na
liana f
liana
Declension [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ]
liana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
liana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Borrowed from French liane , of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈljana/ [ˈlja.na]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: lia‧na
liana f (plural lianas )
liana
Synonyms: bejuco , guaco
Further reading [ edit ]
Swahili [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
-liana (infinitive kuliana )
Reciprocal form of -lia
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of -liana
Positive present
-na liana
Subjunctive
-liane
Negative
-liani
Imperative singular
liana
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huliana
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li liana
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku liana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na liana)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni naliana/na liana
tu naliana
2nd person
u naliana
m naliana
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a naliana
wa naliana
other classes
positive subject concord + -na liana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -liani )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si liani
hatu liani
2nd person
hu liani
ham liani
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha liani
hawa liani
other classes
negative subject concord + -liani
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta liana
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta liana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -liane )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni liane
tu liane
2nd person
u liane
m liane
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a liane
wa liane
other classes
positive subject concord + -liane
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si liane
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge liana
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe liana
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali liana
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali liana
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me liana
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha liana
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja liana
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki liana
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo liana
Consecutive
kaliana / positive subject concord + -ka liana
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka liane
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.