liana

See also: Liana and Liāna

English

Etymology

From French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”). The word comes from the western dialects of West Indian French.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

liana (plural lianas)

1. A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
   • 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 2,^[1]

     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,^[2]

     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, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, 4 April, 1943, p. 6,^[3]

     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, 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.’

Translations

climbing woody vine

• Danish: lian (da) c
• Dutch: liaan (nl) c
• Esperanto: liano (eo)
• Finnish: liaani (fi)
• German: Liane (de) f
• Hungarian: lián (hu)
• Ido: liano (io)
• Italian: liana (it) f
• Khmer: លតា (km) (lea’daa)

• Marathi: महालता (mahāltā), काष्ठलता (kāṣṭhaltā), महावेल f (mahāvel)
• Polish: liana (pl) f
• Portuguese: cipó (pt) m
• Romanian: liană (ro) f
• Russian: лиа́на (ru) f (liána)
• Swedish: lian (sv) c
• Tagalog: dakbaging
• Ukrainian: ліа́на f (liána)

See also

• climber
• rattan
• scrambler
• twiner
• vine

Anagrams

• Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Lanai, lanai

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈana/, /ˈljana/

Noun

liana f (plural liane)

1. liana (vine)
2. plot (complicated)

Anagrams

• alani
• anali
• inala

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲa.na/

• Audio

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Noun

liana f

1. liana

Declension

declension of liana

	singular	plural
nominative	liana	liany
genitive	liany	lian
dative	lianie	lianom
accusative	lianę	liany
instrumental	lianą	lianami
locative	lianie	lianach
vocative	liano	liany

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Spanish

Etymology

From French liane, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljana/

Noun

liana f (plural lianas)

1. liana

Synonyms

• bejuco
• guaco

Further reading

• “liana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swahili

Verb

-liana (infinitive kuliana)

1. Reciprocal form of -lia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -liana
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kuliana							kutoliana
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					liana							lianeni
Habitual					huliana
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive nililiana naliliana tuliliana twaliliana uliliana waliliana mliliana mwaliliana aliliana waliliana uliliana ililiana lililiana yaliliana kililiana vililiana ililiana zililiana uliliana kuliliana paliliana muliliana Relative nilioliana nalioliana tulioliana twalioliana ulioliana walioliana mlioliana mwalioliana alioliana walioliana ulioliana ilioliana lilioliana yalioliana kilioliana vilioliana ilioliana zilioliana ulioliana kulioliana palioliana mulioliana Negative sikuliana hatukuliana hukuliana hamkuliana hakuliana hawakuliana haukuliana haikuliana halikuliana hayakuliana hakikuliana havikuliana haikuliana hazikuliana haukuliana hakukuliana hapakuliana hamukuliana
Present Positive ninaliana naliana tunaliana unaliana mnaliana analiana wanaliana unaliana inaliana linaliana yanaliana kinaliana vinaliana inaliana zinaliana unaliana kunaliana panaliana munaliana Relative ninaoliana naoliana tunaoliana unaoliana mnaoliana anaoliana wanaoliana unaoliana inaoliana linaoliana yanaoliana kinaoliana vinaoliana inaoliana zinaoliana unaoliana kunaoliana panaoliana munaoliana Negative siliani hatuliani huliani hamliani haliani hawaliani hauliani hailiani haliliani hayaliani hakiliani haviliani hailiani haziliani hauliani hakuliani hapaliani hamuliani
Future Positive nitaliana tutaliana utaliana mtaliana ataliana wataliana utaliana italiana litaliana yataliana kitaliana vitaliana italiana zitaliana utaliana kutaliana pataliana mutaliana Relative nitakaoliana tutakaoliana utakaoliana mtakaoliana atakaoliana watakaoliana utakaoliana itakaoliana litakaoliana yatakaoliana kitakaoliana vitakaoliana itakaoliana zitakaoliana utakaoliana kutakaoliana patakaoliana mutakaoliana Negative sitaliana hatutaliana hutaliana hamtaliana hataliana hawataliana hautaliana haitaliana halitaliana hayataliana hakitaliana havitaliana haitaliana hazitaliana hautaliana hakutaliana hapataliana hamutaliana
Subjunctive Positive niliane tuliane uliane mliane aliane waliane uliane iliane liliane yaliane kiliane viliane iliane ziliane uliane kuliane paliane muliane Negative nisiliane tusiliane usiliane msiliane asiliane wasiliane usiliane isiliane lisiliane yasiliane kisiliane visiliane isiliane zisiliane usiliane kusiliane pasiliane musiliane
Present Conditional Positive ningeliana tungeliana ungeliana mngeliana angeliana wangeliana ungeliana ingeliana lingeliana yangeliana kingeliana vingeliana ingeliana zingeliana ungeliana kungeliana pangeliana mungeliana Negative nisingeliana singeliana tusingeliana hatungeliana usingeliana hungeliana msingeliana hamngeliana asingeliana hangeliana wasingeliana hawangeliana usingeliana haungeliana isingeliana haingeliana lisingeliana halingeliana yasingeliana hayangeliana kisingeliana hakingeliana visingeliana havingeliana isingeliana haingeliana zisingeliana hazingeliana usingeliana haungeliana kusingeliana hakungeliana pasingeliana hapangeliana musingeliana hamungeliana
Past Conditional Positive ningaliliana tungaliliana ungaliliana mngaliliana angaliliana wangaliliana ungaliliana ingaliliana lingaliliana yangaliliana kingaliliana vingaliliana ingaliliana zingaliliana ungaliliana kungaliliana pangaliliana mungaliliana Negative nisingaliliana singaliliana tusingaliliana hatungaliliana usingaliliana hungaliliana msingaliliana hamngaliliana asingaliliana hangaliliana wasingaliliana hawangaliliana usingaliliana haungaliliana isingaliliana haingaliliana lisingaliliana halingaliliana yasingaliliana hayangaliliana kisingaliliana hakingaliliana visingaliliana havingaliliana isingaliliana haingaliliana zisingaliliana hazingaliliana usingaliliana haungaliliana kusingaliliana hakungaliliana pasingaliliana hapangaliliana musingaliliana hamungaliliana
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningeliliana tungeliliana ungeliliana mngeliliana angeliliana wangeliliana ungeliliana ingeliliana lingeliliana yangeliliana kingeliliana vingeliliana ingeliliana zingeliliana ungeliliana kungeliliana pangeliliana mungeliliana
General Relative Positive nilianao tulianao ulianao mlianao alianao walianao ulianao ilianao lilianao yalianao kilianao vilianao ilianao zilianao ulianao kulianao palianao mulianao Negative nisioliana tusioliana usioliana msioliana asioliana wasioliana usioliana isioliana lisioliana yasioliana kisioliana visioliana isioliana zisioliana usioliana kusioliana pasioliana musioliana
Gnomic Positive naliana twaliana waliana mwaliana aliana waliana waliana yaliana laliana yaliana chaliana vyaliana yaliana zaliana waliana kwaliana paliana mwaliana
Perfect Positive nimeliana tumeliana umeliana mmeliana ameliana wameliana umeliana imeliana limeliana yameliana kimeliana vimeliana imeliana zimeliana umeliana kumeliana pameliana mumeliana
"Already" Positive nimeshaliana tumeshaliana umeshaliana mmeshaliana ameshaliana wameshaliana umeshaliana imeshaliana limeshaliana yameshaliana kimeshaliana vimeshaliana imeshaliana zimeshaliana umeshaliana kumeshaliana pameshaliana mumeshaliana
"Not yet" Negative sijaliana hatujaliana hujaliana hamjaliana hajaliana hawajaliana haujaliana haijaliana halijaliana hayajaliana hakijaliana havijaliana haijaliana hazijaliana haujaliana hakujaliana hapajaliana hamujaliana
"If/When" Positive nikiliana tukiliana ukiliana mkiliana akiliana wakiliana ukiliana ikiliana likiliana yakiliana kikiliana vikiliana ikiliana zikiliana ukiliana kukiliana pakiliana mukiliana
"If not" Negative nisipoliana tusipoliana usipoliana msipoliana asipoliana wasipoliana usipoliana isipoliana lisipoliana yasipoliana kisipoliana visipoliana isipoliana zisipoliana usipoliana kusipoliana pasipoliana musipoliana
Consecutive Positive nikaliana tukaliana ukaliana mkaliana akaliana wakaliana ukaliana ikaliana likaliana yakaliana kikaliana vikaliana ikaliana zikaliana ukaliana kukaliana pakaliana mukaliana
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.