maana

See also: ma'ana

Finnish

Noun

maana

1. (deprecated template usage) essive singular of maa

Anagrams

• manaa, naama

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Hopi

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mala.

Noun

maana (dual mànt or maanat, plural mamant)

1. adolescent girl
2. woman who has never married
3. (possessed) daughter
4. (possessed) female counterpart

Derived terms

Derived terms

• maananìwti
• manàwya
• manhimu
• manhintsaki
• manhoya
• mànkowaako
• mànkukuyna
• mànkwatsi
• manmongwi
• manmuʼyta
• manneyang
• mànqasàlti
• mànqatsi
• mànriyànpi
• mansàngwti

• mansayti
• mansona
• mansonwiʼyngwa
• mansungwa
• màntangalawu
• mànti
• màntìitsami
• màntotsi
• màntönaʼyta
• mantuwa
• manvevewtsi
• manwikoro
• manwungwa
• pösöpmana

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 38
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 218

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Southern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mānā.

Noun

maana

1. child

   Synonym: ångkene

Inflection

Even a-stem
Nominative	maana
Genitive	maanan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maana	maanah
Accusative	maanam	maanide
Genitive	maanan	maanaj
Illative	maanese maanase	maanide
Inessive	maanesne	maanine
Elative	maaneste	maanijste
Comitative	maanine	maanajgujmie
Essive	maanine

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).

Noun

maana (n class, plural maana)

1. meaning (symbolic value of something), significance, sense, reason

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -maanisha