nana
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (plural nanas)
Etymology 2
Variant spelling of nanna.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (plural nanas)
- (informal, term of endearment) one's grandmother
- (informal) a nanny
Anagrams
Asturian
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana
Balinese
Romanization
nana
Bambara
Pronunciation
Verb
nana
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana
Noun
nana f (plural nanes)
- (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of nan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: na‧na
Noun
nana
Champenois
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
nana
- (Sommepy) bread
References
- Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168
Chickasaw
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
nana
Darkinjung
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
nana
- him (3rd person singular accusative)
Ese
Noun
nana
Esperanto
Etymology
From nano (“dwarf”, noun) + -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin nānus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana
- pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
French
Etymology
Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana f (plural nanas)
Further reading
- “nana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana f (plural nanas)
Derived terms
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
Garawa
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Determiner
nana
- that
- (please add the primary text of this usage example) ― I used that pot because there were no other pots available.
- Synonym: nanda
References
- Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)
Hadza
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
nana
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective nano.
Noun
nana f (plural nane)
- (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)
Anagrams
Ivatan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana
- pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
Japanese
Romanization
nana
Krisa
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
nana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.na/, [ˈnäːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.na/, [ˈnäːnä]
Noun
nāna f (genitive nānae); first declension
- dwarf (female)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nāna | nānae |
Genitive | nānae | nānārum |
Dative | nānae | nānīs |
Accusative | nānam | nānās |
Ablative | nānā | nānīs |
Vocative | nāna | nānae |
Related terms
References
- “nana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nana”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Livonian
Alternative forms
- nanā (Courland)
Etymology
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Noun
nana
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
nana
- inflection of nan:
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா (aṇṇā).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Johor-Selangor" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /nanə/
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- Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə
Noun
nana (Jawi spelling نان, plural nana-nana, informal 1st possessive nanaku, 2nd possessive nanamu, 3rd possessive nananya)
- brother (older male sibling)
See also
Marshallese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [nʲɑːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [nʲɑ nʲɑ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
- Bender phonemes: {nahnah}
Adjective
nana
References
Nias
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi (poz-sus-pro) is not set as an ancestor of Nias (nia) in Module:languages/data/3/n. The ancestor of Nias is Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (poz-pro)., from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (mutated form nana)
- pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
Northern Paiute
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (plural naana)
Northern Sami
Adjective
nana
- attributive of nanus
Oroqen
Noun
nana
Portuguese
Noun
nana f (plural nanas)
Verb
nana
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع (nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).
Pronunciation
Noun
nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)
References
Simeulue
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi (poz-sus-pro) is not set as an ancestor of Simeulue (smr) in Module:languages/data/3/s. The ancestor of Simeulue is Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (poz-pro)., from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana
- pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
Spanish
Etymology
Echoic/imitative.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana f (plural nanas)
- (Latin America) nanny
- Synonym: niñera
- (colloquial) granny, grandmother
- lullaby
- Synonym: canción de cuna
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology 1
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Noun
nanà
Etymology 2
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Noun
nana
Tahitian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Interjection
nana
Toba Batak
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi (poz-sus-pro) is not set as an ancestor of Toba Batak (bbc) in Module:languages/data/3/b. The ancestor of Toba Batak is Proto-Batak (btk-pro)., from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)
- pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
Wanyi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Determiner
nana
- that
- (please add the primary text of this usage example) ― I used that pot because there were no other pots available.
References
- Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
Waray-Waray
Noun
nanà
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