nana

See also: Nana, naná, ñaña, nāna, na-na, nana-, nānā, ñāṇa, nanà, and nána

English

Etymology 1

An aphetic form of banana.

Pronunciation

• enPR: näʹnə, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

nana (plural nanas)

1. (informal) a banana, the fruit
2. (slang) a fool

   You look a right nana dressed up like that.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of nanna.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nănʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈnænə/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

nana (plural nanas)

1. (informal, term of endearment) one's grandmother
2. (informal) a nanny

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Anna, anna, naan

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Asturian

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nanu

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Balinese

Romanization

nana

1. Romanization of ᬦᬦ
2. Romanization of ᬦᬦᬵ

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Bambara

Verb

nana

1. Template:past tense of

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈna.na]

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nan

Noun

nana f (plural nanes)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of nan

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

nana

1. (uncountable) pus

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Champenois

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nana

1. (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

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Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• nanna

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

nana

1. something

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Darkinjung

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

nana

1. him (3rd person singular accusative)

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Ese

Noun

nana

1. war

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Esperanto

Etymology

From nano (“dwarf”, noun) +‎ -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnana]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: na‧na

Adjective

nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)

1. dwarf

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

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French

Etymology

Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.na/

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive)

Further reading

• “nana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Anna

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Galician

Etymology

Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnana̝/

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. (archaic) mother; mama

Derived terms

• nai

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

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Garawa

Etymology

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Determiner

nana

1. 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)

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Hadza

Etymology

naha +‎ -na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nana/

Adverb

nana

1. there

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.na/
• Hyphenation: nà‧na

Adjective

nana

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective nano.

Noun

nana f (plural nane)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)

Anagrams

• Anna

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Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

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Japanese

Romanization

nana

1. Rōmaji transcription of なな

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Krisa

Etymology

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Pronoun

nana

1. I

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.na/, [ˈnäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.na/, [ˈnäːnä]

Noun

nāna f (genitive nānae); first declension

1. 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

• nānus

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

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• nanā (Courland)

Etymology

From .

Noun

nana

1. nose

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

nana

1. inflection of nan:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா (aṇṇā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nanə/
• IPA^(key): /nana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

Noun

nana (Jawi spelling نان, plural nana-nana, informal 1st possessive nanaku, 2nd possessive nanamu, 3rd possessive nananya)

1. brother (older male sibling)

See also

• abang
• kakak
• engko
• uda

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Marshallese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [nʲɑːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [nʲɑ nʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {nahnah}

Adjective

nana

1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
4. inedible

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Nias

Etymology

From , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana (mutated form nana)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

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Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla náxanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nana/

Noun

nana (plural naana)

1. man

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Northern Sami

Adjective

nana

1. attributive of nanus

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Oroqen

Noun

nana

1. skin, hide

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Portuguese

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. nap; a quick or little sleep

Verb

nana

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːna/
• Hyphenation: na‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

1. mother
2. grandmother

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع (nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːna/
• Hyphenation: na‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

1. mint

   Synonym: mètvica

References

• “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “nana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Simeulue

Etymology

From , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

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Spanish

Etymology

Echoic/imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. (Latin America) nanny

   Synonym: niñera

2. (colloquial) granny, grandmother

   Synonyms: abuela, yaya

3. lullaby

   Synonym: canción de cuna

Derived terms

• del año de la nana

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nanà

1. pus; matter

Etymology 2

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Noun

nana

1. aunt

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Tahitian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nana]

Interjection

nana

1. bye, goodbye

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Toba Batak

Alternative forms

• ᯉᯉ

Etymology

From , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

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Wanyi

Etymology

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Determiner

nana

1. 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)

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Waray-Waray

Noun

nanà

1. pus; abscess