English [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Sanskrit पतन ( patana ) . The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
patana (plural patanas )
A type of open , hilly grassland , especially in Sri Lanka , often formed after the clearing of jungle .
1990 , P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses , →ISBN , page 19 :A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.
Further reading [ edit ]
“patena ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“patana, n. ”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press , launched 2000.
Finnish [ edit ]
patana
essive singular of pata
Anagrams [ edit ]
Occitan [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
patana f (plural patanas )
(Solanum tuberosum L.)[1] potato
Synonyms [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Spanish [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /paˈtana/ [paˈt̪a.na]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: pa‧ta‧na
patana f (plural patanas )
( Dominican Republic ) tractor-trailer
Further reading [ edit ]
Swahili [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
-patana (infinitive kupatana )
Reciprocal form of -pata
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of -patana
Positive present
-na patana
Subjunctive
-patane
Negative
-patani
Imperative singular
patana
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hupatana
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li patana
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku patana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na patana)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni napatana/na patana
tu napatana
2nd person
u napatana
m napatana
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a napatana
wa napatana
other classes
positive subject concord + -na patana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patani )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si patani
hatu patani
2nd person
hu patani
ham patani
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha patani
hawa patani
other classes
negative subject concord + -patani
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta patana
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta patana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patane )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni patane
tu patane
2nd person
u patane
m patane
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a patane
wa patane
other classes
positive subject concord + -patane
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si patane
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge patana
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe patana
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali patana
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali patana
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me patana
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha patana
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja patana
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki patana
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo patana
Consecutive
kapatana / positive subject concord + -ka patana
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka patane
Object concord
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms [ edit ]