takana

See also: täkänä and Takana

Finnish

Etymology

The locative singular of taka- (“back, behind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝kɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧ka‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧ka‧na

Postposition

takana [with genitive and/or possessive form]

1. (locative) behind

   Hän on talon takana.

   He is behind the house.

   Hän on aivan takanasi.

   He is right behind you.

   Pekka istuu (minun) takanani.

   Pekka is sitting behind me.

2. (idiomatic) around (on the inside of a curve when following a curved path near the object)

   kulman takana

   around the corner

3. (nautical) abaft, aft of

   Peräsin on kölin takana.

   The rudder is aft of the keel.

4. (nautical) astern of

   Miranda on vain puoli meripeninkulmaa Arandan takana.

   Miranda sails only half a sea mile astern of Aranda.

Adverb

takana (comparative taempana, superlative taimpana)

1. (locative) behind

   Hän on kaukana takana.

   He is far behind.

Inflection

Declension of taka- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative taka- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive takaa – sublative – – accusative – – lative taas taa – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – takaisin allative – – prolative taitse – essive takana – situative – – translative taakse – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of takana
no possessor	takana
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	takanani	takanamme
2nd person	takanasi	takananne
3rd person	takanaan takanansa

Derived terms

compounds

• takanapäin

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• taka
• taka-
• takana
• tausta
• taempi
• takimmainen

Further reading

• “takana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• akanat, kantaa, naakat, nakata, taakan, takaan

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-takana (infinitive kutakana)

1. Reciprocal form of -taka

Conjugation

Conjugation of -takana
Positive present -natakana Subjunctive -takane Negative -takani Imperative singular takana
Infinitives
Positive kutakana Negative kutotakana
Imperatives
Singular takana Plural takaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutakana Positive past positive subject concord + -litakana Negative past negative subject concord + -kutakana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natakana) Singular Plural 1st person ninatakana/natakana tunatakana 2nd person unatakana mnatakana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatakana wanatakana other classes positive subject concord + -natakana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -takani) Singular Plural 1st person sitakani hatutakani 2nd person hutakani hamtakani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatakani hawatakani other classes negative subject concord + -takani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatakana Negative future negative subject concord + -tatakana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -takane) Singular Plural 1st person nitakane tutakane 2nd person utakane mtakane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atakane watakane other classes positive subject concord + -takane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitakane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetakana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetakana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitakana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitakana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atakana) Singular Plural 1st person natakana twatakana 2nd person watakana mwatakana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atakana watakana m-mi(III/IV) watakana yatakana ji-ma(V/VI) latakana yatakana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatakana vyatakana n(IX/X) yatakana zatakana u(XI) watakana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatakana pa(XVI) patakana mu(XVIII) mwatakana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metakana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatakana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatakana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitakana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotakana Consecutive katakana / positive subject concord + -katakana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katakane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -takana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -takanaye -takanao m-mi(III/IV) -takanao -takanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -takanalo -takanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -takanacho -takanavyo n(IX/X) -takanayo -takanazo u(XI) -takanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -takanako pa(XVI) -takanapo mu(XVIII) -takanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -takana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetakana -otakana m-mi(III/IV) -otakana -yotakana ji-ma(V/VI) -lotakana -yotakana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotakana -vyotakana n(IX/X) -yotakana -zotakana u(XI) -otakana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotakana pa(XVI) -potakana mu(XVIII) -motakana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.