tana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tana"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tana (plural tanas)

1. Alternative form of thana.

Etymology 2

Noun

tana (plural tanas)

1. The banxring or tree shrew.

Anagrams

• anta, Nata, naat, NAAT, AANT, anat., taan, ANTA, Anat, Taan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧na
• IPA^(key): /taˈnaʔ/ [taˈn̪aʔ]

Noun

tanâ

1. taste

   Synonyms: namit, lasa

Derived terms

• magtana
• matanaan
• tanaan

Buginese

Etymology

Compare Malay tanah.

Noun

tana (Lontara spelling ᨈᨊ)

1. land
2. soil
3. country

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tana (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. young bull

Declension

Declension of tana

nominative	tana
genitive	tananıñ
dative	tanağa
accusative	tananı
locative	tanada
ablative	tanadan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtana]

Verb

tana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of tanout

Estonian

Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) winter hibernating in Modum, Norway.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnɑ/, [ˈtɑnɑ]

• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧na

Noun

tana (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a roost (the place where a bat sleeps during its winter hibernation period.)

   Synonyms: talvituspaik, talvine varjepaik

(Can we add an example for this sense? )

Usage notes

In Estonia and Latvia, it is often an underground place - e.g. a cave, cellar, fortress passage, well - but sometimes it is a place above ground, such as a gap in the wall of a building, a crack in a wall, a drill hole, etc.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• tana in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táː.náː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.náː]

• Audio:

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Noun

tānā f (possessed form tānar̃)

1. earthworm
2. (dialectal, chiefly anatomy) membrane covering a body part
3. (dialectal) thin, sometimes crispy skin (e.g., on roasted chicken)

Icelandic

Etymology

Colloquial borrowing from the English to tan.

Verb

tana

1. (colloquial) to sunbathe with the intention of obtaining a tan skin color

   Synonyms: sleikja sólina, liggja í sólbaði

2. (colloquial) to obtain a tan skin color

   Synonym: fá á sig lit

Conjugation

tana – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að tana
supine sagnbót		tanað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		tanandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	tana	tanaði		tani	tanaði
	þú	tanar	tanaðir		tanir	tanaðir
	hann, hún, það	tanar	tanaði		tani	tanaði
plural	við	tönum	tönuðum		tönum	tönuðum
	þið	tanið	tönuðuð		tanið	tönuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	tana	tönuðu		tani	tönuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	tana (þú), tanaðu
plural	þið	tanið (þið), taniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tanast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að tanast
supine sagnbót		tanast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		tanandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	tanast	tanaðist		tanist	tanaðist
	þú	tanast	tanaðist		tanist	tanaðist
	hann, hún, það	tanast	tanaðist		tanist	tanaðist
plural	við	tönumst	tönuðumst		tönumst	tönuðumst
	þið	tanist	tönuðust		tanist	tönuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	tanast	tönuðust		tanist	tönuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	tanast (þú), tanastu
plural	þið	tanist (þið), tanisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tanaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tanaður	tönuð	tanað	tanaðir	tanaðar	tönuð
accusative (þolfall)	tanaðan	tanaða	tanað	tanaða	tanaðar	tönuð
dative (þágufall)	tönuðum	tanaðri	tönuðu	tönuðum	tönuðum	tönuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	tanaðs	tanaðrar	tanaðs	tanaðra	tanaðra	tanaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tanaði	tanaða	tanaða	tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu
accusative (þolfall)	tanaða	tönuðu	tanaða	tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu
dative (þágufall)	tanaða	tönuðu	tanaða	tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	tanaða	tönuðu	tanaða	tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu

Related terms

• tanaður (“tanned”)

Irish

Adjective

tana

1. alternative form of tanaí (“thin; shallow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tana

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tana	thana	dtana

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin *subtana, compare sottana f (“lower”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: tà‧na

Noun

tana f (plural tane)

1. lair, den
2. burrow (tunnel or hole dug by a small creature, such as a rabbit, etc.)
3. (figurative) hideout

   Synonyms: covo, nascondiglio

4. (vulgar, slang) the vagina

Anagrams

• anta, nata

Japanese

Romanization

tana

1. Rōmaji transcription of たな

Kinaray-a

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtana/, [ˈta.na]
• Hyphenation: ta‧na

Pronoun

tana

1. 3rd-person singular absolutive personal pronoun: he; she

See also

Kinaray-a personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (kang/ni)		Oblique (kang/kay)
Type		Emphatic	Non-emphatic	Preposed	Postposed
First	singular	ako	takën	nakën, ko	akën	kanakën
	plural inclusive	kita	tatën*	natën, ta	atën	kanatën
	plural exclusive	kami	tamën	namën	amën	kanamën
Second	singular	ikaw, kaw	timo	nimo, mo	amo	kanamo
	plural	kamo	tinyo	ninyo, niyo	inyo	kaninyo
Third	singular	tana		nana, na	ana	kanana
	plural	sanda	tanda	nanda	anda	kananda

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaːna]

Noun

tana

1. land
2. earth
3. soil

Derived terms

• panutana
• tana kaɗitto

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “tana”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

Lingala

Verb

-tana (infinitive kotana)

1. to shine

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtana]

Noun

tana (Lontara spelling ᨈᨊ)

1. rice paddy

Manchu

Romanization

tana

1. romanization of ᡨᠠᠨᠠ

Maori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtana/, [ˈtɐnɐ]

Determiner

tana

1. his, her of one thing

Usage notes

A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike tāna and tōna. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories. It cannot be stressed, in which case either tāna or tōna must be used, depending on the category of the noun.

Declension

Maori possessive pronouns

		singular object			dual/plural object
		A category	O category	neutral	A category	O category	neutral
singular subject	1st person	tāku	tōku	taku	āku	ōku	aku
	2nd person	tāu	tōu	tō	āu	ōu	ō
	3rd person	tāna	tōna	tana	āna	ōna	ana
dual subject	1st person, inclusive	tā tāua	tō tāua	—	ā tāua	ō tāua	—
	1st person, exclusive	tā māua	tō māua	—	ā māua	ō māua	—
	2nd person	tā kōrua	tō kōrua	—	ā kōrua	ō kōrua	—
	3rd person	tā rāua	tō rāua	—	ā rāua	ō rāua	—
plural subject	1st person, inclusive	tā tātou	tō tātou	—	ā tātou	ō tātou	—
	1st person, exclusive	tā mātou	tō mātou	—	ā mātou	ō mātou	—
	2nd person	tā koutou	tō koutou	—	ā koutou	ō koutou	—
	3rd person	tā rātou	tō rātou	—	ā rātou	ō rātou	—

A category: alienable possession; possessor has control of the relationship.
O category: inalienable possession; possessor has no control over the relationship.

References

• “tana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“stretch”).

Verb

tana

1. to stretch, extend

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː.nɑ/

Noun

tāna

1. genitive plural of tān

Ratagnon

Pronoun

tana

1. he; she

Ratahan

Etymology

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

Noun

tana

1. earth; soil

Sambali

Adverb

taná

1. only

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰanə/, /ˈt̪ʰana/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰanʌ/
• (Sleat) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰænə/

Adjective

tana (comparative taine)

1. thin (not thick; not dense)
2. shallow (water)
3. thin, runny (liquid)
4. flimsy (material)

Derived terms

• tanalachd

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “tana”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtana/ [ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ta‧na

Noun

tana f (plural tanas)

1. female equivalent of tano

Adjective

tana

1. feminine singular of tano

Swedish

en tana (sense 2)

Etymology

Related to tänja (“stretch”). Compare also tanig (“scrawny, skinny”).

Noun

tana c

1. (colloquial) a scrawny girl or woman
3. a stretching board, a fur stretcher, a pelt stretcher, a pelt board

   Synonym: skinntana

Declension

Declension of tana

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tana	tanas
	definite	tanan	tanans
plural	indefinite	tanor	tanors
	definite	tanorna	tanornas

Verb

tana (present tanar, preterite tanade, supine tanat, imperative tana)

1. to place (a pelt) on a stretching board

Conjugation

Conjugation of tana (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	tana		tanas
supine	tanat		tanats
imperative	tana		—
imper. plural1	tanen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	tanar	tanade	tanas	tanades
ind. plural1	tana	tanade	tanas	tanades
subjunctive2	tane	tanade	tanes	tanades
present participle		tanande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• tana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Clipping of univerbation of kita na or tayo na.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈna/ [t̪ɐˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧na

Interjection

taná (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ) (colloquial)

1. let's go!

   Synonyms: tara, tayo na, (colloquial) tena, (backslang) arat, (slang) taralets

Further reading

• “tana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.na]

Verb

tana

1. (transitive) to present

Conjugation

Conjugation of tana

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totana	fotana	mitana
2nd person		notana	nitana
3rd person	masculine	otana	itana yotana (archaic)
	feminine	motana
	neuter	itana

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *te-qa-na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.na]
• Hyphenation: ta‧na

Determiner

tana

1. (alienable, definite) his, her

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

Definite inalienable (O-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
	incl.	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person		tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person		tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
	incl.	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person		tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person		tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
	incl.	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person		hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person		hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
		singular reference				plural reference
		sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
			long	short			long	short
1st person	excl.	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
	incl.	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person		hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person		hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou

¹⁾ Sympathetic

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 371