vana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vana"

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Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vana]

Verb

vana

1. to walk
2. to count

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Albanian

Noun

vana

1. inflection of vanë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈba.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana

Adjective

vana

1. feminine singular of va

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvana]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *watnosder.?

Latin vannus (ˈu̯annus ~ ˈβannus)bor.

Proto-West Germanic *wannu

Old High German wanna

Middle High German wanne

German Wannebor.

Czech vana

Borrowed from German Wanne.

Noun

vana f (diminutive vanička)

1. bathtub, tub

Declension

Declension of vana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vany
genitive	vany	van
dative	vaně	vanám
accusative	vanu	vany
vocative	vano	vany
locative	vaně	vanách
instrumental	vanou	vanami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of vanout

Further reading

• “vana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvana/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: va‧na

Adjective

vana (accusative singular vanan, plural vanaj, accusative plural vanajn)

1. not getting desired results, useless, ineffective, fruitless, futile

Derived terms

• vane (“in vain”)

See also

• vanta (“vain (conceited)”)

Further reading

• “vana”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “vana”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha. Cognate with Finnish vanha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/

Adjective

vana (genitive vana, partitive vana, comparative vanem, superlative kõige vanem or vanim)

1. old

Noun

vana (genitive vana, partitive vana)

1. an old person
2. that which is old
3. (colloquial) guy, dude, chap

Declension

Declension of vana (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vana	vanad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vana
genitive			vanade
partitive		vana	vanu vanasid
illative		vanna vanasse	vanadesse vanusse
inessive		vanas	vanades vanus
elative		vanast	vanadest vanust
allative		vanale	vanadele vanule
adessive		vanal	vanadel vanul
ablative		vanalt	vanadelt vanult
translative		vanaks	vanadeks vanuks
terminative		vanani	vanadeni
essive		vanana	vanadena
abessive		vanata	vanadeta
comitative		vanaga	vanadega

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *p(ʷ)anaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

Verb

vana

1. to shoot

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vana (compare Karelian vana, Ludian vana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑnɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧na

Noun

vana

1. wake, trail, track (path left behind an object that moves through a fluid)

   Lentokone jätti taivaalle valkoisen vanan. ― The airplane left a white trail on the sky.

2. plume (cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading)
3. (loosely) trail, track

   etanan limainen vana ― the slimy track of a snail

4. (botany) scape (leafless stalk ending in a flower or inflorescence)

Declension

Inflection of vana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vana	vanat
genitive		vanan	vanojen
partitive		vanaa	vanoja
illative		vanaan	vanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vana	vanat
accusative	nom.	vana	vanat
	gen.	vanan
genitive		vanan	vanojen vanain rare
partitive		vanaa	vanoja
inessive		vanassa	vanoissa
elative		vanasta	vanoista
illative		vanaan	vanoihin
adessive		vanalla	vanoilla
ablative		vanalta	vanoilta
allative		vanalle	vanoille
essive		vanana	vanoina
translative		vanaksi	vanoiksi
abessive		vanatta	vanoitta
instructive		—	vanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vanani vanani accusative nom. vanani vanani gen. vanani genitive vanani vanojeni vanaini rare partitive vanaani vanojani inessive vanassani vanoissani elative vanastani vanoistani illative vanaani vanoihini adessive vanallani vanoillani ablative vanaltani vanoiltani allative vanalleni vanoilleni essive vananani vanoinani translative vanakseni vanoikseni abessive vanattani vanoittani instructive — — comitative — vanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vanasi vanasi accusative nom. vanasi vanasi gen. vanasi genitive vanasi vanojesi vanaisi rare partitive vanaasi vanojasi inessive vanassasi vanoissasi elative vanastasi vanoistasi illative vanaasi vanoihisi adessive vanallasi vanoillasi ablative vanaltasi vanoiltasi allative vanallesi vanoillesi essive vananasi vanoinasi translative vanaksesi vanoiksesi abessive vanattasi vanoittasi instructive — — comitative — vanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vanamme vanamme accusative nom. vanamme vanamme gen. vanamme genitive vanamme vanojemme vanaimme rare partitive vanaamme vanojamme inessive vanassamme vanoissamme elative vanastamme vanoistamme illative vanaamme vanoihimme adessive vanallamme vanoillamme ablative vanaltamme vanoiltamme allative vanallemme vanoillemme essive vananamme vanoinamme translative vanaksemme vanoiksemme abessive vanattamme vanoittamme instructive — — comitative — vanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vananne vananne accusative nom. vananne vananne gen. vananne genitive vananne vanojenne vanainne rare partitive vanaanne vanojanne inessive vanassanne vanoissanne elative vanastanne vanoistanne illative vanaanne vanoihinne adessive vanallanne vanoillanne ablative vanaltanne vanoiltanne allative vanallenne vanoillenne essive vanananne vanoinanne translative vanaksenne vanoiksenne abessive vanattanne vanoittanne instructive — — comitative — vanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vanansa vanansa accusative nom. vanansa vanansa gen. vanansa genitive vanansa vanojensa vanainsa rare partitive vanaansa vanojaan vanojansa inessive vanassaan vanassansa vanoissaan vanoissansa elative vanastaan vanastansa vanoistaan vanoistansa illative vanaansa vanoihinsa adessive vanallaan vanallansa vanoillaan vanoillansa ablative vanaltaan vanaltansa vanoiltaan vanoiltansa allative vanalleen vanallensa vanoilleen vanoillensa essive vananaan vananansa vanoinaan vanoinansa translative vanakseen vanaksensa vanoikseen vanoiksensa abessive vanattaan vanattansa vanoittaan vanoittansa instructive — — comitative — vanoineen vanoinensa

Derived terms

• vanamo

compounds

• jättövana
• kemikaalivana
• tiivistymisvana
• vanavesi
• verivana

Further reading

• “vana”, 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 4 July 2023

Anagrams

• vaan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vana, from Proto-Germanic *wanōną. More at wane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

vana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vanaði, supine vanað)

1. to reduce, detract from
2. to maim
3. to castrate

   Synonym: gelda

Conjugation

vana – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vana
supine sagnbót		vanað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vanandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vana	vanaði		vani	vanaði
	þú	vanar	vanaðir		vanir	vanaðir
	hann, hún, það	vanar	vanaði		vani	vanaði
plural	við	vönum	vönuðum		vönum	vönuðum
	þið	vanið	vönuðuð		vanið	vönuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	vana	vönuðu		vani	vönuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vana (þú), vanaðu
plural	þið	vanið (þið), vaniði1

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

vanast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vanast
supine sagnbót		vanast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vanandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vanast	vanaðist		vanist	vanaðist
	þú	vanast	vanaðist		vanist	vanaðist
	hann, hún, það	vanast	vanaðist		vanist	vanaðist
plural	við	vönumst	vönuðumst		vönumst	vönuðumst
	þið	vanist	vönuðust		vanist	vönuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	vanast	vönuðust		vanist	vönuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vanast (þú), vanastu
plural	þið	vanist (þið), vanisti1

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

vanaður — 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)	vanaður	vönuð	vanað	vanaðir	vanaðar	vönuð
accusative (þolfall)	vanaðan	vanaða	vanað	vanaða	vanaðar	vönuð
dative (þágufall)	vönuðum	vanaðri	vönuðu	vönuðum	vönuðum	vönuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	vanaðs	vanaðrar	vanaðs	vanaðra	vanaðra	vanaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vanaði	vanaða	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu
accusative (þolfall)	vanaða	vönuðu	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu
dative (þágufall)	vanaða	vönuðu	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	vanaða	vönuðu	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu

Ingrian

Adjective

vana

1. (dialectal) alternative spelling of vanha
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Yli joen langolle, vanan kylän Iljalle.

     Over the river to [my] sister's husband, the little village's Ilja.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 57

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: và‧na

Etymology 1

Adjective

vana

1. feminine singular of vano

Etymology 2

Verb

vana

1. inflection of vanare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Nava, avan-

Kongo

Adverb

vana

1. there

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.na]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwaː.naː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.na]

Adjective

vāna

1. inflection of vānus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

vānā

1. ablative feminine singular of vānus

Laz

Conjunction

vana

1. Latin spelling of ვანა (vana)

Noun

vana

1. Latin spelling of ვანა (vana)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• वन (Devanagari script)
• ৰন (Bengali script)
• වන (Sinhalese script)
• ဝန or ဝၼ (Burmese script)
• วน or วะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ວນ or ວະນະ (Lao script)
• វន (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest”).

Noun

vana n

1. forest

Declension

Declension table of "vana" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Accusative (second)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Instrumental (third)	vanena	vanehi or vanebhi
Dative (fourth)	vanassa or vanāya or vanatthaṃ	vanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vanasmā or vanamhā or vanā	vanehi or vanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vanassa	vanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vanasmiṃ or vanamhi or vane	vanesu
Vocative (calling)	vana	vanāni

Derived terms

• vivana

Etymology 2

Formations from the root van.

Noun

vana n

1. desire

Declension

Declension table of "vana" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Accusative (second)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Instrumental (third)	vanena	vanehi or vanebhi
Dative (fourth)	vanassa or vanāya or vanatthaṃ	vanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vanasmā or vanamhā or vanā	vanehi or vanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vanassa	vanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vanasmiṃ or vanamhi or vane	vanesu
Vocative (calling)	vana	vanāni

Verb

vana

1. imperative active second-person singular of vanati (“to desire”)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “vana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: va‧na

Adjective

vana

1. feminine singular of vano

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Adjective

vana

1. inflection of van:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vani, from Old Norse vani.

Noun

vana

1. habit; a regularly done action
2. the state or degree of being accustomed to something (practical); experience, know-how

   Synonym: erfarenhet

   • 1971 February 18, Dagens Nyheter‎^[2], page 43:

     Vi söker en pizzakock med vana från pizzeria.

     We are looking for a pizza chef with experience from pizzeria.

Declension

Declension of vana

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vana	vanas
	definite	vanan	vanans
plural	indefinite	vanor	vanors
	definite	vanorna	vanornas

Derived terms

• ha för vana
• matvana
• vanemässig

See also

• ovana

Further reading

• “vana”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Tolai

Verb

vana

1. to go

Turkish

Etymology

From French vanne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈna/
• Hyphenation: va‧na

Noun

vana (definite accusative vanayı, plural vanalar)

1. valve (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)

Declension

Declension of vana

	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanalar
definite accusative	vanayı	vanaları
dative	vanaya	vanalara
locative	vanada	vanalarda
ablative	vanadan	vanalardan
genitive	vananın	vanaların

Further reading

• “vana”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Võro

Alternative forms

• vahn

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha.

Adjective

vana (genitive vana, partitive vanna)

1. old

Inflection

Inflection of vana

	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanaq
accusative	vana	vanaq
genitive	vana	vanno
partitive	vanna	vanno
illative	vanna	vanno vannohe
inessive	vanan vanahn	vanon vannon vanohn vannohn
elative	vanast	vanost vannost
allative	vanalõ	vanolõ vannolõ
adessive	vanal	vanol vannol
ablative	vanalt	vanolt vannolt
translative	vanas	vanos vannos
terminative	vananiq	vanoniq vannoniq
abessive	vanaldaq	vanoldaq vannoldaq
comitative	vanagaq	vannogaq

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑ]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑ]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧na

Adjective

vana (comparative vanõpi, superlative kõikka vanõpi)

1. old

   Antonyms: noori, uusi

Inflection

Declension of vana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanad
genitive	vana	vanojõ
partitive	vanna	vanoit
illative	vanna, vanasõ	vanoisõ
inessive	vanaz	vanoiz
elative	vanass	vanoiss
allative	vanallõ	vanoillõ
adessive	vanall	vanoill
ablative	vanalt	vanoilt
translative	vanassi	vanoissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Noun

vana

1. old/elderly person

Inflection

Declension of vana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanad
genitive	vana	vanojõ
partitive	vanna	vanoit
illative	vanna, vanasõ	vanoisõ
inessive	vanaz	vanoiz
elative	vanass	vanoiss
allative	vanallõ	vanoillõ
adessive	vanall	vanoill
ablative	vanalt	vanoilt
translative	vanassi	vanoissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “vana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn