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Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).
ana (plural anas)
- A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
- 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8
- The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
2008, Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson:
Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas, which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum, a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.
- 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8
From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).
ana (not comparable)
- (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
- wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij
- of wine and honey, each, two ounces
1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […], Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:
Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.
- wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij
- (of each): aa (abbreviation)
Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.
ana (uncountable)
From Ancient Greek; see ana-.
ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)
- In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes, page 43:
Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
2005, Animation journal, volumes 13-15:
Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
ana (plural anas)
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈa.na/
ana (from Old Akkadian on)
- (place, people) to, toward, onto
𒈦 𒆬𒌓𒊭 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒉌 𒍣𒄴𒊑𒅎 𒉌𒆠𒅖
- [mišil kaspīša ana aḫīni ṣeḫrim niqīš]
- MAŠ KUG.BABBAR-ša a-na a-ḫi-ni ṣe-eḫ-ri-im ni-qi₂-iš
- We gave half of her silver to our young(est) brother.
- (time) for
- (time) within
- (purpose) for, in order to, in favor of
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- “ana”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! |
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Cyrillic | ана | |
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Abjad | آنا |
From Proto-Turkic *ana or *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, “mother”).
ana (definite accusative ananı, plural analar)
Declension of ana | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | ana |
analar | ||||||
definite accusative | ananı |
anaları | ||||||
dative | anaya |
analara | ||||||
locative | anada |
analarda | ||||||
ablative | anadan |
analardan | ||||||
definite genitive | ananın |
anaların |
- “ana” in Obastan.com.
aná class 2
From Proto-Turkic *ana.
ana
Inherited from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).
ana m sg or f sg
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
Cypriot Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
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Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
singular | plural | |||
1st person | ana | naxni | ||
2nd person | m | int | intu | |
f | inti | |||
3rd person | m | uo, o1 | innen, enne1 | |
f | ie, e1 | |||
1. Used as a copula. |
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 146
ana
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.
Compare Bonan aane, Karakhanid اَنا (ana), Uyghur ئانا (ana), Western Yugur ana, Turkish ana.
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ana
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰
From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Maori ana, Samoan ana.
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- ana kahe pele (“lava tube”)
From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.
anâ
- Rhymes: -aːna
ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Borrowed from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).
ana
- (colloquial) Synonym of saya
- (colloquial) Synonym of aku
- Usually used by Arab descendants, Arabs or Islamic scholars and preacher in Islamic teaching community.
From Old Irish anai m pl (“wealth, riches, prosperity”).
ana m (genitive singular ana)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)
- spell of fine weather
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ana | n-ana | hana | t-ana |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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ana
- Romanization of ꦲꦤ
Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.
ana
- paana (“to give birth to”)
From Proto-Cariban *apina. Compare Ye'kwana nña, Trió anja, Wayana emna, Waiwai amna.
ana
- we (exclusive)
- Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax
Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.
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- Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 5
anà f sg
anà
- “ana”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
Borrowed from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /anə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ana/
- Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə
ana (Jawi spelling انا)
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Malay personal pronouns | |||
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singular | plural | ||
1st person | standard | saya/ساي aku/اکو, ku-/كو- (informal/towards God) -ku/-كو (informal possessive) hamba/همبا (dated) |
kami/کامي (exclusive) kita orang/كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita/کيت (inclusive) |
royal | beta/بيتا | ||
2nd person | standard | kamu/کامو anda/اندا (formal) | |
engkau/اڠکاو, kau-/كاو- (informal/towards God) awak/اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu/-مو (possessive) |
awak semua/اوق سموا kamu semua/كامو سموا kalian/کالين (informal) kau orang/كاو اورڠ (informal) | ||
royal | tuanku/توانكو | ||
3rd person | standard | dia/دي ia/اي beliau/بلياو (honorific) -nya/-ڽ (possessive) |
mereka/مريک dia orang/دي اورڠ (informal) |
royal | baginda/بݢيندا |
From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Samoan ana.
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From a- + na. Cognates include Minica Huitoto ana and Nüpode Huitoto ana.
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- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 25
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 307
ana (Arabic spelling ئانا)
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ana”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8
āna
- sole
- alone
- c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
Gang nū tō mynstre ġif þū mæġe, and mē āna forlǣt.
- Now go to the monastery if you can, and leave me alone.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
Þa cwæð God, "Nis na gedafenlic þæt þes man āna beo, and næbbe nænne fultum; ac uton gewyrcan him gemacan, him to fultume and to frofre."
- Then said God, "It is not fitting that this man be alone, and have no help; now let us make him a mate for help and comfort."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
He is Ealdor and Scyppend ealra gódnyssa and sibbe, and he foresende his acennednysse ungewunelice sibbe, forðan ðe næfre næs swilc sibb ær þam fyrste on middangearde, swilc swa wæs on his gebyrde-tide, swa þæt eall middangeard wæs anes mannes rice underðeod, and eal mennisc him ānum cynelic gafol ageaf.
- He is Prince and Author of all things good and of peace, and he sent before his birth unwonted peace, for never was there such peace before that period in the world, as there was at the time of his birth; so that all the world was subjected to the empire of one man, and all mankind paid royal tribute to him alone.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
- by itself
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
Petrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.
- Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
- only
- c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", lines 94-95
God āna wāt hwā þǣre wælstōwe wealdan mōte.
- Only God knows who is destined to control the battlefield.
- "The Fortunes of Men", lines 8-9
God āna wāt hwæt him weaxendum wintra bringaþ.
- God only knows what the years will bring to the growing child.
- c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", lines 94-95
Declension of āna — Weak only
Equivalent to a feminine form of ano (“grandfather”), related to Proto-Germanic *anô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-. Akin to Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”), etc.
ana f
- ano (“grandfather”)
From Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.
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Alternative scripts
ana
- imperative active second-person singular of anati (“to breathe”)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ana n[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 31.
ana
- Introduces the irrealis mood.
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Cognate with Turkish ana (“mother”).
ana (3rd person possessive anası, plural analar)
- (dated) girl
- Synonym: gız
2004, “Men yıraxdan gelğende”, 阿布都·卡德尔 [Abdu Qadır] (lyrics), 阿布都·卡德尔 [Abdu Qadır] (music)[6]performed by 伊利亚斯·铁克 [İlyas Teck]:
- daughter
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ana”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 288
- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ana”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][7], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, pages 4, 20
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“ana” in Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43
- 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “ana”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader][8], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 109
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ana”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 191
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *ona, specifically borrowed from Russian она́ (oná). Likely unrelated to Lithuanian anas.
ana (masculine counterpart ons)
- third-person masculine singular pronoun: she
- “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė[9] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 16: “Ana — ji”
ana (not comparable)
- Alternative form of an a'
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ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)
- to have a feeling that something will happen, has happened or is in a certain way, without really having firm reason for the belief
Jag anar att någon kommer att känna igen honom trots förklädnaden.
- I have a feeling that someone will recognize him despite the disguise.
- to see, make out, discern (with difficulty)
Jag tror jag anar en katt i den busken.
- I think I can see a cat in that bush.
ana c
- (genealogy) ancestor, forefather
- Synonym: förfader
ana (subject clitic i, possessive prefix na or nga, Jawi أن)
- (human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they
- (polite, unknown gender) third-person singular pronoun, he, she, the singular they
- ginado se ana ― ask them (literally, “ask he/she”)
- preceding a name, indicates a family or group of people
- ana Nutfah ― Nutfah and them (family, the people she's with, etc.)
Historically and poetically, ana may collocate with the subject clitic yo as well.
Ternate personal pronouns
independent | subject proclitic | possessive | ||||
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Informal | Formal | |||||
1st person singular | ngori | fangarem, fajaruf | to | ri | ||
2nd person singular | ngana | ngoni, jou ngoni | no | ni | ||
3rd person singular | unam, minaf | om, mof, inh | im, mif, manh | |||
1st person plural inclusive | ngone | fo | na, nga | |||
1st person plural exclusive | ngomi | fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 | mi | mi, mia | ||
2nd person plural | ngoni | ni | na, nia | |||
3rd person plural | anah, enanh | ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † | nah, ngah, manh |
- unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- † - archaic
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognates include Hawaiian ana and Samoan ana.
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ana
- (intransitive, + i) to live, dwell (in caves)
From Proto-Polynesian *qa-na. Cognates include Hawaiian āna and Samoan āna.
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ana
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[10], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 15
400[a], [b] | ||
[a], [b] ← 30 | 40 | 50 → [a], [b] |
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4[a], [b] | ||
Cardinal: makumi ana, ana |
Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi ana (“forty”).
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- Sense 2 (forty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "four". makumi ana is used instead.
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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آننه, انا, from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰣𐰀 (ana).
ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)
- mother
- Synonym: anne
Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.
- You will see! I will complain about you to my mother.
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ana
- main
Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı.
- When the main fuse blew, the whole house was left in the dark.
- fundamental
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آننه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[11], Constantinople: Mihran, page 40
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[12], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 205
ana
ana
- (interrogative) where is, how are
This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.
ana
- Alternative form of on
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:
Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,
- In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ná (“to spend”), literally “that which time has already been spent on”.
àná
- yesterday
- (euphemistic) deceased, late
- Synonym: olóògbé
- àtànámánàá (“throughout all yesterday”)
àna or ànà
- ìmàna (“a ceremony before a wedding where the bride and groom's families formally meet”)
- owó ìdána (“brideprice”)
Borrowed from Turkish ana (“mother”).
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