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ana

English

Etymology 1

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. 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
    • 1903, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin B. Sawvel (editor), The complete anas of Thomas Jefferson, Round Table Press, New York

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ??? (aná, of each).

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

  1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
    wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij
    of wine and honey, each, two ounces
Synonyms
  • (of each): aa (abbreviation)

Etymology 3

Noun

ana (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
Derived terms
  • pro-ana

Etymology 4

Ancient Greek; see ana-.

Adverb

ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)

  1. 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.
Antonyms
  • kata

Etymology 5

Hindi; see anna.

Noun

ana (plural anas)

  1. Alternative form of anna: a former subdivision of the rupee.

Anagrams

  • A.A.N., Aan, naa

Akkadian

Preposition

ana

  1. (place, people) to, toward, onto
  2. (time) for
  3. (time) within
  4. (purpose) for, in order to, in favor of

Alabama

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ana

  1. me

Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?/

Noun

ana

  1. tree

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana or *e?e (mother). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, mother).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [??n?]
  • Hyphenation: a?na

Noun

ana (definite accusative anan?, plural analar)

  1. mother

Declension

Antonyms

  • (with regard to gender) ata
  • (with regard to ancestry) o?ul, q?z

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.ná/

Noun

aná 2

  1. plural of mwana

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

Noun

ana

  1. mother

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?ana]

Pronoun

ana

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ona

Dongxiang

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.

Compare Bonan aane, Karakhanid ????? (ana), Uyghur ????? (ana), Western Yugur ana, Turkish ana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a?na/, [??n?]

Noun

ana

  1. mom, mama

Synonyms

  • anei (mother)
  • ekie (mother (formal))

Related terms

  • anai (gramma, granny)

Gothic

Romanization

ana

  1. Romanization of ????????????

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Maori ana, Samoan ana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.na/, [??n?]

Noun

ana

  1. cave, cavern

Derived terms

  • ana kahe pele (lava tube)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?na

Verb

ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)

  1. to rush on, barge into

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.


Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish anae m (wealth, riches, prosperity).

Noun

ana m (genitive singular ana)

  1. (literary) wealth, prosperity
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)

  1. spell of fine weather
Declension

Mutation

References

  • "ana" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Adverb

ana

  1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

Japanese

Romanization

ana

  1. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Pronoun

ana

  1. there is/are; to be

Kambera

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

Noun

ana

  1. child

Derived terms

  • paana (to give birth to)

Kaxuyana

Pronoun

ana

  1. we (exclusive)

References

  • Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

Laboya

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

Noun

ana

  1. child (one's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter).

See also

  • lakawa

References

  • 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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [??n?]

Pronoun

anà f sg

  1. feminine singular nominative form of anas.
  2. feminine singular instrumental form of anas.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?an?), from Proto-Semitic *?an?ku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *?an?ku.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /an?/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ana/
  • Rhymes: -an?, -n?, -?

Pronoun

ana (Jawi spelling ????)

  1. I (personal pronoun)
  2. me (direct object of a verb)
  3. me (object of a preposition)
  4. me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. my (belonging to me)

See also


Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Samoan ana.

Noun

ana

  1. cave

Maranao

Noun

ana

  1. guest
    Synonyms: banto, ma'ana

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From a- +? na.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?a.na]

Adverb

ana

  1. down, below

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.?[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

Old High German

Etymology 1

Akin to Latin anus (old woman), Old Prussian ane (grandmother), etc.

Noun

ana f

  1. grandmother
Related terms
  • ano (grandfather)
Descendants
  • Middle High German: ane
    • German: Ahne
    • Swabian: Ahna

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.

Preposition

ana

  1. at
  2. on

Adverb

ana

  1. onwards
Descendants
  • Middle High German: ane, an
    • Cimbrian: å
    • German: an
    • Hunsrik: aan
    • Luxembourgish: un
    • Pennsylvania German: aa

Rapa Nui

Conjunction

ana

  1. if

Scots

Adverb

ana (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of an a'

Swahili

Verb

ana

  1. inflection of -wa na:
    1. third-person singular present affirmative
    2. m-wa class subject inflected singular present affirmative

Swedish

Etymology

From German ahnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²??na/

Verb

ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)

  1. to guess, to believe that something will happen, or has happened. Being fairly certain, but acknowledges that after all, one could be wrong.
  2. to see, make out, discern (with difficulty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • aning
  • ana ugglor i mossen

Noun

ana c

  1. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather
    Synonym: förfader

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.na/
  • Hyphenation: a?na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognates include Hawaiian ana and Samoan ana.

Noun

ana

  1. cave, den
  2. hold (of a ship)

Verb

ana

  1. (intransitive, + i) to live, dwell (in caves)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-na. Cognates include Hawaiian ?na and Samoan ?na.

Pronoun

a ana

  1. (alienable) his, hers
See also

Determiner

ana

  1. (alienable) his, her
See also

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 15

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

ana

  1. dative singular of an

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ?????, ????, from Proto-Turkic *ana (mother), *e?e (mother). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana).

Noun

ana (definite accusative anay?, plural analar)

  1. (regional, childish, law) mother
Declension
Synonyms
  • anne
Derived terms
  • anal?
  • anal?k
  • anas?z
  • anas?zl?k

Adjective

ana (comparative daha ana, superlative en ana)

  1. main
  2. fundamental
Derived terms
  • anayasa

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “????”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 40
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “???”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 205

See also

  • anne

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

  • an

Conjunction

ana

  1. and

Wolof

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a.na/

Adverb

ana

  1. (interrogative) where is, how are

Usage notes

This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.

See also

  • fan

Zazaki

Noun

ana

  1. mam
  2. mother

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ansa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nsa (a handle, haft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æn.s?/

Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

  1. (astronomy) The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
  2. (anatomy) A loop-shaped structure.
    Hyponyms: ansa cervicalis, ansa lenticularis

Derived terms

  • ansa compound
  • ansamycin
  • ansate

Translations

References

  • “ansa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “ansa”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

  • ANAs, N.A.S.A., NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, anas

Finnish

(index an)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian ansis (hook, latch), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h?emseh? (compare Latin ?nsa (handle)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??ns?/, [??ns??]
  • Rhymes: -?ns?
  • Syllabification: an?sa

Noun

ansa

  1. trap
  2. booby trap

Declension

Derived terms

  • ansoittaa
  • ansoittaja

Hyponyms

  • käpälälauta
  • loukku
  • pinne

Anagrams

  • saan, sana

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.sa/

Verb

ansa

  1. third-person singular past historic of anser

Anagrams

  • sana

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

Noun

ansa

  1. wing

Iban

Etymology

From Malay angsa.

Noun

ansa

  1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anza.

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) anza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ansa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa

Verb

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

  1. to answer, to reply
  2. to pay heed to

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (answer): svara
  • (pay heed to): gegna, sinna

Derived terms

  • ans

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

ansa

  1. dearest, most beloved

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ansa

  1. (literary) difficult

Etymology 3

From Latin ansa (handle).

Noun

ansa m (genitive singular ansa, nominative plural ansaí)

  1. (astronomy) ansa
Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • "ansa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “ansa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “ansa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?an.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansij? (loop, handle) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ?nsa (handle), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (eyelet), Romansch ansa, onsa (eyelet); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (handle), Lombard asa (handle) and aseta (loop), Verona Venetian asa (soffit), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (door hinge), Calabria Sicilian asa (handle), Portuguese asa (wing; handle), Galician asa (handle), Spanish asa (handle).

Noun

ansa f (plural anse)

  1. handle
    Synonyms: manico, maniglia, presa
  2. (rare) excuse, pretext
    Synonyms: appiglio, pretesto, scusa
  3. (geography) curve or bend (in a river)
    Synonyms: curva, meandro
  4. (geography) a small bight, bay, cove
    Synonym: insenatura
  5. loop, coil
  6. As name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

Etymology 2

Verb

ansa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ansare
  2. second-person singular imperative of ansare

Anagrams

  • ANAS, sana

References

  • ansa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) , “ansa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?emseh? (handle), from *h?em- (to grasp). See also amplus and ampla (handle).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?an.sa/, [?ä??s?ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?an.sa/, [??ns?]

Noun

?nsa f (genitive ?nsae); first declension

  1. handle
  2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Catalan: nansa
  • French: anse
  • Galician: asa, aza
  • Italian: ansa
  • Portuguese: asa
  • Spanish: asa

References

Further reading

  • ansa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ansa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ansa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ansa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • ansa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • anse (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

Verb

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ans)

  1. notice, pay attention to
    Eg ansa deg ikkje.
    I didn't notice you.

Synonyms

  • (notice): ensa, ense

References

  • “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French anse, from Latin ?nsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?an.sa/

Noun

ansa f

  1. (literary) resentment, animosity, ill will
    Synonyms: uraza, niech??, pretensja

Declension

Further reading

  • ansa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

  1. to prune (to trim a tree or shrub)

Conjugation

Anagrams

  • anas, nasa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English answer.

Noun

ansa

  1. answer

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