different between kana vs tana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??(??) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??n?/, [?k???n?]
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

kana (plural kana or kanas)

1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
2. A hiragana or katakana character.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Akan, knaa, naka

Apalaí

Noun

kana

1. fish

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kana/

Noun

kana (Bengali script ????)

1. blind person

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Balinese

Romanization

kana

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

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton canaff, from Proto-Brythonic *k?n?d (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”) (compare Irish canadh), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?n-.

Verb

kana

1. to sing

Mutation

Chuukese

Determiner

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

Related terms

• ekkana

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognate to Finnish kana, Livonian kan?, Votic kana, Veps kana, Old Norse hani, Gothic ???????????????? (hana), Swedish hane.

Noun

kana (genitive kana, partitive kana)

1. chicken
2. hen

Declension

Derived terms

• kanamuna

See also

• kukk

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kani, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka?n, from Proto-Austronesian *ka?n.

Verb

kana

1. to eat (consume)

Noun

kana

1. meal

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n?/, [?k?n?]
• Rhymes: -?n?
• Syllabification: ka?na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kana, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hanj? (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Estonian kana, English hen.

Noun

kana

1. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, Gallus domesticus)
2. hen (female chicken)
3. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)

   Synonym: broileri

4. (taxonomy) gallinaceous (when used as modifier in some compound terms)

5. (derogatory) An unintelligent, talkative woman.
6. (archaic) woman, sweetheart

   Synonyms: (archaic) vaimo, nainen

Declension

Usage notes

The word kana usually refers to a mature bird. The Finnish translation for "chicken" in the sense "young hen" is kananpoika or broileri.

Derived terms

Compounds

See also

• kaakattaa
• kotkottaa
• kynä (“feather”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ??(??) (kana).

Noun

kana

1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

Declension

Anagrams

• -kaan, akan

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *han?. Cognates include Finnish kana and Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa, Soikkola, Ylä-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /?k?n?/
• Hyphenation: ka?na

Noun

kana (genitive kanan, partitive kannaa)

1. hen

Declension

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2], page 110
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[3], ?ISBN, page 79

Japanese

Romanization

kana

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kamba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

kana

1. four

Karelian

Noun

kana

1. hen

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kana/

Conjunction

kana

1. or, whether

References

• “kana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 206. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kanne, from Proto-Germanic *kann?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kana]

Noun

kana f (diminutive kanka)

1. jug, pot (e.g. for coffee or tea)

Declension

Further reading

• kana in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• kana in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kana]

Verb

kana (Lontara spelling ??, semi-transitive akkana)

1. (transitive) to say

Noun

kana (Lontara spelling ??)

1. word

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (kh?n?)

Noun

kana

1. food

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese caminhar and Spanish caminar and Kabuverdianu kaminha.

Verb

kana

1. to walk
2. to go

Portuguese

Noun

kana m (uncountable)

1. kana (Japanese syllabaries)

Rayón Zoque

Noun

kana

1. salt

Derived terms

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)?^[4] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Romani

Adverb

kana

1. when

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ???? (k?na), from Arabic ???????? (?inn??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâna/
• Hyphenation: ka?na

Noun

k?na f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (kana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?na/
• Hyphenation: ka?na

Noun

kàna f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. kana

Declension

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kana (infinitive kukana)

1. to deny, to reject, to say no

Conjugation

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

kana c

1. slide (mostly as a toy)

Declension

Related terms

• iskana
• rutschkana

Verb

kana (present kanar, preterite kanade, supine kanat, imperative kana)

1. to slide (mostly of people or vehicles, relating to icy ground)

Conjugation

See also

• glida

Anagrams

• anka

Turkish

Noun

kana

1. dative singular of kan

Venda

Conjunction

kana

1. or
2. nor

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô.

Noun

kana

1. chicken

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?/

Noun

kana (genitive kana, partitive kanna)

1. chicken

Inflection

Warlpiri

Noun

kana

1. digging stick

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

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

Bikol Central

Verb

tana (tanâ)

1. to taste

   Synonym: namit

Buginese

Etymology

Compare Malay tanah.

Noun

tana (lontara ??)

1. land
2. soil
3. country

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tana

1. young bull

Declension

Hausa

Noun

t?n? f (possessed form t?nar?)

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

Irish

Adjective

tana

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

Mutation

Further reading

• "tana" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

tana f (plural tane)

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

   Synonyms: covo, nascondiglio

References

Anagrams

• anta, nata

Japanese

Romanization

tana

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ta?na]

Noun

tana

1. land
2. earth
3. soil

Derived terms

• panutana
• tana ka?itto

References

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

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tana]

Noun

tana (Lontara spelling ??)

1. rice paddy

Manchu

Romanization

tana

1. Romanization of ????

Norn

Etymology

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

Verb

tana

1. to stretch, extend

Ratagnon

Pronoun

tana

1. he; she

Ratahan

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 *ténh?us.

Adjective

tana (comparative taine)

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

Derived terms

• tanalachd

References

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

Spanish

Adjective

tana

1. feminine singular of tano