different between naga vs nana

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n????/

Etymology 1

From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna n?k? (“dress, covering”)

Noun

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Australia) A loincloth.
   • 1926, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October, 1926

     Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter II, p. 22,

     […] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.

   • 2006, Message Stick, ABC1, Friday, 30 June, 2006

     PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had no ochre, so we had to use sunscreen.

   • 2008, Derrick Tomlinson, "Too white to be regarded as Aborigines: An historical analysis of policies for the protection of Aborigines and the assimilation of Aborigines of mixed descent, and the role of Chief Protectors of Aborigines in the formulation and implementation of those policies, in Western Australia from 1898 to 1940" (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Notre Dame Australia.

     They doesn’t dress like people doing the Law this time, walking in shirt and tie, they used to have naga and really truly paint up, real tribal way, you know?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (n?ga, “serpent, snake”). Doublet of snake.

Alternative forms

• n?ga, N?ga

Noun

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 257:

     The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Agan, GNAA

Bikol Central

Noun

naga

1. the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
2. the wood from this tree

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na?ga

Noun

naga (plural kanagahan)

1. the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
2. the wood from this tree

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

naga

1. first-person singular present indicative of nagaan (when using a subclause)
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of nagaan (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• gaan, ga na

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na??a/
• Rhymes: -a??a

Verb

naga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nagaði, supine nagað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to gnaw

Conjugation

Derived terms

• naga sig í handarbökin

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay naga, from Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “large snake”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

naga (first-person possessive nagaku, second-person possessive nagamu, third-person possessive naganya)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

Further reading

• “naga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?na??a]

Noun

naga

1. jackfruit

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?a/

Adjective

naga

1. feminine nominative singular of nagi

Maia

Noun

naga

1. part; piece

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “large snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /na??/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /na?a/
• Rhymes: -a??, -??, -?

Noun

naga (Jawi spelling ????, plural naga-naga, informal 1st possessive nagaku, impolite 2nd possessive nagamu, 3rd possessive naganya)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

Further reading

• “naga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Noun

naga

1. dragon

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Northern Sotho

Noun

naga

1. land, country

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na.?a/

Adjective

naga

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of nagi

Portuguese

Noun

naga f (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)

Related terms

• naja

Tagalog

Noun

naga

1. dragon
2. figurehead on the prow of ships
3. a species of narra

Yakan

Noun

naga

1. dragon

English

Etymology 1

An aphetic form of banana.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nä?n?, IPA^(key): /?n??n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

nana (plural nanas)

1. (informal) a banana
2. (Britain, slang) a fool

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of nanna.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?n??, IPA^(key): /?næn?/
• Rhymes: -æn?

Noun

nana (plural nanas)

1. (informal, term of endearment) one's grandmother
2. (informal) a nanny

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Anna, anan, anna, naan

Asturian

Pronunciation

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nanu

Balinese

Romanization

nana

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

Bambara

Pronunciation

Verb

nana

1. past tense of na

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?na.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?na.na/

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nan

Noun

nana f (plural nanes)

1. female equivalent of nan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na?na

Noun

nana

1. (uncountable) pus

Champenois

Etymology

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

Noun

nana

1. (Sommepy) bread

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne?^[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• nanna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nana

1. something

Darkinjung

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nana

1. him (3rd person singular accusative)

Ese

Noun

nana

1. war

Esperanto

Etymology

From nano (“dwarf”, noun) +? -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin n?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nana/
• Hyphenation: na?na
• Rhymes: -ana

Adjective

nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)

1. dwarf

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana, from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nana/

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.na/

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive)

   Synonym: meuf

Further reading

• “nana” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Anna

Galician

Etymology

Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nana?/

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. (archaic) mother; mama

Derived terms

• nai

References

• “nana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “nana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Garawa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

nana

1. that

   Synonym: nanda

References

• Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

Hadza

Etymology

naha +? -na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nana/

Adverb

nana

1. there

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na?na
• IPA^(key): /?nana/

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nána

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na.na/
• Hyphenation: nà?na

Adjective

nana

1. feminine singular of nano

Noun

nana f (plural nane)

1. female equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)

Anagrams

• Anna

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Japanese

Romanization

nana

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Krisa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nana

1. I

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?na?.na/, [?nä?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?na.na/, [?n??n?]

Noun

n?na f (genitive n?nae); first declension

1. dwarf (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• n?nus

References

• nana in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nana in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Livonian

Alternative forms

• nan? (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

Noun

nana

1. nose

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nana/

Noun

nana

1. inflection of nan:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil ????? (a???).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nana (Jawi spelling ????, plural nana-nana, informal 1st possessive nanaku, impolite 2nd possessive nanamu, 3rd possessive nananya)

1. brother (older male sibling)

See also

• abang
• kakak
• engko
• uda

Marshallese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [n???n??], (enunciated) [n?? n??]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /n?æ?n?æ?/
• Bender phonemes: {nahnah}

Adjective

nana

1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
4. inedible

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nanà

1. pus

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana (mutated form nana)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla náxanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nana/

Noun

nana (plural naana)

1. man

Northern Sami

Adjective

nana

1. attributive of nanus

Oroqen

Noun

nana

1. skin, hide

Portuguese

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. nap; a quick or little sleep

   Synonyms: soneca, cochilo

Verb

nana

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of nanar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of nanar

Sambali

Noun

nana

1. aunt

Noun

nanà

1. pus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??na/
• Hyphenation: na?na
• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. mother
2. grandmother

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (nane), from Arabic ???????? (na?na?), ????????? (na?n??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??na/
• Hyphenation: na?na
• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. mint

   Synonym: mètvica

References

• “nana” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “nana” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Simeulue

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Spanish

Etymology

Echoic/imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nana/, [?na.na]

Noun

nana f (plural nanas)

1. (Latin America) nanny

   Synonym: niñera

2. (colloquial) granny, grandmother

   Synonyms: abuela, yaya

3. lullaby

   Synonym: canción de cuna

Derived terms

• del año de la nana

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

nanà (Baybayin spelling ??)

1. pus; matter

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nana (Baybayin spelling ??)

1. aunt

Tahitian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nana]

Interjection

nana

1. bye, goodbye

Toba Batak

Alternative forms

• ??

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

nana (Batak spelling ??)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Wanyi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

nana

1. that

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

Waray-Waray

Noun

nanà

1. pus; abscess

Yogad

Noun

naná

1. pus; abscess