different between nang vs nana

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

Noun

nang (plural nangs)

1. (Australia, slang) A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
   • 1996 March 5, Justin O'Brien, “how long before you peak on acid?”, alt.drugs, Usenet

     I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music

   • 1998 October 18, “noise” from hello.net.au and start.net.au, “H ?”, alt.drugs.hard, Usenet

     "helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart. Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).

Etymology 2

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

Adjective

nang (comparative more nang, superlative most nang)

1. (Britain, slang, chiefly MLE) excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.

Synonyms

• fabulous, splendid; See also Thesaurus:excellent

Anagrams

• Gann, Ngan

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

nang

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

Chuukese

Noun

nang

1. heaven

Jingpho

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-? (“thou”).

Pronoun

nang

1. thou, you (singular)

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *na?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na? (“thou”). Cognates include Lashi nang and Burmese ??? (nang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nã?/

Pronoun

nang

1. thou, you (singular)

See also

References

• R. Shafer (1944) , “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 425
• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[2], Payap University, page 44

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-? (“thou”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?/, [na???]

Pronoun

nang

1. thou, you (singular)

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language?^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 38
• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 40

Mandarin

Romanization

nang

1. Nonstandard spelling of n?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of náng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of n?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *na?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-? (“thou”).

Pronoun

nang

1. thou, you (singular)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??/
• Rhymes: -a?

Conjunction

nang

1. when, at the time of (referring to past events)

   Synonym: noong

2. for, so that, in order to

   Synonyms: para, upang

Particle

nang

1. combination of na and -ng; more; already

2. used to connect adverbs of manner or degree to the word they modify

3. used to connect repeated verbs

Usage notes

• Nang is often confused with ng. According to the Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat (Manual to Careful Writing) by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language), nang is used only in the five definitions stated above and ng is used elsewhere. Nang is also confused with na'ng, the contraction of na and ang, wherein the apostrophe is often omitted.

See also

• na
• ng
• na'ng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [na????]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [na????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [na????]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Noun

nang

1. follicle

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) nang

1. (archaic) areca

   Synonym: cau

Yapese

Verb

nang

1. to know

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