ana

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈænə/, /ˈɑnə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

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
   • 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.

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

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

• (of each): aa (abbreviation)

Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

ana (uncountable)

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

• pro-ana

• mia, pro-mia

Ancient Greek; see ana-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

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.

• kata

Hindi; see anna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

ana (plural anas)

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

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/

ana

1. (place, people) to, toward, onto

   𒈦 𒆬𒌓𒊭 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒉌 𒍣𒄴𒊑𒅎 𒉌𒆠𒅖

   MAŠ KUG.BABBAR-ša a-na a-ḫi-ni ṣe-eḫ-ri-im ni-qi₂-iš

   /mišil kaspīša ana aḫīni ṣeḫrim niqīš/

   We gave half of her silver to our young(est) brother.

2. (time) for
3. (time) within
4. (purpose) for, in order to, in favor of

ana

1. me

ana (plural ana-ana or anana)

1. child

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

ana

1. tree

From Proto-Turkic *ana or *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, “mother”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈnɑ]

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• Hyphenation: a‧na

ana (definite accusative ananı, plural analar)

1. mother

   Synonym: mama

   Hyponyms: valideyn (“parent”), ata-ana (“parents”)

   Coordinate term: ata (“father”)

• “ana” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ná/

aná class 2

1. plural of mwana

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

ana

1. mother

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]

ana

1. (archaic) Alternative form of ona

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈna/, [ɑˈnɑ]

ana

1. mom, mama

   Chi matei anane bayasigvasenu, anachi tade baer lie ogine.

   No matter how much you make your mother happy, she will not give you money.

• anei (“mother”)
• ekie (“mother (formal)”)

• anai (“gramma, granny”)

ana

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/, [ˈɐnə]

ana

1. cave, cavern

• ana kahe pele (“lava tube”)

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

anâ

1. child; offspring

• Rhymes: -aːna

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

1. to rush on, barge into

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʾanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.

• IPA^(key): /ana/
• Rhymes: -ana, -na, -a

ana

1. (colloquial) Synonym of saya
2. (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)

1. (literary) wealth, prosperity

(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)

1. spell of fine weather

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

ana

1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

ana

1. Rōmaji transcription of あな

ana

1. Romanization of ꦲꦤ

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

ana

1. child

• paana (“to give birth to”)

ana

1. we (exclusive)

• Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

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

ana

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

• lakawa

• 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

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈnɐ]

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anà f sg

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

anà

1. there (it) is

• (here is): štai, šitai, šit
• (there is): antai, aure
• (here, there is): va

• “ana”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023

From Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʾanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /anə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

ana (Jawi spelling انا‎)

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)

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

ana

1. cave

ana

1. guest

   Synonyms: banto, ma'ana

From a- +‎ na.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.na]

ana

1. down, below

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈnɑː/

ana (Arabic spelling ئانا‎)

1. Alternative form of niha (“now”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ana”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-. Akin to Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”), etc.

ana f

1. grandmother

• ano (“grandfather”)

• Middle High German: ane
  • German: Ahne
  • Swabian: Ahna

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

ana

1. at
2. on

ana

1. onwards

• Middle High German: ane, an
  • Cimbrian: å
  • German: an
  • Hunsrik: aan
  • Luxembourgish: un
  • Pennsylvania German: aa
  • Yiddish: אָן‎ (on)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/
• Hyphenation: a‧na

ana

1. Introduces the irrealis mood.

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 56
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 546

ana

1. if

Cognate with Turkish ana (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈnɑ]

ana (3rd person possessive nı, plural analar)

1. daughter

   Synonym: qız

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “ana”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, page 4, 20
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014), “ana”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 109

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “ana”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 288

ana (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of an a'

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ana

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

From German ahnen.

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːna/

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

• aning
• ana oråd
• ana ugglor i mossen
• det ante mig

ana c

1. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather

   Synonym: förfader

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.na]

ana (subject clitic i, possessive prefix na or nga, Jawi أن‎)

1. (human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they
2. (polite, unknown gender) third-person singular pronoun, he, she, the singular they

   ginado se ana ― ask them (literally, “ask he/she”)

3. 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.

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/
• Hyphenation: a‧na

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

ana

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

ana

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

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

a ana

1. (alienable) his, hers

ana

1. (alienable) his, her

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

• IPA^(key): /aːna/

ana

1. dative singular of an

From Ottoman Turkish آننه‎, انا‎, from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana).

• IPA^(key): /a.na/

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)

1. (regional, childish, law) mother

   Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.

   You will see! I will complain about you to my mother.

• anne

• analı
• analık
• anasız
• anasızlık

ana

1. main

   Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı.

   When the main fuse blew, the whole house was left in the dark.

2. fundamental

• anayasa

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

• anne

• an

ana

1. and

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/

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ana

1. (interrogative) where is, how are

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

• fan

ana

1. Alternative form of an
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 7:

     Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke,

     In our valleys where we were digging with the spade,

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 116

• ànọ́

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ná (“to spend”), literally “that which time has already been spent on”.

• IPA^(key): /à.nã́/

àná

1. yesterday
2. (euphemistic) deceased, late

   Synonym: olóògbé

• àtànámánàá (“throughout all yesterday”)

Cognate with Igala àna

• IPA^(key): /à.nã̄/
• (Èkìtì, Ifẹ̀) IPA^(key): /à.nã̀/

àna or ànà

1. in-law

   Synonym: (Oǹdó) àlè

• The form ànà is only used among speakers of the Ifẹ̀ and Èkìtì dialects

• ìmàna (“a ceremony before a wedding where the bride and groom's families formally meet”)
• owó ìdána (“brideprice”)

ana

1. mam
2. mother