etana

See also: etänä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *etana, further origin unknown. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”) and/or *etunaz (“overeater, glutton”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈetɑnɑ/, [ˈe̞t̪ɑnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -etɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧ta‧na

Noun

etana

  1. slug
  2. snail
    etanan vauhti
    snail's pace
  3. snail, sluggard (slow person)

Declension
Inflection of etana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative etana etanat
genitive etanan etanoiden
etanoitten
partitive etanaa etanoita
illative etanaan etanoihin
singular plural
nominative etana etanat
accusative nom. etana etanat
gen. etanan
genitive etanan etanoiden
etanoitten
etanainrare
partitive etanaa etanoita
inessive etanassa etanoissa
elative etanasta etanoista
illative etanaan etanoihin
adessive etanalla etanoilla
ablative etanalta etanoilta
allative etanalle etanoille
essive etanana etanoina
translative etanaksi etanoiksi
instructive — etanoin
abessive etanatta etanoitta
comitative — etanoineen
Possessive forms of etana (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person etanani etanamme
2nd person etanasi etananne
3rd person etanansa

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.ta.na/
  • Hyphenation: eta‧na

Noun

etana

  1. ethane, C2H6

Further reading

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [etaːna]

Noun

etana (possessed etanadü)

  1. (now vulgar) cross-cousin (of either sex)

References
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 62–65, 68, 75–76
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