nanna

See also: Nanna

English

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny.

Noun

nanna (plural nannas)

  1. grandmother

Anagrams

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from Nivkh нанӽ (nanẋ), нанак (nanak).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nánꜜnà/

Noun

nanna (Kana spelling ナㇴナ)

  1. (dialectal, Sakhalin) elder sister
    Synonym: sa

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander V. (2016), “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina; Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38.

Chickasaw

Alternative forms
nana

Pronoun

nanna (indefinite pronoun)

  1. something
nanta

Finnish

Etymology

Child speak, a variant of nami, namu, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑnːɑ/, [ˈnɑnːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nan‧na

Noun

nanna

  1. (colloquial) sweet, candy

Declension
Inflection of nanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative nanna nannat
genitive nannan nannojen
partitive nannaa nannoja
illative nannaan nannoihin
singular plural
nominative nanna nannat
accusative nom. nanna nannat
gen. nannan
genitive nannan nannojen
nannainrare
partitive nannaa nannoja
inessive nannassa nannoissa
elative nannasta nannoista
illative nannaan nannoihin
adessive nannalla nannoilla
ablative nannalta nannoilta
allative nannalle nannoille
essive nannana nannoina
translative nannaksi nannoiksi
instructive — nannoin
abessive nannatta nannoitta
comitative — nannoineen
Possessive forms of nanna (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person nannani nannamme
2nd person nannasi nannanne
3rd person nannansa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From child speak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnan.na/
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Hyphenation: nàn‧na

Noun

nanna f (plural nanne)

  1. beddy-byes, bye-byes (time to sleep, childish)

Derived terms

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian nanna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnan.na/

Noun

nanna f (plural nanniet, masculine nannu)

  1. grandmother

Inflection
    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 singular plural
m f
1st person nannti nannitna
2nd person nanntek nannitkom
3rd person nanntu nannitha nannithom

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian nonna, Latin nonna, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), English nanna.

Noun

nanna f (plural nanni)

  1. grandmother, grandma. Female equivalent of nannu
  2. anger, irritation, disdain
    T’aju na nanna.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (croquet) when the bowl goes through the hoop from the reverse side
  4. (humorous) old wine

Descendants
  • → Maltese: nanna

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “nanna”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2643
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790), “nanna”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 241
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “nànna”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 562

Sumerian

Romanization

nanna

  1. Romanization of 𒋀𒆠 (nanna)
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