ana

ana

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Andaqui.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Andaqui terms

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə/, /ˈɑn.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.nə/
• Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə
• Hyphenation: a‧na

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

   • 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): /ˈæ.nə/

ana (not comparable)

2. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.

   Synonym: aa

   wine and honey, ana / ij

   of wine and honey, each, two ounces

   • 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […], Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:

     Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə/

ana (uncountable)

2. (Internet slang) Anorexia.

• mia, pro-mia

From Ancient Greek; see ana-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə/

ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)

2. In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.

   Antonym: kata

   • 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.

From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə/

ana (plural anas)

2. Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”)

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/

ana (from Old Akkadian on)

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

   𒈦 𒆬𒌓𒊭 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒉌 𒍣𒄴𒊑𒅎 𒉌𒆠𒅖

   [mišil kaspīša ana aḫīni ṣeḫrim niqīš]

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

   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

• an (Old Akkadian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁹 (DIŠ) (from Middle Babylonian on) 𒉆 (NAM) (rare)	𒀀𒈾 (a-na)

• “ana”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

ana

1. me

ana (plural ana-ana or anana)

1. child

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

ana

1. tree

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ана
Abjad		آنا

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

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈnɑ]

• Audio (Baku):

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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”)

Declension of ana
	singular	plural
nominative	ana	analar
definite accusative	ananı	anaları
dative	anaya	analara
locative	anada	analarda
ablative	anadan	analardan
definite genitive	ananın	anaların

Possessive forms of ana
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	anam	analarım
sənin (“your”)	anan	anaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	anası	anaları
bizim (“our”)	anamız	analarımız
sizin (“your”)	ananız	analarınız
onların (“their”)	anası or anaları	anaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	anamı	analarımı
sənin (“your”)	ananı	analarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	anasını	analarını
bizim (“our”)	anamızı	analarımızı
sizin (“your”)	ananızı	analarınızı
onların (“their”)	anasını or analarını	analarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	anama	analarıma
sənin (“your”)	anana	analarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	anasına	analarına
bizim (“our”)	anamıza	analarımıza
sizin (“your”)	ananıza	analarınıza
onların (“their”)	anasına or analarına	analarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	anamda	analarımda
sənin (“your”)	ananda	analarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	anasında	analarında
bizim (“our”)	anamızda	analarımızda
sizin (“your”)	ananızda	analarınızda
onların (“their”)	anasında or analarında	analarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	anamdan	analarımdan
sənin (“your”)	anandan	analarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	anasından	analarından
bizim (“our”)	anamızdan	analarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	ananızdan	analarınızdan
onların (“their”)	anasından or analarından	analarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	anamın	analarımın
sənin (“your”)	ananın	analarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	anasının	analarının
bizim (“our”)	anamızın	analarımızın
sizin (“your”)	ananızın	analarınızın
onların (“their”)	anasının or analarının	analarının

• “ana” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ná/

aná class 2

1. plural of mwana

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

ana

1. mother, mom

   Synonyms: abay, anay, nene

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “ana”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Inherited from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

ana m sg or f sg

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Cypriot Arabic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		ana	naxni
2nd person	m	int	intu
	f	inti
3rd person	m	uo, o1	innen, enne1
	f	ie, e1
1. Used as a copula.

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 146

• 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): /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/, [ˈɐ.nə]

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.

Borrowed from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

• 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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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”)

From Proto-Cariban *apina. Compare Ye'kwana nña, Trió anja, Wayana emna, Waiwai amna.

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]

  • Audio:

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anà f sg

1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular 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, 1941–2024

Borrowed from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

• (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)

Malay personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya／ساي aku／اکو, ku-／كو- (informal/towards God) -ku／-كو (informal possessive) hamba／همبا (dated)	kami／کامي (exclusive) kita orang／كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita／کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta／بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu／کامو anda／اندا (formal)
		engkau／اڠکاو, kau-／كاو- (informal/towards God) awak／اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu／-مو (possessive)	awak semua／اوق سموا kamu semua／كامو سموا kalian／کالين (informal) kau orang／كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku／توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia／دي ia／اي beliau／بلياو (honorific) -nya／-ڽ (possessive)	mereka／مريک dia orang／دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda／بݢيندا

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

ana

1. cave

ana

1. guest

   Synonyms: banto, ma'ana

From a- +‎ na. Cognates include Minica Huitoto ana and Nüpode Huitoto ana.

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]
• Hyphenation: a‧na

ana

1. down, below

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 25
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 307

• 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

āna

1. sole
2. alone
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"

     Gang nū tō mynstre ġif þū mæġe, and mē āna forlǣt.

     Now go to the monastery if you can, and leave me alone.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"

     Þa cwæð God, "Nis na gedafenlic þæt þes man āna beo, and næbbe nænne fultum; ac uton gewyrcan him gemacan, him to fultume and to frofre."

     Then said God, "It is not fitting that this man be alone, and have no help; now let us make him a mate for help and comfort."

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"

     He is Ealdor and Scyppend ealra gódnyssa and sibbe, and he foresende his acennednysse ungewunelice sibbe, forðan ðe næfre næs swilc sibb ær þam fyrste on middangearde, swilc swa wæs on his gebyrde-tide, swa þæt eall middangeard wæs anes mannes rice underðeod, and eal mennisc him ānum cynelic gafol ageaf.

     He is Prince and Author of all things good and of peace, and he sent before his birth unwonted peace, for never was there such peace before that period in the world, as there was at the time of his birth; so that all the world was subjected to the empire of one man, and all mankind paid royal tribute to him alone.

3. by itself
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"

     Petrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.

     Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.

4. only
   • c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", lines 94-95

     God āna wāt hwā þǣre wælstōwe wealdan mōte.

     Only God knows who is destined to control the battlefield.

   • "The Fortunes of Men", lines 8-9

     God āna wāt hwæt him weaxendum wintra bringaþ.

     God only knows what the years will bring to the growing child.

Equivalent to a feminine form of ano (“grandfather”), related to Proto-Germanic *anô, 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)

ana

1. imperative active second-person singular of anati (“to breathe”)

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

ana n^[1]

1. cart^[1]

• 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^[5], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 546

ana

1. if

Cognate with Turkish ana (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈnɑ]

ana (3rd person possessive anası, plural analar)

1. (dated) girl

   Synonym: gız

   • 2004, “Men yıraxdan gelğende”, 阿布都·卡德尔 [Abdu Qadır] (lyrics), 阿布都·卡德尔 [Abdu Qadır] (music)‎^[6]performed by 伊利亚斯·铁克 [İlyas Teck]:

     Asmanda bulut yerde duman,
     Ananıñ göñlüni bilmaci,
     Gök almanı gilla tadaci,
     Bir ağız yise acı irari. (Ili Salar)

     Cloud in the sky fog on the ground,
     I can't figure out the girl's mind.
     I pulled off the green apple in a hurry.
     If you eat a little, it tastes bitter.

2. daughter

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ana”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 288
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ana”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[7], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, pages 4, 20
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• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “ana”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[8], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 109
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ana”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 191

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *ona, specifically borrowed from Russian она́ (oná). Likely unrelated to Lithuanian anas.

ana (masculine counterpart ons)

1. third-person masculine singular pronoun: she

• “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė‎^[9] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 16: “Ana — ji”

ana (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of an a'

• Audio (Kenya):

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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

• ana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• 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^[10], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 15

Tooro numbers ^(edit)

	400[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  30	40	50  → [a], [b]
	4[a], [b]
Cardinal: makumi ana, ana

Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi ana (“forty”).

• IPA^(key): /áːna/

ana

1. class 6 form of -na (“four”)
2. forty

• Sense 2 (forty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "four". makumi ana is used instead.

• IPA^(key): /aːna/

ana

1. dative singular of an

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آننه, انا, from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰣𐰀 (ana).

• IPA^(key): /a.na/

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)

1. mother

   Synonym: anne

   Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.

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

Inflection
Nominative	ana
Definite accusative	anayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ana	analar
Definite accusative	anayı	anaları
Dative	anaya	analara
Locative	anada	analarda
Ablative	anadan	analardan
Genitive	ananın	anaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular anam analarım 2nd singular anan anaların 3rd singular anası anaları 1st plural anamız analarımız 2nd plural ananız analarınız 3rd plural anaları anaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular anamı analarımı 2nd singular ananı analarını 3rd singular anasını analarını 1st plural anamızı analarımızı 2nd plural ananızı analarınızı 3rd plural analarını analarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular anama analarıma 2nd singular anana analarına 3rd singular anasına analarına 1st plural anamıza analarımıza 2nd plural ananıza analarınıza 3rd plural analarına analarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular anamda analarımda 2nd singular ananda analarında 3rd singular anasında analarında 1st plural anamızda analarımızda 2nd plural ananızda analarınızda 3rd plural analarında analarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular anamdan analarımdan 2nd singular anandan analarından 3rd singular anasından analarından 1st plural anamızdan analarımızdan 2nd plural ananızdan analarınızdan 3rd plural analarından analarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular anamın analarımın 2nd singular ananın analarının 3rd singular anasının analarının 1st plural anamızın analarımızın 2nd plural ananızın analarınızın 3rd plural analarının analarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular anayım analarım 2nd singular anasın analarsın 3rd singular ana anadır analar analardır 1st plural anayız analarız 2nd plural anasınız analarsınız 3rd plural analar analardır

• 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^[11], Constantinople: Mihran, page 40
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[12], 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 on
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:

     Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,

     In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, 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/
• (Ekiti, Ifẹ) 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”)

Borrowed from Turkish ana (“mother”).

ana

1. mam
2. mother