# anza
## Cimbrian
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Latin anguis? Old High German unc?”

### Noun

anza f (plural anzen)
* (Sette Comuni) small snake
    De snaidaren is khènt gahékhet bónnara anzen.The seamstress was bitten by a small snake.

#### Declension
### References

* “anza” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Gothic
### Romanization

anza
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌶𐌰

## Icelandic
### Verb

anza
* Obsolete spelling of ansa.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈantsa/
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### Verb

anza
* to heed, to take notice of [with dative]
* to answer, to reply to [with til (+ genitive)]

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: ansa

### Further reading

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* “anza” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “anza”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-anza (infinitive kwanza)
* to begin

#### Usage notes

The phrasing -a kwanza usually means "first", literally "of the beginning".

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -anza :
| Positive present | -nakwanza |
| Subjunctive | -anze |
| Negative | -anzi |
| Imperative singular | kuanza |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kwanza kuanza |
| Negative | kutokuanza |
Imperatives :
| Singular | kuanza |
| Plural | kuanzeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huanza |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likwanza |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuanza |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takwanza |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takwanza |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sianze |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekwanza |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekwanza |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikwanza |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikwanza |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekwanza |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakwanza |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaanza |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kianza |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokwanza |
| Consecutive | kaanza / positive subject concord + -kaanza |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaanze |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -anzia (“to emanate”)
** Causative: -anzisha
** Passive: -anzwa (“to be started”)
* Nominal derivations:
** mwanzo