# unna
## Faroese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną. Cognate with Icelandic unna, Danish unde, Norwegian unne, related to Danish yndig, ynde, gunst, Swedish verb gynna, German gönnen, Dutch verb gunnen.

### Verb

unna (third person singular past indicative unti, third person plural past indicative untu, supine unt) unna (third person singular past indicative unnaði, third person plural past indicative unnaðu, supine unnað)
* to grant, allow (someone else a benefit, without begrudging this)

#### Related terms

* ynna
* øvund

### Further reading

* "unna" at Sprotin.fo

## Hungarian
### Etymology

un +‎ -na

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈunːɒ]
* Hyphenation: un‧na

### Verb

unna
* third-person singular conditional present indefinite of un

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʏnːa/
* Rhymes: -ʏnːa

### Verb

unna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative ann, third-person singular past indicative unni, supine unnað)
* to love
    Synonym: elska

#### Derived terms

* unna sannmælis
* unna sér ekki hvíldar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈun.na/
* Rhymes: -unna
* Hyphenation: ùn‧na

### Adjective

unna f
* feminine singular of unno

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse undan.

### Adverb

unna
* away

#### Derived terms

* unnagjort

### Preposition

unna
* away from

### References

* “unna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ʊnːɑ/
* (adverb): IPA: /²uɲːɑ/ (Trøndelag dialect)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse undan.

#### Adverb

unna
* away

#### Preposition

unna
* away from

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse unna. Akin to German gönnen, English own (“own up, concede”) (from Old English unnan (“grant, bestow”)).

#### Alternative forms

* unne (e- and split infinitives).

#### Verb

unna (present tense unner, past tense unnte, past participle unnt, passive infinitive unnast, present participle unnande, imperative unn)
* to think someone deserves something, to be happy for someone because of their happiness
    Eg unner dei denne sigeren.I think they deserve this victory./I am happy they won this.

##### Derived terms

* misunna

### References

* “unna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* unlla
* unha

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ungla, from Latin ungula, from unguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.ɲa/

### Noun

unna f (plural unnas)
* nail, fingernail, toenail
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 31 (facsimile):
    […] unnas fẽdudas […] […] cracked nails […]

#### Descendants

* Galician: uña
* Portuguese: unha

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

#### Verb

unna
* to grant, bestow [with dative ‘to something’ and genitive ‘something’]
* to love [with dative]
** c. 1185, Anonymous, N B465, Bryggen
    ᛘᚢᚿ ᚦᚢ ᛘᛂᚴ ᛘᛆᚿ ᛂᚴ ᚦ / ᛂᚴ ᚢᚿ ᚦᚢ ᛘᛂᚱ ᛆᚿ ᛂᚴ ᚦᛂᚱMun þú mik, man ek þik. Unn þú mér, ann ek þér.Think-thou of me, I think of thee. Love-thou me, I love thee.
* (reciprocal) to love one another

##### Derived terms

* unnandi m (“lover”)
* unnasta f (“lover”)
* unnasti m (“lover”)
* unnusta f (“lover”)
* unnustumaðr m (“lover”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: unna
* Faroese: unna
* Norwegian:
** Bokmål: unne
** Nynorsk: unna, unne
* Old Swedish: unna
** Swedish: unna
*** → Elfdalian: unna
* Old Danish: unnæ
** Danish: unde
* Scanian: onða

### Etymology 2

Past participle forms of vinna (“to win”).

#### Participle

unna
* inflection of unninn:
** strong feminine accusative singular
** strong masculine accusative plural
** weak masculine oblique singular
** weak feminine nominative singular
** weak neuter singular

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “unna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną.

### Verb

unna
* to grant, to bestow
* to wish for
* to like, to love

#### Descendants

* Swedish: unna

## Phuthi
### Etymology

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

### Noun

únna class 1a (plural bónna class 2a)
* his/her mother

#### Inflection

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## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish unna, from Old Norse unna, from Proto-Germanic *unnaną. Cognate with Icelandic unna, Danish unde, Norwegian unne, related Danish adjective yndig, Swedish verb gynna, German gönnen.

### Verb

unna (present unnar, preterite unnade, supine unnat, imperative unna)
* (reflexive) to allow oneself to have something (one deserves), to indulge
    Jag unnade mig en stor hamburgare efter löpturenI allowed myself to have a big hamburger after the run
    Unna dig det! Det tycker jag du är värd.Grant yourself that! I think you deserve it.
* to allow someone to have something (one thinks) they want or would want (and deserve), to not begrudge
    Jag unnade honom en dag ledigt, för det var han värdI gave him (allowed him to have) a day off, because he deserved it
    Jag unnar henne framgångenI do not begrudge her success
    I Osnabrück sysselsatte han sig, när tillfälle unnades honom, med ritningIn Osnabrück he occupied himself, when opportunity was granted him, with drawing
    Kort sagt: jag unnar honom sina funder
       Und kurz und gut, ich gönn Ihm das Vergnügen, (Goethe's Faust: Wald und Höhle)
          Well, to be brief, the joy as fit occasions rise, I grudge you not (Goethe's Faust: Forest and Cavern)

#### Usage notes

"Allow" in a broad sense in (sense 2), that also includes not begrudging in situations where one has no control over whether someone has or gets something.

#### Derived terms

* missunna

#### Related terms

* avund
* förunna
* gunst
* gynna
* ynnest

### References

* unna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* unna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* unna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* ↑ unna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* nuna