# takana
## Finnish
### Etymology

The locative singular of taka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝kɑ̝nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑnɑ
* Hyphenation: ta‧ka‧na

### Postposition

takana [with genitive and/or possessive form]
* (locative) behind
    Hän on talon takana.He is behind the house.
    Hän on aivan takanasi.He is right behind you.
    Pekka istuu (minun) takanani.Pekka is sitting behind me.
* (idiomatic) around (on the inside of a curve when following a curved path near the object)
    kulman takanaaround the corner
* (nautical) abaft, aft of
    Peräsin on kölin takana.The rudder is aft of the keel.
* (nautical) astern of
    Miranda on vain puoli meripeninkulmaa Arandan takana.Miranda sails only half a sea mile astern of Aranda.

### Adverb

takana (comparative taempana, superlative taimpana)
* (locative) behind
    Hän on kaukana takana.He is far behind.

#### Inflection

Declension of taka-
noun case
singular
pluraladverbial form
singular
plural
nominative
taka-
–superessive
genitive
–delative
partitive
takaa
–sublative
accusative
–lative
taas taa
inessive
–temporal
elative
–causative
illative
–multiplicative
adessive
–distributive
ablative
–temp. dist.
takaisin
allative
–prolative
taitse
essive
takana
–situative
translative
taakse
–oppositive
abessive
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* takanapäin

#### Related terms

* See the inflection table.
* taka
* taka-
* takana
* tausta
* taempi
* takimmainen

### Further reading

* “takana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* akanat, kantaa, naakat, nakata, taakan, takaan

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-takana (infinitive kutakana)
* Reciprocal form of -taka

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -takana :
| Positive present | -natakana |
| Subjunctive | -takane |
| Negative | -takani |
| Imperative singular | takana |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutakana |
| Negative | kutotakana |
Imperatives :
| Singular | takana |
| Plural | takaneni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutakana |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litakana |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutakana |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatakana |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatakana |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitakane |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetakana |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetakana |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitakana |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitakana |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metakana |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatakana |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatakana |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitakana |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotakana |
| Consecutive | katakana / positive subject concord + -katakana |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katakane |
| Object concord | — |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :