# nana
## English
### Etymology 1

An aphetic form of banana.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: näʹnə, IPA: /ˈnɑːnə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːnə

#### Noun

nana (plural nanas)
* (informal) A banana.
* (UK, slang) A foolish person.
    You look a right nana dressed up like that.

##### Alternative forms

* 'nana, narna, narner

### Etymology 2

Variant spelling of nanna.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: nănʹə, IPA: /ˈnænə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænə

#### Noun

nana (plural nanas) (informal)
* (term of endearment) One's grandmother.
* A nanny.

### Anagrams

* A.A.N.N., Anna, anan, anna, naan

## Abidji
### Noun

nana
* grandfather

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]

### Adjective

nana
* feminine singular of nanu

## Balinese
### Romanization

nana
* Romanization of ᬦᬦ
* Romanization of ᬦᬦᬵ

## Bambara
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

nana
* past of na

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪a.n̪aʔ]
* Hyphenation: na‧na

### Noun

nanà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜈ)
* pus

#### Derived terms

* magnana
* manana
* mananaan
* nanaan

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈna.na]

### Adjective

nana
* feminine singular of nan

### Noun

nana f (plural nanes)
* female equivalent of nan (“dwarf”)
* female equivalent of nano (“boy”)
* Clipping of estrella nana (“dwarf star”)

#### Derived terms

* nana blanca
* nana roja

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq. Compare Malay nanah.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: na‧na
* IPA: /ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪a.n̪ɐʔ]

### Noun

nana
* (uncountable) pus

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

nana
* mother.

## Central Mazahua
### Noun

nana
* mother

## Champenois
### Etymology

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### Noun

nana
* (Sommepy) bread

### References

* Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎ (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168

## Chavacano
### Etymology

From Cebuano nana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnanaʔ/, [ˈna.naʔ]
* Hyphenation: na‧na

### Noun

nanà
* (Zamboangueño) pus
    Synonym: (Caviteño, Ternateño) materia

## Chickasaw
### Alternative forms

* nanna

### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Pronoun

nana
* something

## Darkinjung
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Pronoun

nana
* him (3rd person singular accusative)

## Ese
### Noun

nana
* war

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From nano (“dwarf”, noun) +‎ -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin nānus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈnana]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: na‧na

### Adjective

nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)
* dwarf

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana, from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnana/

### Noun

nana
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## French
### Etymology

Diminutive form of Anne, Anna, popularised after Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.na/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nana f (plural nanas)
* (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive)
    Synonym: meuf
** 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs‎, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 19:Je suis le type qui vous vend de la merde. Qui vous fait rêver de ces choses que vous n’aurez jamais. Ciel toujours bleu, nanas jamais moches, un bonheur parfait, retouché sur Photoshop.I'm the guy who sells you shit. Who makes you dream of those things you'll never have. A sky that's always blue; chicks who are never ugly; a perfect, Photoshopped happiness.

### Further reading

* “nana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* Anna

## Galician
### Etymology

Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnana̝/

### Noun

nana f (plural nanas)
* (archaic) mother; mama

#### Derived terms

* nai

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Garawa
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Determiner

nana
* that
    Synonym: nanda

### References

* Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

## Hadza
### Etymology

naha +‎ -na

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nana/

### Adverb

nana
* there

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.na/, [ˈnɐ.nə]

### Verb

nana
* Lānaʻi form of ulana (“to plait”)

## Herero
### Verb

nana
* to pull

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: na‧na
* IPA: /ˈnana/

### Noun

nana
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## Isnag
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Noun

nána
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: nà‧na

### Adjective

nana
* feminine singular of nano

### Noun

nana f (plural nane)
* female equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)

### Anagrams

* Anna, annà

## Ivatan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

nana
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## Japanese
### Romanization

nana
* Rōmaji transcription of なな

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnanəʔ/ [ˈnäː.nəʔ]

### Noun

nánâ
* (pathology) pus

## Kituba
### Numeral

nana
* eight

## Krisa
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Pronoun

nana
* I

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnaː.na/, [ˈnäːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈna.na/, [ˈnäːnä]

### Noun

nāna f (genitive nānae); first declension
* dwarf (female)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* nānus

### References

* “nana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “nana”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* nanā (Courland)

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

### Noun

nana
* nose

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnana/

### Noun

nana
* inflection of nan:
** genitive/accusative singular
** nominative dual

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா (aṇṇā).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /nanə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /nana/
* Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

### Noun

nana (Jawi spelling نان, plural nana-nana, informal 1st possessive nanaku, 2nd possessive nanamu, 3rd possessive nananya)
* brother (older male sibling)

### See also

* abang
* kakak
* engko
* uda

## Mansaka
### Noun

nana
* pus

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”). Doublet of nānā.

#### Interjection

nana
* lo, look, see, behold (imperative).

#### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “naa-naa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 261

### Etymology 2

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#### Noun

nana
* eyebrow

### Further reading

* “nana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Marshallese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [nʲɑːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [nʲɑ nʲɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {nahnah}

### Adjective

nana
* bad
* wicked
* evil
* inedible

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Noun

nanà
* pus

## Michoacán Mazahua
### Noun

nana
* mother

## Murui Huitoto
### Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto nana and Nüpode Huitoto nana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnana]
* Hyphenation: na‧na

### Determiner

nana
* all

### Pronoun

nana
* all, everything, everyone
** 1988, Homenaje a la Declaracion Universal de Derechos Humanos: Huitoto Murui [Homage to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Murui Huitoto], page 8:Nana caɨ comuillamona dama caɨ abɨdo itɨcaɨ.[We] all exist alone as to our growing with our bodies.

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 187
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154

## Nias
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

nana (mutated form nana)
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## Northern Paiute
### Etymology

Compare Cahuilla náxanish

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nana/

### Noun

nana (plural naana)
* man

## Northern Sami
### Adjective

nana
* attributive of nanus

## Oroqen
### Noun

nana
* skin, hide

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɐnɐ
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɐ.nɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɐ.nɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈna.nɐ/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

nana f (plural nanas)
* nap; a quick or little sleep
    Synonyms: soneca, cochilo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

nana
* inflection of nanar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sambali
### Noun

nana
* aunt

### Noun

nanà
* pus

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nǎːna/
* Hyphenation: na‧na
* Rhymes: -ǎːna

#### Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)
* mother
* grandmother

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع (nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nǎːna/
* Hyphenation: na‧na
* Rhymes: -ǎːna

#### Noun

nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)
* mint
    Synonym: mètvica

### References

* “nana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “nana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Simeulue
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

nana
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

Echoic/imitative.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: na‧na

#### Noun

nana f (plural nanas)
* (Latin America) nanny
    Synonyms: niñera, ama
* (colloquial) granny, grandmother
    Synonyms: abuela, yaya
* (Chile) housekeeper
* lullaby
    Synonym: canción de cuna
* a kind of small sack
* (dated, Guatemala) mommy; mom; mother

##### Coordinate terms

* tata

##### Derived terms

* del año de la nana

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua nanay (“pain”).

#### Noun

nana f (plural nanas)
* (Rioplatense, Chile, childish) boo-boo
    Synonyms: pupa, yaya
* (Rioplatense, Paraguay, chiefly in the plural) pains and aches of old age
    Synonym: achaque

### Further reading

* “nana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq. Compare Malay nanah.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪aː.n̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -anaʔ
* Syllabification: na‧na

#### Noun

nanà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)
* pus; matter
    Synonym: agwasa

##### Derived terms

* magnana
* manana

#### See also

* naknak

### Etymology 2

From Philippine Spanish nana (“mommy”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈnana/ [ˈn̪aː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: na‧na

#### Noun

nana (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)
* aunt
    Synonyms: tiya, tita, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, ante, inda
* (obsolete, Manila) mother
    Synonyms: ina, nanay, mama

##### Coordinate terms

* tata

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /naˈnaʔ/ [n̪ɐˈn̪aʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: na‧na

#### Noun

nanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)
* (obsolete) name of the Baybayin letter ᜈ, corresponding to "na"

#### See also

* na

### Further reading

* “nana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 409: “Materia) Nana (pp) de la llaga [o herida]”
** page 439: “N) Nana (pc) Vna delas letras del Abeçedario Tagalog. |. Nana yaon .|. ᜈ . Aralan mo aco nang pagſulat nang iniong Nana, enſeñame a eſcriuir bueſtra letra .N.”
** page 487: “Podre) Nana (pp) q̃ ſale de la herida.”

## Tahitian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nana]

### Interjection

nana
* bye, goodbye

## Toba Batak
### Alternative forms

* ᯉᯉ

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)
* pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

## Wanyi
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Determiner

nana
* that

### References

* Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

nanà
* pus; abscess

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

nana
* mother.

## Yogad
### Noun

naná
* pus; abscess