# sanna
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Konkani सान्नां (sānnā̃).

### Noun

sanna (plural sannas)
* A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

### Anagrams

* Annas, annas, na-nas, naans, nanas

## Afrikaans
### Noun

sanna (plural [please provide])
* flint‐lock gun

## Cypriot Arabic
### Etymology

From san +‎ -na, literally “our language”.

### Noun

sanna f
* Cypriot Arabic

### References

* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 417

## Greenlandic
### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /sanna/, [sən.na]

### Pronoun

sanna (demonstrative) (plural sakku)
* down distal absolutive; that down a long distance, he/she/it down there.

#### See also

* manna - this here
* una - that nearby
* innga - that yonder
* kanna - that down a medial distance
* pinnga - that up a medial distance
* panna - that up a long distance
* qanna - that in there/out there
* anna - that in the north
* kinnga - that in the south/that outside
* inna - that which is invisible

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -anːa

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sanna.

#### Verb

sanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sannaði, supine sannað)
* to prove

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sanna f (genitive singular sönnu, nominative plural sönnur)
* (chiefly in the plural) proof; usually in set phrases

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

sanna
* inflection of sannur:
** strong feminine singular accusative positive degree
** strong masculine plural accusative positive degree
** weak masculine singular accusative positive degree
** weak masculine singular dative positive degree
** weak masculine singular genitive positive degree
** weak feminine singular nominative positive degree
** weak neuter singular positive degree

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsan.na/
* Rhymes: -anna
* Hyphenation: sàn‧na

### Noun

sanna f (plural sanne)
* (archaic) Alternative form of zanna
** 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VI, p.90, vv. 22-23:Quando ci scorse Cerbero, il gran vermo, ¶ le bocche aperse e mostrocci le sanne;When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, ¶ his mouths he opened, and displayed his tusks;

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάννας (sánnas).

### Noun

sanna f (genitive sannae); first declension
* A grimace, especially in mockery

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* sannātor
* sanniō
* sannō

### References

* “sanna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* sanna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* senna, sana, sena

### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing of Old Norse sanna, senna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, *sanþijaną, from *sanþaz (“true”).

### Verb

sanna
* to contradict

#### Related terms

* sann

#### Descendants

* North Frisian: sana

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, from *sanþaz, whence also Old Norse saðr. The English soothe is a cognate.

### Verb

sanna
* to assert, affirm
* to make good, prove

#### Derived terms

* sannan f (“assertion, proof”)
* senna f (“quarrel, row”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: sanna
* Faroese: sanna
* Norwegian Nynorsk: sanna, sanne
* Old Swedish: sanna
** Swedish: sanna
* Danish: sande

### Noun

sanna f (genitive sǫnnu)
* assertation
* proof

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sanna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną.

### Verb

sanna
* to prove true, show to be true

#### Descendants

* Swedish: sanna

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* सन्न (Devanagari script)
* সন্ন (Bengali script)
* සන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
* သန္န or သၼ္ၼ or သၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
* สนฺน or สันนะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ສນ຺ນ or ສັນນະ (Lao script)
* សន្ន (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

sanna
* past participle of sandati (“to flow”)

#### Declension
### Adjective

sanna
* past participle of sīdati (“to sink”)

#### Declension
### References

* 1 2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sanna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Swedish
### Adjective

sanna
* inflection of sann:
** definite singular
** plural