# bana
## Anguthimri
### Verb

bana
* (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to climb

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

## Bambara
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bàna
* disease
* outside of the village

##### Synonyms

* bana

#### Verb

bana
* sicken (to become sick)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bàna
* kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /bana/ [ba.na]
* Rhymes: -ana, -a
* Hyphenation: ba‧na

### Verb

bana
* Short form of banatu (“to distribute”).

## Capiznon
### Noun

bana
* husband

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”). Perhaps related to banay (“immediate family”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbana/ [ˈba.n̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧na

#### Noun

bána (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)
* husband
    Coordinate term: asawa

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:bana.

##### Derived terms

* banabana
* pamana
* pamanhonon

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Hiligaynon bana (“opinion, thought”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈba.n̪ɐʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧na

#### Noun

banà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)
* (obsolete) guess, thought (now only used in derived forms)

##### Derived terms

* banabana
* kabana
* pakabana

## Crimean Tatar
### Adverb

bana
* a second ago, just now

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Noun

bana
* husband

## Dyaabugay
### Noun

bana
* water
* rain

### References

* Dyaabugay Swadesh List
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Wordlists Djabugay Everyday Words

## Dyirbal
### Noun

bana
* water

### References

* K. Plaster, Women, fire, and dangerous things
* Ferenc Kiefer, Mária Ladányi, Péter Siptár, Current Issues in Morphological Theory (2012, →ISBN, page 169

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną.

### Verb

bana (third person singular past indicative banaði, third person plural past indicative banaðu, supine banað)
* kill, put to death

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

### Further reading

* "bana" at Sprotin.fo

## Galician
### Verb

bana
* inflection of banir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Gamilaraay
### Noun

bana
* lean meat

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bá.ná/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bə́.nə́]

### Adverb

bana
* this year

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

bána
* husband

### Noun

bánà
* opinion, guess, thought

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaːna/
* Rhymes: -aːna

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną. See bani (“death”).

#### Verb

bana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative banaði, supine banað)
* To kill. [with dative]
    Kennari banar nemanda sinum.A teacher kills his student.
    Hetjan banaði drekanum.The hero slew the dragon.

##### See also

* bani (noun)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bana
* inflection of bani:
** indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
** indefinite accusative/genitive plural

## Kituba
### Noun

bana
* children

## Kuku-Yalanji
### Noun

bana
* water

### References

* R. M. W. Dixon, The Languages of Australia (2010), page 100
* Henry D. Hershberger, Ruth Hershberger, 1982, Kuku-Yalanji dictionary, page 15

## Lingala
### Noun

bana class 2
* plural of mwana

## Lokono
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Arawak *uhbana.

#### Noun

bana
* liver

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Arawak *pana.

#### Noun

bana
* leaf

### References

* de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249

## Mansaka
### Noun

bana
* husband

## Minangkabau
### Adverb

bana
* very
    Synonyms: amek, sangek, sungguah
    Antonym: kurang

### Adjective

bana
* true
* right, correct
    Synonym: batua
* valid

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* banet
* bante (simple past)
* bant (past participle)

### Verb

bana
* simple past of bane
* past participle of bane (both Etymology 3)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* banen m sg (Etymologies 1 and 2)

### Noun

bana f sg
* definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate with Catalan banya.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

bana f (plural banas)
* horn (on an animal's head)

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* bona

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô. Cognate with Old Frisian bona, Old Saxon bano, Old High German bano, Old Norse bani.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑ.nɑ/

### Noun

bana m
* murderer
** Hie næfre his banan folgian noldon. ― They never would pursue his murderer. (Saxon Chronicles)
* Something which causes death.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: bane, ban, bayn, beone, bone
** English: bane
** Scots: bane, baine, bain, bayn, bone

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Related to bani m (“death, killer”).

### Verb

bana
* to kill [with dative]

#### Conjugation
### Noun

bana
* inflection of bani:
** accusative/dative/genitive singular
** accusative/genitive plural

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Kashubian ban and Silesian bana.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈba.na/

### Noun

bana f
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of kolej (“rail, railway”)

### Further reading

* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bana”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298

## Portuguese
### Verb

bana
* inflection of banir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Sambali
### Conjunction

bana
* because

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Greater Polish bana and Kashubian ban.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ba‧na

### Noun

bana f
* rail, railway
* train

#### Related terms

* sztrasynbana (“tram”)

### Further reading

* bana in silling.org

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Possibly from Anyi bana or from English banana or Portuguese banana, both possibly from Wolof banaana (“banana”). Cognate of Aukan baana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbana/, [ˈba̠na̠], [ˈbɑ̟nɑ̟]

### Noun

bana
* plantain (cooking banana)
* (colloquial) penis

#### Coordinate terms

* bakba

#### Derived terms

* bakabana

### References

* ↑ G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎, →ISSN, page 54

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-bana (infinitive kubana)
* to squeeze, to press

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -bana :
| Positive present | -nabana |
| Subjunctive | -bane |
| Negative | -bani |
| Imperative singular | bana |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kubana |
| Negative | kutobana |
Imperatives :
| Singular | bana |
| Plural | baneni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hubana |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -libana |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kubana |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tabana |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tabana |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sibane |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngebana |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singebana |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalibana |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalibana |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mebana |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshabana |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jabana |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kibana |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipobana |
| Consecutive | kabana / positive subject concord + -kabana |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kabane |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²bɑːna/, [ˈbɑːˌna]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːna

### Noun

bana c
* a trajectory, a course, a path (path that something moves along, especially in physics, astronomy, or the like)
    projektilens banathe trajectory of the projectile
    jordens bana runt solenthe Earth's path (orbit) around the sun
    Månen vandrar sin tysta ban' [not a common shortening otherwise], snön lyser vit på fur och gran. Snön lyser vit på taken. Endast tomten är vaken.The moon wanders its silent course, the snow shines white on pine and spruce. The snow shines white on the roofs. Only the tomte is awake. [from the poem Tomten by Viktor Rydberg]
* (figuratively, in "i de banorna") along those lines
    Jag har inte tänkt i de banornaI haven't thought along those lines
* (figuratively) a career path, life path, etc.; a route
    välja den militära bananchoose the military route
** (idiomatic, figuratively, in "brottets bana" (the path of the crime)) criminal activity
    lockas in på brottets banabe lured into a life of crime (or into committing a crime or the like)
    lämna brottets banaleave the life of crime
* a (prepared) area or track or the like for (sports) competitions; a court, a course, a track, etc.
    tennisbanatennis court
    badmintonbanabadminton court
    golfbanagolf course
    minigolfbanaminiature golf course
    löparbanarunning track
    skjutbanashooting range
    hoppbanajump course (for show jumping)
* (figuratively, in "vara tillbaka på banan," "åter på banan," and the like) back on the track (once again active)
    Spelaren är tillbaka på banan efter skadanThe player is back on the track after the injury
* (video games) a stage, a level
    Jag är fast på tredje bananI'm stuck on the third level
* (usually in compounds) a train track, a railway track
    Synonym: tågbana
    de privata banornathe privately owned tracks
* (usually in compounds) a strip, road section, or the like with a certain purpose
    landningsbanalanding strip
    körbanaroadway, carriageway (the part of a road that carries traffic)
    landa på bana 3land on runway 3
* a long strip of material being processed (for example paper)
** (idiomatic, in "i långa banor") in large amounts
    bestick i långa banor på museets nya utställningcutlery galore at the museum's new exhibition

#### Derived terms

* artonhålsbana
* badmintonbana
* bana väg
* bancykling
* banhoppning
* berg- och dalbana
* berg-och-dal-bana
* bergochdalbana
* bowlingbana
* cykelbana
* dansbana
* förortsbana
* glidbana
* golfbana
* grusbana
* gräsbana
* gångbana
* halkbana
* hinderbana
* hoppbana
* höghastighetsbana
* inomhusbana
* kapplöpningsbana
* kometbana
* kägelbana
* körbana
* landningsbana
* levnadsbana
* linbana
* löparbana
* magnetbana
* malmbana
* minigolfbana
* omloppsbana
* planetbana
* privatbana
* projektilbana
* racingbana
* rutschbana
* skjutbana
* skådebana
* solbana
* sopa banan med någon (“wipe the floor with someone”)
* speedwaybana
* squashbana
* stambana
* startbana
* statsbana
* T-bana
* t-bana
* taxibana
* tennisbana
* terrängbana
* travbana
* tunnelbana
* tävlingsbana
* vattenrutschbana
* vägbana

### Verb

bana (present banar, preterite banade, supine banat, imperative bana)
* See bana väg.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

### References

* bana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kapampangan bana (“lowland; marshland”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəna (“lower part of a river; tidal bore”). Compare Malay bena.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈnaʔ/ [bɐˈn̪aʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧na

#### Noun

banâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ)
* watery lowland; swamp; marsh

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cebuano bana (“husband”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah (“husband”), from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈbana/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐ]
*** Rhymes: -ana
** IPA: /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐʔ]
*** Rhymes: -anaʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧na

#### Noun

bana or banà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ)
* husband
    Synonyms: asawa, esposo

### Further reading

* “bana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bena”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baNaS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Tausug
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”).

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /bana/ [baˈn̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ba‧na

### Noun

bana (Sulat Sūg spelling بَنَ)
* husband

#### Derived terms

* banahun
* magbana

## Tiruray
### Noun

bana
* beans

## Turkish
### Pronoun

bana
* me, to me, for me (dative of ben)

#### Usage notes

* One of only two irregular Turkish dative cases (the other is sana).

## Volapük
### Noun

bana
* genitive singular of ban (bath)

## Waray-Waray
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧na

### Noun

bana
* husband

## Yidiny
### Noun

bana
* Any drinkable liquid.
* water

### References

* R. M. W. Dixon, A Grammar of Yidin and The Languages of Australia (2011, →ISBN, page 102)

## Zulu
### Etymology

From -bi +‎ -ana.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɓáːna/

### Adjective

-bána
* rather bad
* somewhat evil
* somewhat ugly

#### Derived terms

* -banyana

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓana”