# anna
## English
### Alternative forms

* ana

### Etymology

From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈænə/
* Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -ænə

### Noun

anna (plural annas)
* (historical) A former Indian coin.

#### Coordinate terms

* pie (1/12 anna), paisa (1/4 anna), rupee (16 annas)

#### Derived terms

* annas in the rupee

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* A.A.N.N., Nana, anan, na-na, naan, nana

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anˈna/ [ʔʌnˈnʌ]
* Hyphenation: an‧na

### Noun

anná f
* aunt

#### Declension

absolutive
anná
predicative
anná
subjective
anná
genitive
anná
Postpositioned forms
l-case
annál
k-case
annák
t-case
annát
h-case
annáh :

#### Coordinate terms

* ábu (“maternal uncle”)
* qámmi (“paternal uncle”)

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Akkadian
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

* (Old Babylonian) IPA: /ˈan.na/

### Particle

anna (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Nuzi, El-Amarna)
* yes, certainly
    Synonym: (Old Assyrian) 𒆠𒈾 (kēna)
    Antonym: 𒌌𒆷 (ulla)
    𒅗𒋗 𒀭𒈾 𒊮𒋗 𒌌𒆷[pīšu anna, libbašu ulla]KA-šu an-na ŠA₃-šu ul-laThere is a yes in his mouth, but a no in his heart.

#### Alternative forms

* anni, annû

### References

* “anna”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
* Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “anna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝nːɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: an‧na

### Verb

anna
* inflection of antaa:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* Nana, naan

## Gothic
### Romanization

anna
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse anna from Proto-Germanic *azanōną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈanːa/
* Rhymes: -anːa

### Verb

anna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative annaði, supine annað)
* to manage, be able to do [with dative]
* (reflexive) to care for, to see to [with dative ‘something’]

#### Related terms

* umönnun
* önn

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑnː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑnːɑ]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑnːɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑnː, -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: an‧na

### Verb

anna
* inflection of antaa:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular imperative connegative

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16

## Japanese
### Romanization

anna
* Rōmaji transcription of あんな

## Latin
### Verb

annā
* second-person singular present active imperative of annō

### References

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “anna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* "anna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “anna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Determiner

anna
* feminine singular of annen
* neuter singular of annen

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* ånnår (feminine, dialectal)
* ainna, ainnja, annja (eye dialect, dialectal palatalization)

### Determiner

anna
* feminine singular of annan
* neuter singular of annan

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: an‧na

### Verb

anna
* to be able to do
* to bring to completion

#### Derived terms

* ǫnn

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: anna

### Further reading

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* “anna” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “anna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* "anna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “anna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* अन्न (Devanagari script)
* অন্ন (Bengali script)
* අන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
* အန္န or ဢၼ္ၼ or ဢၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
* อนฺน or อันนะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ອນ຺ນ or ອັນນະ (Lao script)
* អន្ន (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna, “food”).

#### Noun

anna n
* food, especially boiled rice

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See annā

#### Noun

anna
* vocative singular of annā (“mummy”)

## Sidamo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji anaa and Hadiyya anna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈanːa/
* Hyphenation: an‧na

### Noun

anna m (plural annuuwa f)
* father

#### Declension
### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82
* Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “anna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

## Trió
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]; compare Ye'kwana anna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [anna]

### Noun

anna
* central field of a village community where a large meeting house is typically located; village square

### References

* Meira, Sérgio (1999) “anna”, in A Grammar of Tiriyó‎, Houston, page 648
* Carlin, Eithne (2004) A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname, Frankfurt am Main, page 22

## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *adna, from Persian آدینه (âdine).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

anna (definite accusative annany, plural annalar)
* Friday

### Further reading

* “anna” in Enedilim.com
* “anna” in Webonary.org

## Ye'kwana
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]; compare Trió anna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [anna]

### Noun

anna
* central ground, central space, in particular:
** central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place
** (in modern, more dispersed villages) central field of a village community where the roundhouse is located, or the roundhouse itself

#### Derived terms

* annaka

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “anna”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
* Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 386: “anna'ka - (dining) room, main room”
* Hall, Katherine (2007) “annai”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
* Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 22–26, 32, 34: “annaka”
* Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 49–50: “anna”