# vana
## Ajië
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vana]

### Verb

vana
* to walk
* to count

### References

* Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Albanian
### Noun

vana
* inflection of vanë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈba.nə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈva.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈva.na]
* Rhymes: -ana

### Adjective

vana
* feminine singular of va

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvana]

### Etymology 1

From German Wanne.

#### Noun

vana f (diminutive vanička)
* bathtub, tub

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vana
* masculine singular present transgressive of vanout

### Further reading

* “vana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “vana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “vana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vānus.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

vana (accusative singular vanan, plural vanaj, accusative plural vanajn)
* not getting desired results, useless, ineffective, fruitless, futile

#### Derived terms

* vane (“in vain”)

#### See also

* vanta (“vain (conceited)”)

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha. Cognate with Finnish vanha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɑnɑ/

### Adjective

vana (genitive vana, partitive vana, comparative vanem, superlative kõige vanem or vanim)
* old

### Noun

vana (genitive vana, partitive vana)
* an old person
* that which is old
* (colloquial) guy, dude, chap

#### Declension
## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

### Verb

vana
* to shoot

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vana (compare Karelian vana). Possibly related to Proto-Samic *vuonë.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑnɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
* Hyphenation: va‧na

### Noun

vana
* wake, trail, track (path left behind an object that moves through a fluid)
    Lentokone jätti taivaalle valkoisen vanan. ― The airplane left a white trail on the sky.
* (loosely) trail, track
    etanan limainen vana ― the slimy track of a snail
* (botany) scape (leafless stalk ending in a flower or inflorescence)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vanani
vanani
accusative
nom.
vanani
vanani
gen.
vanani
genitive
vanani
vanojeni vanaini $^{rare}$
partitive
vanaani
vanojani
inessive
vanassani
vanoissani
elative
vanastani
vanoistani
illative
vanaani
vanoihini
adessive
vanallani
vanoillani
ablative
vanaltani
vanoiltani
allative
vanalleni
vanoilleni
essive
vananani
vanoinani
translative
vanakseni
vanoikseni
abessive
vanattani
vanoittani
instructive
comitative
—vanoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vanasi
vanasi
accusative
nom.
vanasi
vanasi
gen.
vanasi
genitive
vanasi
vanojesi vanaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
vanaasi
vanojasi
inessive
vanassasi
vanoissasi
elative
vanastasi
vanoistasi
illative
vanaasi
vanoihisi
adessive
vanallasi
vanoillasi
ablative
vanaltasi
vanoiltasi
allative
vanallesi
vanoillesi
essive
vananasi
vanoinasi
translative
vanaksesi
vanoiksesi
abessive
vanattasi
vanoittasi
instructive
comitative
—vanoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vanamme
vanamme
accusative
nom.
vanamme
vanamme
gen.
vanamme
genitive
vanamme
vanojemme vanaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
vanaamme
vanojamme
inessive
vanassamme
vanoissamme
elative
vanastamme
vanoistamme
illative
vanaamme
vanoihimme
adessive
vanallamme
vanoillamme
ablative
vanaltamme
vanoiltamme
allative
vanallemme
vanoillemme
essive
vananamme
vanoinamme
translative
vanaksemme
vanoiksemme
abessive
vanattamme
vanoittamme
instructive
comitative
—vanoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vananne
vananne
accusative
nom.
vananne
vananne
gen.
vananne
genitive
vananne
vanojenne vanainne $^{rare}$
partitive
vanaanne
vanojanne
inessive
vanassanne
vanoissanne
elative
vanastanne
vanoistanne
illative
vanaanne
vanoihinne
adessive
vanallanne
vanoillanne
ablative
vanaltanne
vanoiltanne
allative
vanallenne
vanoillenne
essive
vanananne
vanoinanne
translative
vanaksenne
vanoiksenne
abessive
vanattanne
vanoittanne
instructive
comitative
—vanoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vanansa
vanansa
accusative
nom.
vanansa
vanansa
gen.
vanansa
genitive
vanansa
vanojensa vanainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
vanaansa
vanojaan vanojansa
inessive
vanassaan vanassansa
vanoissaan vanoissansa
elative
vanastaan vanastansa
vanoistaan vanoistansa
illative
vanaansa
vanoihinsa
adessive
vanallaan vanallansa
vanoillaan vanoillansa
ablative
vanaltaan vanaltansa
vanoiltaan vanoiltansa
allative
vanalleen vanallensa
vanoilleen vanoillensa
essive
vananaan vananansa
vanoinaan vanoinansa
translative
vanakseen vanaksensa
vanoikseen vanoiksensa
abessive
vanattaan vanattansa
vanoittaan vanoittansa
instructive
comitative
—vanoineen vanoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* vanamo
* jättövana
* tiivistymisvana
* vanavesi
* verivana

### Further reading

* “vana”, 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 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* vaan

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse vana, from Proto-Germanic *wanōną. More at wane.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvaːna/
* Rhymes: -aːna

### Verb

vana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vanaði, supine vanað)
* to reduce, detract from
* to maim
* to castrate
    Synonym: gelda

#### Conjugation
## Ingrian
### Adjective

vana
* (dialectal) Alternative spelling of vanha
** 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:Yli joen langolle, vanan kylän Iljalle.Over the river to [my] sister's husband, the little village's Ilja.

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 57

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: và‧na

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

vana
* feminine singular of vano

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vana
* inflection of vanare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Nava, avan-

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯aː.na/, [ˈu̯äːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.na/, [ˈväːnä]
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯aː.naː/, [ˈu̯äːnäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.na/, [ˈväːnä]

### Adjective

vāna
* inflection of vānus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative neuter plural

### Adjective

vānā
* ablative feminine singular of vānus

## Laz
### Conjunction

vana
* Latin spelling of ვანა (vana)

### Noun

vana
* Latin spelling of ვანა (vana)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* वन (Devanagari script)
* ৰন (Bengali script)
* වන (Sinhalese script)
* ဝန or ဝၼ (Burmese script)
* วน or วะนะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ວນ or ວະນະ (Lao script)
* វន (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest”).

#### Noun

vana n
* forest

##### Derived terms

* vivana

### Etymology 2

Formations from the root van.

#### Noun

vana n
* desire

##### Declension
#### Verb

vana
* imperative active second-person singular of vanati (“to desire”)

### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbana/ [ˈba.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: va‧na

### Adjective

vana
* feminine singular of vano

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

vana
* inflection of van:
** definite singular
** plural

### Noun

vana
* habit; a regularly done action
* the state or degree of being accustomed to something (practical); experience, know-how
    Synonym: erfarenhet
** 1971 February 18, Dagens Nyheter‎, page 43:Vi söker en pizzakock med vana från pizzeria.We are looking for a pizza chef with experience from pizzeria.

#### Derived terms

* ha för vana
* matvana
* vanemässig

### See also

* ovana

### Further reading

* vana in Svensk ordbok.

## Tolai
### Verb

vana
* to go

## Võro
### Alternative forms

* vahn

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha.

### Adjective

vana (genitive vana, partitive vanna)
* old

#### Inflection
## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈvɑnɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
* Hyphenation: va‧na

### Adjective

vana (comparative vanõpi, superlative kõikka vanõpi)
* old
    Antonyms: noori, uusi

#### Inflection
### Noun

vana
* old/elderly person

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn