# ano
## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qanú, From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu.

### Pronoun

ano
* what

## Alabama
### Pronoun

ano
* I
* my

## Apalaí
### Noun

ano
* bee
* honey

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qanú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔano/ [ˈʔa.n̪o]
* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ʔaˈno/ [ʔaˈn̪o]
* Hyphenation: a‧no

### Pronoun

áno or anó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
* (interrogative) what
    Ano an ginigibo mo?What are you doing?

#### Derived terms

* anohon
* gurano
* maano
* mag-ano
* paano
* pano
* tano

## Breton
### Noun

ano m
* name

## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* ʋno (traditional)
* ạno (Byington/Swanton)

### Etymology

Freestanding form of suffix a̱-. Cognate with Chickasaw ano, Alabama ana, Mikasuki aani, Creek vne

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ənó(ʔ)/
* Transcription: anó'

### Pronoun

ano (first-person singular)
* (emphatic) I, me
* (Mississippi) mine

#### Usage notes

Choctaw usually doesn't use personal pronouns, instead relying on pronominal affixes.

#### Inflection

| | emphatic | emphatic | emphatic | possessive‡ | possessive‡ | possessive‡ |
| | singular | paucal | plural | singular | paucal | plural |
| first-person | ano sashno† | pishno | hapishno | ammi | pimmi | hapimmi |
| second-person | chishno | hachishno | hachishno | chimmi | hachimmi | hachimmi |
| third-person | yamma | yamma | yamma | ilap | ilap | ilap |
| † Recent analogous formation in Mississippi Choctaw. Considered substandard. ‡ First- and second-person are archaic in Mississippi Choctaw, where the emphatic pronouns are used for possession instead. |||||||

## Crimean Gothic
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanô or *hanjō.

### Noun

ano
* hen
** 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor:Ano. Gallina.Hen. Hen.

## Czech
### Etymology

From the phrase "to je ono" ("that is it"). Compare Slovak áno (“yes”), Polish ano (“yes, indeed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈano]
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

ano
* yes!

### Particle

ano
* yes
    Antonym: ne

#### Synonyms

* jo (informal)
* jasně (informal)
* jistě
* určitě

### Further reading

* “ano”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ano”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Back-formation from -ano (“member, inhabitant”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈano]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: a‧no

### Noun

ano (accusative singular anon, plural anoj, accusative plural anojn)
* member (of a society or a group)
* inhabitant (of a place)

#### Synonyms

* (member): adepto, aliĝinto, disĉiplo

#### Derived terms

* anaro (“membership; following; party”)
* ani (“to be a member, belong”)
* anigi (“to make (someone) a member; to sign (someone) up”)
* aniĝi (“to join”)

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

Clipping of anonyymi.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑno/, [ˈɑ̝no̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑno
* Hyphenation: ano

#### Noun

ano
* (Internet slang) anonymous person, anonymous user
    Synonym: nyymi

##### Declension

Possessive forms of ano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anoni
anoni
accusative
nom.
anoni
anoni
gen.
anoni
genitive
anoni
anojeni
partitive
anoani
anojani
inessive
anossani
anoissani
elative
anostani
anoistani
illative
anooni
anoihini
adessive
anollani
anoillani
ablative
anoltani
anoiltani
allative
anolleni
anoilleni
essive
anonani
anoinani
translative
anokseni
anoikseni
abessive
anottani
anoittani
instructive
comitative
—anoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anosi
anosi
accusative
nom.
anosi
anosi
gen.
anosi
genitive
anosi
anojesi
partitive
anoasi
anojasi
inessive
anossasi
anoissasi
elative
anostasi
anoistasi
illative
anoosi
anoihisi
adessive
anollasi
anoillasi
ablative
anoltasi
anoiltasi
allative
anollesi
anoillesi
essive
anonasi
anoinasi
translative
anoksesi
anoiksesi
abessive
anottasi
anoittasi
instructive
comitative
—anoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anomme
anomme
accusative
nom.
anomme
anomme
gen.
anomme
genitive
anomme
anojemme
partitive
anoamme
anojamme
inessive
anossamme
anoissamme
elative
anostamme
anoistamme
illative
anoomme
anoihimme
adessive
anollamme
anoillamme
ablative
anoltamme
anoiltamme
allative
anollemme
anoillemme
essive
anonamme
anoinamme
translative
anoksemme
anoiksemme
abessive
anottamme
anoittamme
instructive
comitative
—anoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anonne
anonne
accusative
nom.
anonne
anonne
gen.
anonne
genitive
anonne
anojenne
partitive
anoanne
anojanne
inessive
anossanne
anoissanne
elative
anostanne
anoistanne
illative
anoonne
anoihinne
adessive
anollanne
anoillanne
ablative
anoltanne
anoiltanne
allative
anollenne
anoillenne
essive
anonanne
anoinanne
translative
anoksenne
anoiksenne
abessive
anottanne
anoittanne
instructive
comitative
—anoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anonsa
anonsa
accusative
nom.
anonsa
anonsa
gen.
anonsa
genitive
anonsa
anojensa
partitive
anoaan anoansa
anojaan anojansa
inessive
anossaan anossansa
anoissaan anoissansa
elative
anostaan anostansa
anoistaan anoistansa
illative
anoonsa
anoihinsa
adessive
anollaan anollansa
anoillaan anoillansa
ablative
anoltaan anoltansa
anoiltaan anoiltansa
allative
anolleen anollensa
anoilleen anoillensa
essive
anonaan anonansa
anoinaan anoinansa
translative
anokseen anoksensa
anoikseen anoiksensa
abessive
anottaan anottansa
anoittaan anoittansa
instructive
comitative
—anoineen anoinensa :

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑnoˣ/, [ˈɑ̝no̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑno
* Hyphenation: ano

#### Verb

ano
* inflection of anoa:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* oan

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈano/ [ˈa.nʊ]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: a‧no

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ano (“year”), from Latin annus (“year”).

#### Noun

ano m (plural anos)
* year

##### Related terms

* anello
* aniversario
* anual

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ānus.

#### Noun

ano m (plural anos)
* anus
    Synonyms: censo (informal); cenzo (informal); cu (informal); curso (informal)

##### Related terms

* anal

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.no/, [ˈɐ.no]

### Noun

ano
* awe, reverence, peacefulness, sacredness, holiness
* feeling of awe, fear, or oppression
* weird solitude, oppressive quiet
* awestruck, lost in thought

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: à‧no

### Noun

ano m (plural ani)
* anus

#### Related terms

* anale
* anello

### Anagrams

* -ona, noa

## Japanese
### Romanization

ano
* Rōmaji transcription of あの

## Latin
### Noun

ānō
* dative/ablative singular of ānus

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese ano.

### Noun

ano
* year
    ano passado ― last year
    ano trasado ― two years ago
    abrí ano ― to bring in the New Year (literally, “to open the year”)
    fichâ ano ― to have a birthday (literally, “to close the year”)

#### Usage notes

* abrí ano may be a calque of Cantonese 開年 / 开年 (hoi$^1$ nin$^4$, literally “open year”).

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Old High German
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *anô.

#### Noun

ano m
* grandfather
* ancestor

##### Related terms

* ana (“grandmother”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

#### Preposition

āno
* without

##### Alternative forms

* ānu, āna, āne

##### Descendants

* Middle High German: âne, ân
** Alemannic German: ooni, ohni, ouni
** Bavarian:
*** Cimbrian: ane
** Central Franconian: ohne, ohni, ohnt
*** Luxembourgish: ouni
** East Central German: ohne
*** Vilamovian: ona
** German: ohne
** Yiddish: אָן (on)

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ano. First attested in 1400.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /anɔ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /anɔ/

### Conjunction

ano
* used to present something; and here
** 1879 [1411], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis‎, Masovia, page 344:Essze yeszmy sandzili Jakuba sz panem Paszkem, ano m[e]y geszmy gemu skaszaly XXX grziwen[Eże jesmy sądzili Jakuba z panem Paszkiem, ano m[e]y jesmy jemu skazali XXX grzywien]
* and yet
** 1902 [1400], “Wybór zapisek sądowych grodzkich i ziemskich wielkopolskich z XV wieku”, in Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Studia, rozprawy i materiały z dziedziny historii polskiej i prawa polskiego‎, volume 6, Poznań, Pyzdry, Kościan, Gniezno, page 19:Potrasz stawil sø na ten rok, iaco mal, ano go ne chczano prziyancz[Piotrasz stawił się na ten rok, jako miał, ano go nie chciano przyjąć]
** 1895 [1422], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎, volume VIIIa, page 45:Iako mne pan kaszal na przewoth, ano nye bil moy[Jako mnie pan kazał na przewod, ano nie był moj]
* and just
** 1930 [c. 1455], “III Reg”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 14, 17:Gdisz przestøpyla przes prog domowi, nalyazla, ano dzeczø vmarlo (cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est)[Gdyż przestąpiła przez prog domowy, nalazła, ano dziecię umarło (cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est)]
* because meanwhile, because just
** 1930 [c. 1455], “Ex”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 12, 39:Synowye izrahelsczy... uczynyly søø... chleb prazny, bo nye mogly ukwaszycz, ano ge nøkaly Egipsczy (cogentibus... Aegyptiis)[Synowie izrahelszczy... uczynili są... chleb przasny, bo nie mogli ukwasić, ano je nękali Ejipszczy (cogentibus... Aegyptiis)]

#### Descendants

* Polish: ano
* Silesian: ano

### References

* Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ano”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ano”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ano”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

### Preposition

āno
* without (accusative case only)

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: āne
** Low German: ahn

### References

* "āno" in Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈnɔ/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kociewie) IPA: /ˈa.nɔ/
* (Masovia):
** (Ostróda) IPA: /aˈnɔ/
** (Warmia) IPA: /aˈnɔ/
** (Masuria) IPA: /aˈnɔ/
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /aˈnɔ/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Podegrodzie) IPA: /ˈa.nɔ/
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈa.nɔ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: a‧no

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish ano.

#### Particle

ano
* yes, indeed
    Synonyms: no, tak
    Antonym: nie
* (colloquial or dialectal, Near Masovian) emphatic particle used with imperatives
    Synonym: no
* (Middle Polish) so
    Synonyms: otóż, więc

##### Derived terms

* anoć
* anoż

#### Conjunction

ano
* (Middle Polish or dialectal, Masuria, Warmia) used to present something; and here
* (Middle Polish) and just
* (Middle Polish) and yet
* (Masuria, Ostróda, contrastive) but; just
* (Podegrodzie) Synonym of no
    Ano tak posed i ukrád. ― Well, he went and stole it.
    Ano jak upiekła ta dziewcyna, to ją wyjęła z pieca. ― Well, when that girl baked it, she'll take it out of the oven.

#### Interjection

ano
* (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Used expressively.

#### Adverb

ano (not comparable)
* (Przemyśl) Synonym of znowu
    Ano na drugi dzień jedzie Jaś w pole. ― Jaś is going to the field for another day again.

### Etymology 2

See jeno.

#### Particle

ano
* (Kociewie) Alternative form of jeno

### Further reading

* ano in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ano in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ano”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ano”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ano”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ano”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 40
* Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “ano”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 239
* Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “ano”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 127-128
* Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “ano”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744
* Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “ano”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 153
* Aleksander Saloni (1908) “ano”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332
* Karol Mátyás (1891) “ano”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 319

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* anno (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ano (“year”), from Latin annus (“year”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-nos-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Cognate with Galician ano, Spanish año, Catalan any, Occitan, French, and Romanian an, Italian anno.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.nu/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ.nʷ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
* Hyphenation: a‧no

### Noun

ano m (plural anos)
* year
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 137:Rony ralhou com um aluno do primeiro ano particularmente pequeno [...]Ron scolded a first-year student particularly small [...]
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 152:Luiza amava, e amava com o primeiro e grande affecto de quinze annos.Luiza was in love, and she loved with the first and profound affection of a fifteen-year-old.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ano.

#### Derived terms

* aninho (diminutive)
* fazer anos

#### Related terms

* anal
* aniversário
* anual
* ânuo
* anuário
* perene

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: anu

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ano.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈnɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: a‧no

### Particle

ano
* confirmation particle; yes
    Synonyms: ja, toć, no
    Antonym: niy
* Used to a previously mentioned situation; well, so

### Further reading

* ano in silling.org
* Bogdan Kallus (2020) “ano”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 232
* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “ano”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 21

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈano/ [ˈa.no]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: a‧no

### Noun

ano m (plural anos)
* anus
    Synonym: culo
    ¿Cómo huele mi aliento? — A una selva asquerosa. — Bueno, al menos no huele al ano de un gato muerto como el tuyo.How does my breath smell? — Like a disgusting jungle. — Well at least it doesn't smell like a dead cat's anus like yours.

#### Usage notes

* Do not confuse with año (“year”).

#### Related terms

* anal

#### See also

* nalga

### Further reading

* “ano”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qanú, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu. Compare Tausug unu.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈno/ [ʔɐˈn̪o]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: a‧no

### Pronoun

anó (plural ano-ano, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
* (interrogative) what
    Synonyms: (gay slang) anek, (gay slang) anech
* term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know, avoids, or cannot remember: thingamajig, whatchamacallit
    Synonyms: kuwan, eme

#### Derived terms

* 'no
* anech
* anek
* anhin
* ano-ano
* ansabi
* anuhan
* anuhin
* anyari
* ay ano
* gaano
* ikaano
* kaano
* kaano-ano
* maano
* mang-ano
* o ano
* pang-ano
* umano

#### See also

* aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo
* ano ang ginagawa mo
* ano ba
* ano ba iyan
* ano ga iyan
* ano ka ba
* ano ngayon
* ano'ng balita
* ano'ng malay ko
* ano'ng oras na
* ano'ng problema
* kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga

### Interjection

anó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
* an expression of surprise or disbelief: what!

### Particle

anó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
* Alternative form of 'no

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Ona

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rano, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danaw, from Proto-Austronesian *danaw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.no/

### Noun

ano
* lake; bog; marsh

#### Derived terms

* anoano

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* an

### Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”).

### Noun

ano m (plural ani)
* year

#### Derived terms

* ano bixesto

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.n̪o/

### Noun

ano
* a part (of something)

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics