# ana
## Translingual
### Symbol

ana
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Andaqui.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Andaqui terms

## English
### Etymology 1

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈæ.nə/, /ˈɑn.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː.nə/
* Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə
* Hyphenation: a‧na

#### Noun

ana (plural anas)
* A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
** 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8
    The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
** 2008, Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson:Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas, which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum, a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.nə/

#### Adverb

ana (not comparable)
* (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
    Synonym: aa
    wine and honey, ana / ijof wine and honey, each, two ounces
** 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […], Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.nə/

#### Noun

ana (uncountable)
* (Internet slang) Anorexia.

##### Derived terms

* pro-ana

##### See also

* mia, pro-mia

### Etymology 4

From Ancient Greek; see ana-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.nə/

#### Adverb

ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)
* In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
    Antonym: kata
** 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes, page 43:Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
** 2005, Animation journal, volumes 13-15:Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.

### Etymology 5

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæ.nə/

#### Noun

ana (plural anas)
* Alternative form of anna (“a former subdivision of the rupee”)

### Anagrams

* A.A.N., Aan, naa

## Akkadian
### Pronunciation

* (Old Babylonian) IPA: /ˈa.na/

### Preposition

ana (from Old Akkadian on)
* (place, people) to, toward, onto
    𒈦 𒆬𒌓𒊭 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒉌 𒍣𒄴𒊑𒅎 𒉌𒆠𒅖[mišil kaspīša ana aḫīni ṣeḫrim niqīš]MAŠ KUG.BABBAR-ša a-na a-ḫi-ni ṣe-eḫ-ri-im ni-qi₂-išWe gave half of her silver to our young(est) brother.
* (time) for
* (time) within
* (purpose) for, in order to, in favor of

#### Alternative forms

* an (Old Akkadian)

### References

* “ana”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

## Alabama
### Pronunciation

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

### Pronoun

ana
* me

## Albanian
### Noun

ana
* definite nominative singular of anë

## Ambonese Malay
### Noun

ana (plural ana-ana or anana)
* child

## Aneme Wake
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑnɑ/

### Noun

ana
* tree

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana or *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, “mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑˈnɑ]
* Audio (Baku):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧na

### Noun

ana (definite accusative ananı, plural analar)
* mother
    Synonym: mama
    Hyponyms: valideyn (“parent”), ata-ana (“parents”)
    Coordinate term: ata (“father”)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ana” in Obastan.com.

## Chichewa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ná/

### Noun

aná class 2
* plural of mwana

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

### Noun

ana
* mother, mom
    Synonyms: abay, anay, nene

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “ana”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Cypriot Arabic
### Etymology

Inherited from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

### Pronoun

ana m sg or f sg
* I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

#### See also

$^1$Used as a copula.

### References

* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 146

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈana]

### Pronoun

ana
* (archaic) Alternative form of ona

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.
Compare Bonan aane, Karakhanid اَنا (ana), Uyghur ئانا (ana), Western Yugur ana, Turkish ana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈnɑ/

### Noun

ana
* mom, mama
    Chi matei anane bayasigvasenu, anachi tade baer lie ogine.No matter how much you make your mother happy, she will not give you money.

#### Synonyms

* anei (“mother”)
* ekie (“mother (formal)”)

#### Related terms

* anai (“gramma, granny”)

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آنا (ana), from Proto-Turkic *ana. Compare Turkish ana, anne; Azerbaijani ana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈnɑ/
* Hyphenation: a‧na

### Adjective

ana (not comparable)
* native
    ana dil ― native language

### Noun

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)
* mother
    Synonym: (informal) mamu

#### Derived terms

* ana dil
* ana tarafı
* ana-boba
* anaç
* analı
* analık
* anasız
* büükana
* kaynana

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* ↑ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007

### Further reading

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ana”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 47
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “ana”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 15
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “ana”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 11

## Gothic
### Romanization

ana
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Maori ana, Samoan ana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.na/, [ˈɐ.nə]

### Noun

ana
* cave, cavern

#### Derived terms

* ana kahe pele (“lava tube”)

## Ibanag
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

### Noun

anâ
* child; offspring

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːna

### Verb

ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)
* to rush on, barge into

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ana/
* Rhymes: -ana, -na, -a

### Pronoun

ana
* (colloquial) Synonym of saya
* (colloquial) Synonym of aku

#### Usage notes

* Usually used by Arab descendants, Arabs or Islamic scholars and preacher in Islamic teaching community.

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish anai m pl (“wealth, riches, prosperity”).

#### Noun

ana m (genitive singular ana)
* (literary) wealth, prosperity

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
ana
vocative
a ana
genitive
ana
dative
ana
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an t-ana
genitive
an ana
dative
leis an ana don ana :

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)
* spell of fine weather

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
ana
anaí
vocative
a ana
a anaí
genitive
ana
anaí
dative
ana
anaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an ana
na hanaí
genitive
na hana
na n-anaí
dative
leis an ana don ana
leis na hanaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Italian
### Adverb

ana
* (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

## Japanese
### Romanization

ana
* Rōmaji transcription of あな

## Javanese
### Romanization

ana
* Romanization of ꦲꦤ

## Juba Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈana/, [ˈa.na]

### Pronoun

ana
* I, me (first-person singular pronoun)

## Kambera
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

### Noun

ana
* child

#### Derived terms

* paana (“to give birth to”)

## Kaxuyana
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apina. Compare Ye'kwana nña, Trió anja, Wayana emna, Waiwai amna.

### Pronoun

ana
* we (exclusive)

### References

* Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

## Laboya
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

### Noun

ana
* child (one's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter).

#### See also

* lakawa

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 5

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈnɐ]
** Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

anà f sg
* nominative/instrumental feminine singular of anas

### Particle

anà
* there (it) is

#### Related terms

* (here is): štai, šitai, šit
* (there is): antai, aure
* (here, there is): va

### Further reading

* “ana”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /anə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ana/
* Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

### Pronoun

ana (Jawi spelling انا)
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

### See also
## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Samoan ana.

### Noun

ana
* cave

## Maranao
### Noun

ana
* guest
    Synonyms: banto, ma'ana

## Murui Huitoto
### Etymology

From a- +‎ na. Cognates include Minica Huitoto ana and Nüpode Huitoto ana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈana]
* Hyphenation: a‧na

### Adverb

ana
* down, below

#### Derived terms

* anafe

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 25
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 307

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

From Malay anak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.na/
* Hyphenation: a‧na

### Noun

ana
* child (one's direct descendant)
* child, kid (a minor)
    Synonym: ana kacíl
* (when used with place name) people, gang; kids

#### Derived terms

* ana kacíl

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈnɑː/

### Adverb

ana (Arabic spelling ئانا)
* Alternative form of niha (“now”)

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ana”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8

## Old English
### Adjective

āna
* sole
* alone
** c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
    Gang nū tō mynstre ġif þū mæġe, and mē āna forlǣt.Now go to the monastery if you can, and leave me alone.
** c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
    Þa cwæð God, "Nis na gedafenlic þæt þes man āna beo, and næbbe nænne fultum; ac uton gewyrcan him gemacan, him to fultume and to frofre."Then said God, "It is not fitting that this man be alone, and have no help; now let us make him a mate for help and comfort."
** c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Beginning of Creation"
    He is Ealdor and Scyppend ealra gódnyssa and sibbe, and he foresende his acennednysse ungewunelice sibbe, forðan ðe næfre næs swilc sibb ær þam fyrste on middangearde, swilc swa wæs on his gebyrde-tide, swa þæt eall middangeard wæs anes mannes rice underðeod, and eal mennisc him ānum cynelic gafol ageaf.He is Prince and Author of all things good and of peace, and he sent before his birth unwonted peace, for never was there such peace before that period in the world, as there was at the time of his birth; so that all the world was subjected to the empire of one man, and all mankind paid royal tribute to him alone.
* by itself
** c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
    Petrus āna spræc for ealne þone hēap.Peter by himself spoke for the whole group.
* only
** c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", lines 94-95
    God āna wāt hwā þǣre wælstōwe wealdan mōte.Only God knows who is destined to control the battlefield.
** "The Fortunes of Men", lines 8-9
    God āna wāt hwæt him weaxendum wintra bringaþ.God only knows what the years will bring to the growing child.

#### Declension
## Old High German
### Etymology 1

Equivalent to a feminine form of ano (“grandfather”), related to Proto-Germanic *anô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-. Akin to Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”), etc.

#### Noun

ana f
* grandmother

##### Related terms

* ano (“grandfather”)

##### Descendants

* Middle High German: ane
** German: Ahne
** Swabian: Ahna

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.

#### Preposition

ana
* at
* on

#### Adverb

ana
* onwards

##### Descendants

* Middle High German: ane, an
** Cimbrian: å
** German: an
** Hunsrik: aan
** Luxembourgish: un
** Pennsylvania German: aa
** Yiddish: אָן (on)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀅𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* अन (Devanagari script)
* অন (Bengali script)
* අන (Sinhalese script)
* အန or ဢၼ (Burmese script)
* อน or อะนะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ອນ or ອະນະ (Lao script)
* អន (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ana
* imperative active second-person singular of anati (“to breathe”)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

ana n
* cart

##### Declension
### References

* 1 2 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 31.

## Rapa Nui
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.na/
* Hyphenation: a‧na

### Particle

ana
* Introduces the irrealis mood.

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 56
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 546

## Rukai
### Conjunction

ana
* if

## Salar
### Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ana (“mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑˈnɑ]

### Noun

ana (3rd person possessive anası, plural analar)
* (dated) girl
    Synonym: gız
** 2004, “Men yıraxdan gelğende”, 阿布都·卡德尔 [Abdu Qadır] (lyrics), 阿布都·卡德尔 [Abdu Qadır] (music)‎performed by 伊利亚斯·铁克 [İlyas Teck]:Asmanda bulut yerde duman, Ananıñ göñlüni bilmaci, Gök almanı gilla tadaci, Bir ağız yise acı irari. (Ili Salar)Cloud in the sky fog on the ground, I can't figure out the girl's mind. I pulled off the green apple in a hurry. If you eat a little, it tastes bitter.
* daughter

### References

* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ana”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 288
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ana”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, pages 4, 20
* “ana” in Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43
* 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “ana”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 109
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ana”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 191

## Samogitian
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *ona, specifically borrowed from Russian она́ (oná). Likely unrelated to Lithuanian anas.

### Pronoun

ana (masculine counterpart ons)
* third-person masculine singular pronoun: she

### References

* “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė‎ (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 16: “Ana — ji”

## Scots
### Adverb

ana (not comparable)
* Alternative form of an a'

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

ana
* inflection of -wa na:
** third-person singular present affirmative
** m-wa class subject inflected singular present affirmative

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German ahnen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɑːna/

### Verb

ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)
* to have a feeling that something will happen, has happened or is in a certain way, without really having firm reason for the belief
    Jag anar att någon kommer att känna igen honom trots förklädnaden.I have a feeling that someone will recognize him despite the disguise.
* to see, make out, discern (with difficulty)
    Jag tror jag anar en katt i den busken.I think I can see a cat in that bush.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* aning
* ana oråd
* ana ugglor i mossen
* det ante mig

### Noun

ana c
* (genealogy) ancestor, forefather
    Synonym: förfader

### References

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

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.na]

### Pronoun

ana (subject clitic i, possessive prefix na or nga, Jawi أن)
* (human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they
* (polite, unknown gender) third-person singular pronoun, he, she, the singular they
    ginado se ana ― ask them (literally, “ask he/she”)
* preceding a name, indicates a family or group of people
    ana Nutfah ― Nutfah and them (family, the people she's with, etc.)

#### Usage notes

Historically and poetically, ana may collocate with the subject clitic yo as well.

#### See also

* unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
* m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
* 1 - for mixed-gender groups
* † - archaic

### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.na]
* Hyphenation: a‧na

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognates include Hawaiian ana and Samoan ana.

#### Noun

ana
* cave, den
* hold (of a ship)

#### Verb

ana
* (intransitive, + i) to live, dwell (in caves)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-na. Cognates include Hawaiian āna and Samoan āna.

#### Pronoun

a ana
* (alienable) his, hers

##### See also

$^{1)}$ Sympathetic *) Only the singular pronouns differ from the personal pronouns

#### Determiner

ana
* (alienable) his, her

##### See also

$^{1)}$ Sympathetic

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 15

## Tooro
### Etymology

Sense 2 is a clipping of makumi ana (“forty”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /áːna/

### Numeral

ana
* class 6 form of -na (“four”)
* forty

#### Usage notes

* Sense 2 (forty) cannot not used when a class 6 noun precedes it, in which case it means "four". makumi ana is used instead.

## Turkish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːna/

#### Noun

ana
* dative singular of an

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آننه, انا, from Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰣𐰀 (ana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.na/

#### Noun

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)
* mother
    Synonym: anne
    Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.You will see! I will complain about you to my mother.

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
ana
analar
definite accusative
anayı
anaları
dative
anaya
analara
locative
anada
analarda
ablative
anadan
analardan
genitive
ananın
anaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
anam
analarım
2nd singular
anan
anaların
3rd singular
anası
anaları
1st plural
anamız
analarımız
2nd plural
ananız
analarınız
3rd plural
anaları
anaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
anamı
analarımı
2nd singular
ananı
analarını
3rd singular
anasını
analarını
1st plural
anamızı
analarımızı
2nd plural
ananızı
analarınızı
3rd plural
analarını
analarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
anama
analarıma
2nd singular
anana
analarına
3rd singular
anasına
analarına
1st plural
anamıza
analarımıza
2nd plural
ananıza
analarınıza
3rd plural
analarına
analarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
anamda
analarımda
2nd singular
ananda
analarında
3rd singular
anasında
analarında
1st plural
anamızda
analarımızda
2nd plural
ananızda
analarınızda
3rd plural
analarında
analarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
anamdan
analarımdan
2nd singular
anandan
analarından
3rd singular
anasından
analarından
1st plural
anamızdan
analarımızdan
2nd plural
ananızdan
analarınızdan
3rd plural
analarından
analarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
anamın
analarımın
2nd singular
ananın
analarının
3rd singular
anasının
analarının
1st plural
anamızın
analarımızın
2nd plural
ananızın
analarınızın
3rd plural
analarının
analarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
anayım
analarım
2nd singular
anasın
analarsın
3rd singular
ana anadır
analar analardır
1st plural
anayız
analarız
2nd plural
anasınız
analarsınız
3rd plural
analar
analardır :

##### Derived terms

* analı
* analık
* anasız
* anasızlık

#### Adjective

ana
* main
    Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı.When the main fuse blew, the whole house was left in the dark.
* fundamental

##### Derived terms

* anayasa

#### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آننه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 40
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 205

### See also

* anne

## Vilamovian
### Alternative forms

* an

### Conjunction

ana
* and

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.na/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

ana
* (interrogative) where is, how are

#### Usage notes

This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.

#### See also

* fan

## Yola
### Preposition

ana
* Alternative form of on
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ànọ́

### Etymology 1

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ná (“to spend”), literally “that which time has already been spent on”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.nã́/

#### Noun

àná
* yesterday
* (euphemistic) deceased, late
    Synonym: olóògbé

##### Derived terms

* àtànámánàá (“throughout all yesterday”)

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala àna

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.nã̄/
* (Ekiti, Ifẹ) IPA: /à.nã̀/

#### Noun

àna or ànà
* in-law
    Synonym: (Oǹdó) àlè

##### Usage notes

* The form ànà is only used among speakers of the Ifẹ̀ and Èkìtì dialects

##### Derived terms

* ìmàna (“a ceremony before a wedding where the bride and groom's families formally meet”)
* owó ìdána (“brideprice”)

## Zazaki
### Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish ana (“mother”).

### Noun

ana
* mam
* mother