# chana
## English
### Alternative forms

* chaná
* channa

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चना (canā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʌnə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːnə/

### Noun

chana (usually uncountable, plural chanas)
* (India, cooking) A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
* (India) Chickpeas.
    Synonym: kadala

#### Derived terms

* chana dal

## Aka-Bea
### Noun

chana
* woman; (before a name) Mrs

## Garo
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

chana (transitive)
* to put on the fire, have on the fire (of a cooking pot)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

chana (transitive)
* to count
* to track, follow the tracks (as when hunting animals)

## Irish
### Noun

chana m sg
* Lenited form of cana.

### Verb

chana
* Lenited form of cana.

## Middle Irish
### Noun

chana m
* Lenited form of cana.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxa.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: cha‧na

### Noun

chana m
* genitive singular of chan
* accusative singular of chan

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɐ.nɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɐ.nɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: cha‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chokwe [Term?]

#### Noun

chana f (plural chanas)
* (Angola, geography) savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)
    Synonyms: savana, (Angola) anhara

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

chana f (plural chanas)
* (Can we verify this sense?) (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

### References

* ↑ “chana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃana/ [ˈt͡ʃa.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: cha‧na

### Noun

chana f (plural chanas)
* (Chile, slang) Term applied to a lower‐class woman not desired for a longer relationship

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-chana (infinitive kuchana)
* to tear, to separate
* to comb

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -chana :
| Positive present | -nachana |
| Subjunctive | -chane |
| Negative | -chani |
| Imperative singular | chana |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuchana |
| Negative | kutochana |
Imperatives :
| Singular | chana |
| Plural | chaneni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huchana |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lichana |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuchana |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tachana |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tachana |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sichane |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngechana |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singechana |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalichana |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalichana |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mechana |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshachana |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jachana |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kichana |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipochana |
| Consecutive | kachana / positive subject concord + -kachana |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kachane |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Passive: -chanwa
** Stative: -chanika (“to be torn”)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈχana/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈχaːna/, /ˈχana/

### Verb

chana
* Aspirate mutation of cana.

### Mutation

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

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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

### Verb

-châna
* (transitive) to recognize
* to hit the mark

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.