# -ana
## English
### Alternative forms

* -iana

### Etymology

From Latin -āna (neuter plural of -ānus).

### Suffix

-ana
* a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc.
    Synonyms: -ia, -ica

#### Usage notes

All the formations from this suffix are pluralia tantum.

#### Derived terms

* ana

### Anagrams

* A.A.N., Aan, naa

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.na]

### Suffix

-ana
* feminine singular of -à

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -na (conditional suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɒnɒ]

### Suffix

-ana
* (conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
    ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-ana → ‎tanítana (“he/she would teach”)

#### Usage notes

| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -nék | -nék | -nék |
| én | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anék | -enék | -enék |
| te | 2nd person singular | -nál | -nél | -nél |
| te | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anál | -enél | -enél |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | -na | -ne | -ne |
| ő maga ön | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -ana | -ene | -ene |
| mi | 1st person plural | -nánk | -nénk | -nénk |
| mi | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anánk | -enénk | -enénk |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | -nétek |
| ti | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anátok | -enétek | -enétek |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -nának | -nének | -nének |
| ők maguk önök | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anának | -enének | -enének |
| See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |||||
* (conditional suffix) Variants:
    -na is added to most back vowel verbs
       ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-na → ‎várna (“he/she would wait”)
    -ne is added to most front vowel verbs
       ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-ne → ‎kérne (“he/she would ask”)
    -ana is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
       ‎mond (“to say something”) + ‎-ana → ‎mondana (“he/she would say something”)
       ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-ana → ‎tanítana (“he/she would teach”)
    -ene is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
       ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-ene → ‎festene (“he/she would paint”)
       ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-ene → ‎segítene (“he/she would help”)

### See also

* Category:Hungarian verb forms
* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English -ane.

### Suffix

-ana
* -ane
** (organic chemistry) a saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane
** (inorganic chemistry) a simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid

### See also

* -ena
* -una

## Interlingua
### Alternative forms

* -iana

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈana/

### Suffix

-ana
* female equivalent of -ano

### References

* Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* -āna: (Classical Latin) IPA: /aː.na/, [äːnä]
* -āna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a.na/, [änä]
* -ānā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /aː.naː/, [äːnäː]
* -ānā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a.na/, [änä]

### Suffix

-āna
* inflection of -ānus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Suffix

-ānā
* ablative feminine singular of -ānus

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.

#### Derived terms
## 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)

### Suffix

-ana n
* Verbal noun (neuter), formed on root.

#### Usage notes

Independent vowels and vowel bearers are shown in the list of alternative forms to accord with basic grammar rules. These are converted to dependent vowels when the suffix is used.

#### Derived terms

Words using this suffix are listed in their own category. Note that normally only the Latin script forms are listed, as etymology sections are normally restricted to the Latin script form.

## Phuthi
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

#### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
* Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

#### Suffix

-ana
* each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

##### Derived terms
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-ana m anim
* genitive/accusative singular of -an

### Suffix

-ana
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of -any

## Portuguese
### Suffix

-ana f (masculine -ano)
* feminine singular of -ano
* female equivalent of -ano

## Serbo-Croatian
### Suffix

-ana (Cyrillic spelling -ана)
* Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a place where an action occurs, relatives or to form a proper name.

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈana/ [ˈa.na]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: -a‧na

### Suffix

-ana f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anas)
* female equivalent of -ano

### Suffix

-ana f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)
* feminine singular of -ano

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

### Suffix

-ana
* each other; reciprocal suffix
    ‎-ona (“to see”) + ‎-ana → ‎-onana (“to see each other”)

#### Usage notes

* One or more of the participants of the reciprocal action can be treated like an object introduced with the preposition na:
    Nilikutana na rais.I met the president.
* In verbs ending in -i or -u, the appropriate applicative suffix is added before the reciprocal suffix, even when an applicative meaning is not intended or when an applicative form does not exist:
    ‎-sahau (“to forget”) + ‎-lia + ‎-ana → ‎-sahauliana (“to forget each other”)
    ‎-fahamu (“to know”) + ‎-ia + ‎-ana → ‎-fahamiana (“to know each other”)

#### Derived terms

* Swahili reciprocal verbs

## Swazi
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

#### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
* Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

#### Suffix

-ana
* each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

##### Derived terms
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ana.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈana/ [ˈaː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: -a‧na

### Suffix

-ana (noun-forming suffix, adjective-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜈ)
* female equivalent of -ano
    ‎probinsiya (“province”) + ‎-ana → ‎probinsiyana (“female provincial”)
    ‎Korea (“Korea”) + ‎-ana → ‎Koreana (“female Korean”)
    ‎Amerika (“America”) + ‎-ana → ‎Amerikana (“female American”)
    ‎Italya (“Italy”) + ‎-ana → ‎Italyana (“female Italian”)
    ‎Cebu (“Cebu”) + ‎-ana → ‎Cebuana (“female person from Cebu”)
    ‎Bikol (“Bicol”) + ‎-ana → ‎Bikolana (“female person from Bikol region”)
    ‎Ilokos (“Ilocos”) + ‎-ana → ‎Ilokana (“female person from Ilocos region”)

#### Usage notes

* Forms female demonym nouns, which can also be used as adjectives.

#### See also

* -enyo
* -ense
* taga-

## Tswana
### Alternative forms

* -ane

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”).

#### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
* Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

#### Suffix

-ana
* each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

##### Derived terms
## Xhosa
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

#### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
* Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

#### Suffix

-ana
* each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

##### Derived terms
## Zulu
### Alternative forms

* -ane

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

#### Suffix

-ana
* Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
* Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".
* (used in compounds) child

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

#### Suffix

-ana
* each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

##### Derived terms
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ana”