Nana - Wiktionary

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English

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Etymology 1

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An apheretic form of banana.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: näʹnə, IPA(key): /ˈnɑːnə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

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nana (plural nanas)

1. (informal) A banana.
2. (UK, slang) A foolish person. You look a right nana dressed up like that.

Alternative forms

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• 'nana, narna, narner

Etymology 2

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Variant spelling of nanna.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: nănʹə, IPA(key): /ˈnænə/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

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nana (plural nanas) (informal)

1. (term of endearment) One's grandmother.
2. A nanny.

Alternative forms

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• nanna, nan

Derived terms

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• nanaji

Anagrams

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• A.A.N.N., Anna, anan, anna, naan

Abidji

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Noun

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nana

1. grandfather

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: na‧na

Adjective

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nana

1. feminine singular of nanu

Balinese

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /nana/
• Hyphenation: na‧na

Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Noun

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nana (Balinese script ᬦᬦ)

1. head

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Adjective

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nana (ᬦᬦᬵ)

1. broken

Bambara

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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nana

1. past of na

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪a.n̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

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nanà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜈ)

1. pus

Derived terms

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• magnana
• manana
• mananaan
• nanaan

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.nə]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈna.na]

Adjective

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nana

1. feminine singular of nan

Noun

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nana f (plural nanes)

1. female equivalent of nan (“dwarf”)
2. female equivalent of nano (“boy”)
3. clipping of estrella nana (“dwarf star”)

Derived terms

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• nana blanca
• nana roja

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq. Compare Malay nanah.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: na‧na
• IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪a.n̪ɐʔ]

Noun

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nana

1. (uncountable) pus

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is this from Spanish nana?”

Noun

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nana

1. mother.

Central Mazahua

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is this from Spanish nana?”

Noun

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nana

1. mother

Champenois

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Etymology

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

Noun

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nana

1. (Sommepy) bread

References

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• Tarbé, Prosper (1851), Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎[2] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Cebuano nana.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/, [ˈna.naʔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧na

Noun

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nanà

1. (Zamboangueño) pus Synonym: (Caviteño, Ternateño) materia

Chickasaw

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Alternative forms

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• nanna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nana

1. something

Darkinjung

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nana

1. him (3rd person singular accusative)

Ese

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Noun

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nana

1. war

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From nano (“dwarf”, noun) +‎ -a (adjective ending), ultimately from Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: na‧na

Adjective

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nana (accusative singular nanan, plural nanaj, accusative plural nanajn)

1. dwarf

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana, from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

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nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

French

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Etymology

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Diminutive form of Anna, Anne, popularised after Émile Zola's 1880 novel Nana.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /na.na/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

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nana f (plural nanas)

1. (slang) chick, bird (especially when attractive) Synonym: meuf
   • 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs‎[3], Gallimard, →ISBN, page 19:Je suis le type qui vous vend de la merde. Qui vous fait rêver de ces choses que vous n’aurez jamais. Ciel toujours bleu, nanas jamais moches, un bonheur parfait, retouché sur Photoshop.I'm the guy who sells you shit. Who makes you dream of those things you'll never have. A sky that's always blue; chicks who are never ugly; a perfect, Photoshopped happiness.

Further reading

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• “nana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

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• Anna

Gabadi

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Pronoun

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nana

1. I; the first-person singular personal pronoun nana da aisa'aku ― I don't know.

References

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• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created November 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [4].
  • "nana" (1st person singular normal pronoun) - p.7
  • Example 1 - p.8

Galician

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Etymology

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Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana̝/

Noun

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nana f (plural nanas)

1. (archaic) mother; mama

Derived terms

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• nai

References

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• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nana”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garawa

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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nana

1. that Synonym: nanda

References

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• Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

Hadza

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Etymology

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naha +‎ -na

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /nana/

Adverb

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nana

1. there

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈna.na/, [ˈnɐ.nə]

Verb

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nana

1. Lānaʻi form of ulana (“to plait”)

Herero

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Verb

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nana

1. to pull

Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: na‧na
• IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

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nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Isnag

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

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nána

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈna.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: nà‧na

Adjective

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nana

1. feminine singular of nano

Noun

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nana f (plural nane)

1. female equivalent of nano (“dwarf”)

Anagrams

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• Anna, annà

Ivatan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Japanese

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Romanization

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nana

1. Rōmaji transcription of なな

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnanəʔ/ [ˈnäː.nəʔ]

Noun

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nánâ

1. (pathology) pus

Kituba

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Numeral

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nana

1. eight

Krisa

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nana

1. I

Latin

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Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.na]

Noun

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nāna f (genitive nānae); first declension

1. dwarf (female)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular	plural
nominative	nāna	nānae
genitive	nānae	nānārum
dative	nānae	nānīs
accusative	nānam	nānās
ablative	nānā	nānīs
vocative	nāna	nānae

Related terms

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• nānus

References

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• “nana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nana”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Livonian

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Noun

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nana

1. Salaca form of nanā (“nose”)

References

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• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

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nana

1. inflection of nan:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா (aṇṇā).

Pronunciation

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• (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /nanə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /nana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

Noun

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nana (Jawi spelling نان, plural nana-nana or nana2)

1. brother (older male sibling)

See also

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• abang
• kakak
• engko
• uda

Mansaka

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Noun

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nana

1. pus

Māori

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈnɐnɐ]

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”).[1][2] Doublet of nānā.

Interjection

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nana

1. lo, look, see, behold (imperative).

References

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1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “naa-naa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 261

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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nana

1. eyebrow

Further reading

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• “nana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Marshallese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• (phonetics) IPA(key): [nʲɑːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [nʲɑ nʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {nahnah}

Adjective

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nana

1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
4. inedible

References

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• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Noun

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nanà

1. pus

Michoacán Mazahua

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is this from Spanish nana?”

Noun

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nana

1. mother

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto nana and Nüpode Huitoto nana.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈnana]
• Hyphenation: na‧na

Determiner

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nana

1. all

Pronoun

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nana

1. all, everything, everyone
   • 1988, Homenaje a la Declaracion Universal de Derechos Humanos: Huitoto Murui [Homage to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Murui Huitoto], page 8:Nana caɨ comuillamona dama caɨ abɨdo itɨcaɨ.[We] all exist alone as to our growing with our bodies.

References

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• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[5] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 187
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[6], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154

Nias

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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nana (mutated form nana)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Northern Paiute

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Etymology

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Compare Cahuilla náxanish

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /nana/

Noun

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nana (plural naana)

1. man

Northern Sami

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Adjective

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nana

1. attributive of nanus

Oroqen

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Noun

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nana

1. skin, hide

Polish

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Pronunciation

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• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA(key): [ˈna.na]
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA(key): [ˈna.na]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Lublin) IPA(key): [ˈna.na]

Noun

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nana f

1. (Near Masovian, Łuków County, Western Lublin, Gmina Serniki, Kuyavia) alternative form of mama

Further reading

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• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “nana”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 220

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈna.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐnɐ

Etymology 1

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Either imitative or from Italian nanna.

Noun

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nana f (plural nanas)

1. (childish) nap; a quick or little sleep Synonyms: soneca, cochilo

Derived terms

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• nanar

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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nana

1. inflection of nanar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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• “nana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “nana”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “nana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sambali

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Noun

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nana

1. aunt

Noun

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nanà

1. pus

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /nǎːna/
• Hyphenation: na‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

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nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

1. mother
2. grandmother

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع (nane), from Arabic نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ), نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /nǎːna/
• Hyphenation: na‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

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nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на)

1. mint Synonym: mètvica

References

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• “nana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “nana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Simeulue

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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nana

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately imitative of a child babbling.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈna.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: na‧na

Noun

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nana f (plural nanas)

1. (Latin America) nanny Synonyms: niñera, ama
2. (colloquial) granny, grandmother Synonyms: abuela, yaya
3. (Chile) housekeeper
4. lullaby Synonym: canción de cuna
5. a kind of small sack
6. (dated, Guatemala) mommy; mom; mother

Coordinate terms

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• tata

Derived terms

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• del año de la nana

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Quechua nanay (“pain”).

Noun

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nana f (plural nanas)

1. (Rioplatense, Chile, childish) boo-boo Synonyms: pupa, yaya
2. (Rioplatense, Paraguay, chiefly in the plural) pains and aches of old age Synonym: achaque

Further reading

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• “nana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq. Compare Malay nanah.

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪aː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: na‧na

Noun

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nanà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

1. pus; matter Synonym: agwasa

Derived terms

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• magnana
• manana

See also

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• naknak

Etymology 2

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From Philippine Spanish nana (“mommy”). Compare Ilocano nana and Chamorro nåna. See also Classical Nahuatl nāntli (“mother”).

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈnana/ [ˈn̪aː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: na‧na

Noun

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nana (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ)

1. aunt Synonyms: tiya, tita, tiyang, tiyahin, ale, ante, inda
2. (obsolete, Manila) mother Synonyms: ina, nanay, mama

Coordinate terms

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• tata

Derived terms

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• nanang
• nanay

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /naˈnaʔ/ [n̪ɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: na‧na

Noun

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nanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜈ, corresponding to "na"

See also

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• na

Further reading

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• “nana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 853
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[7] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[8] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 409: “Materia) Nana (pp) de la llaga [o herida]”
  • page 439: “N) Nana (pc) Vna delas letras del Abeçedario Tagalog. |. Nana yaon .|. ᜈ . Aralan mo aco nang pagſulat nang iniong Nana, enſeñame a eſcriuir bueſtra letra .N.”
  • page 487: “Podre) Nana (pp) q̃ ſale de la herida.”

Tahitian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [nana]

Interjection

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nana

1. bye, goodbye

Toba Batak

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Alternative forms

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• ᯉᯉ

Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Upper Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈnana/

Noun

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nana

1. genitive/accusative singular of nan

Wanyi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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nana

1. that

References

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• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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nanà

1. pus; abscess

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is this from Spanish nana?”

Noun

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nana

1. mother.

Yogad

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Noun

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naná

1. pus; abscess