ana-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.

Prefix

ana-

1. up, above, upward

   e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph

2. again

   e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic

3. backward in direction, reversed

   e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase

4. thoroughly

   e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy

5. against

   e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin

6. distal, away from

   e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic

7. to grow or change in place; functionally similar

   e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch

Synonyms

• (up): supra-
• (again): re-
• (reversed): un-
• (thoroughly): per-, pur-
• (against): contra-, counter-
• (distal): disto-, extra-
• (functionally similar): quasi-

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "up"): cata-
• (antonym(s) of "again"): removal of prefix
• (antonym(s) of "distal"): cata-, proxi-

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

French

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

ana-

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰-

Indonesian

Etymology

From English ana-, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ana

Prefix

ana-

1. up

   e.g. anatomi

2. again

   e.g. analogi

Alternative forms

• an-

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ana-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-).

Prefix

ana-

2. ana-

Alternative forms

• anai- (before slender consonants)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Prefix

ana-

1. Munster form of an- (“very, great”)

Usage notes

Triggers lenition of a following consonant. The variant an- is used before vowels instead.

• ana-bheag

  very small

Derived terms

Related terms

• an- (used before a vowel in Munster; used in all positions in Connacht and Ulster)

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

Prefix

ana-

1. ana- (almost always words of Greek origin)
2. (chemistry) ana- (derived from naphthalene or quinoline)(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Alternative form of a- before a vowel

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ana- (“on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

Prefix

ana-

1. Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.

   anawerpan "to throw upon"

2. in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation

   anagiboran "inborn"

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-). Doublet of na-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧na

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

   ‎ana- + ‎faza → ‎anafaza

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

Prefix

ana-

1. ana- (up; upwards)

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Prefix

ana-

1. Alternative form of an-

Derived terms

• ana-blasta
• ana-caitheamh
• ana-gaisgeach
• ana-cothrom
• ana-miann
• ola ana-chuileag

Spanish

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ana-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014