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Translingual

Symbol

ane

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Xârâcùù.

See also

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (ancestor). Cognate to Old High German ano (grandfather, great-grandfather, forefather), ana (grandmother, great-grandmother, ancestress), Old Prussian ane (old mother), Lithuanian anýta (mother-in-law).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ane f

  1. old mother

Alemannic German

Adverb

ane

  1. Alternative form of ääne
    Ich bi rächt jung gsi, als ich da ane cho bi.
    I was very young when I was brought here.

Balinese

Romanization

ane

  1. Nonstandard form of ané. Romanization of ᬳᬦᬾ

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, ānu, āno, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu, *ēnō (without). Cognate with German ohne, Icelandic án.

Preposition

ane

  1. (Sette Comuni, + accusative) without
    Ich pin nòch ane bètze.
    I'm still without money.
    Ane èssan manzich nèt léeban.
    You can't live without eating.

References

  • “ane” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Copainalá Zoque

Noun

ane

  1. tortilla

Derived terms

References

  • Harrison, Roy, Harrison, Margaret, García H., Cástulo (1981) Diccionario zoque de Copainalá (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 23)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 16

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German or Middle High German ane, from Old High German ano.

Noun

ane c (singular definite anen, plural indefinite aner)

  1. forefather
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From German ahnen.

Verb

ane (imperative an, infinitive at ane, present tense aner, past tense anede, perfect tense har anet)

  1. guess
  2. suspect (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
  3. glimpse
Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

From the verb anoa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑneˣ/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑne
  • Hyphenation(key): ane

Noun

ane

  1. indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution)

Declension

Inflection of ane (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative ane aneet
genitive aneen aneiden
aneitten
partitive anetta aneita
illative aneeseen aneisiin
aneihin
singular plural
nominative ane aneet
accusative nom. ane aneet
gen. aneen
genitive aneen aneiden
aneitten
partitive anetta aneita
inessive aneessa aneissa
elative aneesta aneista
illative aneeseen aneisiin
aneihin
adessive aneella aneilla
ablative aneelta aneilta
allative aneelle aneille
essive aneena aneina
translative aneeksi aneiksi
abessive aneetta aneitta
instructive anein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ane (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aneeni aneeni
accusative nom. aneeni aneeni
gen. aneeni
genitive aneeni aneideni
aneitteni
partitive anettani aneitani
inessive aneessani aneissani
elative aneestani aneistani
illative aneeseeni aneisiini
aneihini
adessive aneellani aneillani
ablative aneeltani aneiltani
allative aneelleni aneilleni
essive aneenani aneinani
translative aneekseni aneikseni
abessive aneettani aneittani
instructive
comitative aneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aneesi aneesi
accusative nom. aneesi aneesi
gen. aneesi
genitive aneesi aneidesi
aneittesi
partitive anettasi aneitasi
inessive aneessasi aneissasi
elative aneestasi aneistasi
illative aneeseesi aneisiisi
aneihisi
adessive aneellasi aneillasi
ablative aneeltasi aneiltasi
allative aneellesi aneillesi
essive aneenasi aneinasi
translative aneeksesi aneiksesi
abessive aneettasi aneittasi
instructive
comitative aneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aneemme aneemme
accusative nom. aneemme aneemme
gen. aneemme
genitive aneemme aneidemme
aneittemme
partitive anettamme aneitamme
inessive aneessamme aneissamme
elative aneestamme aneistamme
illative aneeseemme aneisiimme
aneihimme
adessive aneellamme aneillamme
ablative aneeltamme aneiltamme
allative aneellemme aneillemme
essive aneenamme aneinamme
translative aneeksemme aneiksemme
abessive aneettamme aneittamme
instructive
comitative aneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aneenne aneenne
accusative nom. aneenne aneenne
gen. aneenne
genitive aneenne aneidenne
aneittenne
partitive anettanne aneitanne
inessive aneessanne aneissanne
elative aneestanne aneistanne
illative aneeseenne aneisiinne
aneihinne
adessive aneellanne aneillanne
ablative aneeltanne aneiltanne
allative aneellenne aneillenne
essive aneenanne aneinanne
translative aneeksenne aneiksenne
abessive aneettanne aneittanne
instructive
comitative aneinenne

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French année (year).

Pronunciation

Noun

ane

  1. year

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ane, from Proto-Oceanic *ane, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay, from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.

Pronunciation

Noun

ane

  1. mite (insect)
  2. ringworm

Derived terms

Verb

ane

  1. (stative) insect-eaten
  2. gnawed

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ane”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Betawi Kota ane, from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā). Doublet of ana.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ane

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of saya
  2. (colloquial) Synonym of aku

Usage notes

  • Usually used when transaction in

online shopping.

Japanese

Romanization

ane

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あね

Latin

Noun

āne

  1. vocative singular of ānus

Lithuanian

Etymology

Derhotacization of ar ne.

Particle

ane

  1. (colloquial) Final interrogative particle, forming a yes/no question from a declarative statement..

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ane (“termite” – compare with Hawaiian ane, Samoan ane), from Proto-Oceanic *ane (compare with Fijian yane),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay (compare with Malay anai-anai, Tagalog anay), from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.[2] Original sense of insect lost by semantic broadening.[3]

Noun

ane

  1. (obsolete) termite

Verb

ane (in the form anea)

  1. to decay, to destroy

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pond, Wendy (1983) “Solving A Linguistic Murder With The Aid of Entomology”, in The Wētā, volume 6, number 1, The Entomological Society of New Zealand, page 3
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 394
  3. ^ Finegan, Edward, Besnier, Niko (1989) Language: Its Structure and Use, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 291

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “anea”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 11
  • ane” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

Preposition

āne

  1. on, on top of
  2. on, on the side of
  3. beside, alongside
  4. to, towards (also as strengthening of the dative case)
  5. during
Alternative forms

Adverb

āne

  1. towards, closer

Descendants

  • Dutch: aan, (unstressed pronunciation spelling) an
    • Afrikaans: aan
    • Jersey Dutch: ân
    • Negerhollands: aan, an
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: an
  • Limburgish: aan

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch āna, from Proto-Germanic *ēnō (without).

Preposition

âne

  1. without
  2. against, without regard for

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Article

ane

  1. accusative/genitive/dative of an
  2. Alternative form of an
Usage notes
  • Early on in the period, this inflection of the indefinite article was reserved for feminine nouns. Later in the period it came to be used in the oblique case or stylistically with all nouns regardless of gender (alongside the collapse of grammatical gender) and eventually disappeared altogether.

Etymology 2

Numeral

ane

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of oon

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German āno, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.

Preposition

āne

  1. (+accusative) without

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “âne”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Motu

Noun

ane

  1. hymn

Nandi

Pronunciation

  • Accusative Secondary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /ánêː/
  • Accusative Primary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /ácêːk/
  • Nominative Secondary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /áneː/
  • Nominative Primary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /áceːk/

Pronoun

ane

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Derived terms

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈane/

Verb

ane

  1. inflection of atnit:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Low German anen.

Cognate with German ahnen, Dutch anen, Saterland Frisian oanje, German Low German ahnen and Luxembourgish ahnen.

Pronunciation

Verb

ane (imperative an, present tense aner, passive anes, simple past ante, past participle ant, present participle anende, verbal noun aning or anelse or anen)

  1. guess, sense (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility)
    • 1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 158:
      jeg burde have anet, at noget sligt vilde ske. Jeg burde have forudset det
      I should have guessed that something like this would happen. I should have foreseen it
    • 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 193:
      de vise mænd har syn, hvor folket aner
      the wise men have visions where the people sense
    • 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 65:
      jeg aner uklart, hvad jeg ej kan fatte
      I have no idea what I do not understand
    • 1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 281:
      [lille Carsten] havde ejet mere end moderen anede
      had owned more than his mother knew
    • 1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 154:
      [skjønnheten i] Mozarts verker atter at anes af de få, … gjennem hans geni værdige oppførelser
      Mozart's works to be sensed again by the few,… through his genius worthy performances
    • 1911, Sigrid Undset, Jenny, page 5:
      der hvor Helge ante elvens løp
      where Helge sensed the course of the river
    • 1958, Dagbladet:
      smekkfullt var det i Aulaen lørdag, og så bom stille at en kunne ane sidemannen puste
      it was packed in the auditorium on Saturday, and so quiet that one could sense the person next to you breathing
    • 1989, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Den guddommelige tragedie:
      du begynner å ane hvor det bærer hen
      you begin to sense where it is heading
    • 2010, Gro Dahle, Blomsterhandlersken:
      vi begynner å ane konturene av et rituale
      we begin to sense the contours of a ritual
    • 1988, Arild Nyquist, Giacomettis forunderlige reise:
      her kommer jeg gående og aner fred og ingen fare, og så …
      here I come walking and sense peace and no danger, and so …
    • 1918, Amalie Pettersen, Pettersens paa Persroas Pensjonat, page 7:
      vi kan jo ikke boltre os som jobberne, men bryder ikke freden ud, mens vi aner krig og ingen fare, behøver du ikke at knusle
      we can not frolic like the workers, but do not break the peace while we sense war and no danger, you do not have to be cheap
    • 1999, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Sigbrits bålferd:
      jeg ante uråd og ventet meg det verste på en dag som denne
      I sensed trouble and expected the worst on a day like this
    ane fred og ingen faresense peace and no danger (to be unprepared before an occurrence)
    ane urådsense uneasiness (to suspect that something could be wrong)
    Synonyms: gjette, fornemme
  2. suspect, assume (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
    • 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 215:
      ja, ja, det aner mig! Det er forbi!
      yes, yes, I suspect it! It's over!
    • 1910, Hans E. Kinck, Den sidste gjest, page 314:
      jo tak, det ante mig!
      yes thank you, I suspected that!
    • 1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 39:
      det anede ham
      he assumed so
    • 1987, Ebba Haslund, Som plommen i egget, page 55:
      det ante meg at bønnesuppe med surt og søtt var like vondt som den viste seg å være
      it occurred to me that bean soup with sour and sweet was as painful as it turned out to be
    • 1983, Liv Køltzow, April/November, page 54:
      det å ane henne at hun ikke kunne stille noe opp mot dette mønsteret
      she to suspect that she could not stand up to this pattern
    det ante meg at det ville gå slik
    I suspected that it would go that way
    Synonym: anta
  3. (obsolete, literary) to be a glimpse (something barely noticeable), to spot
    • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 55:
      en vandrer standser og ser verk og kommer dens anende drift ihu
      a wanderer stops and sees the work of and remembers its suspicious drift
    • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker II, page 128:
      denne længselsfulde skuen er kun anet harmoni
      this yearning sight is only a hint of harmony
    Synonym: skimte
  4. (used with a pronoun or adverb, in a negative manner) to know
    • 1936, Sfinx, Kjent folk gjennem årene, page 100:
      jeg opfattet ikke navnet i surret omkring mig, og dessuten så ante jeg altså ikke pastor Heuch til Slottskapellet
      I did not perceive the name in the buzz around me, and besides, I did not anticipate Pastor Heuch to the Castle Chapel
    • 1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 146:
      ingen aner, at der er noget imellem os to
      no one knows, that there is anything between the two of us
    • 1928, Helge Krog, Blåpapiret, page 72:
      Ludvig aner jo ingenting om det hele
      Ludvig has no idea about it all
    • 1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 234:
      det farlige begyndte under disse … samtaletimer, uden at jeg anede det
      the danger began during these … conversation hours, without me knowing it
    • 1930, Sigurd Hoel og Helge Krog, Don Juan, page 152:
      du aner mig ikke. Du har ikke sett mig en gang!
      you have no idea me. You haven't even seen me!
    • 1924, Arnulf Øverland, Brød og vin, page 15:
      utenfor [min tankes] baner ligger der lande, som jeg neppe aner
      outside paths lie there lands, which I have little idea
    • 1991, Olav Angell, Oslo i skumring:
      du ser rødt og slår om deg, uten å ane hvem du kjemper mot
      you look red and turn around, having no idea who you are fighting against
    • 2001, Tonje Røed, Udødelig med deg:
      jeg avskydde ham. Han var så ekkel, dere aner ikke
      I despised him. He was so disgusting, you have no idea
    • 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør, page X:
      han nikker, later som han forstår selv om han ikke aner hva jeg snakker om
      he nods, pretending to understand even though he has no idea what I'm talking about
    • 1931, Cora Sandel, Alberte og friheten, page 148:
      der er Veigård med bøker under armen, intet ondt anende naturligvis, som mannfolk er det
      there is Veigård with books under his arm, sensing nothing bad of course, as men are
    han ante ikke at du var her
    he did not know that you were here
    jeg aner ikke!
    I have no idea!
    intet ondt anendeknowing nothing bad (without knowing anything bad or evil)
    Synonym: vite
Usage notes

When the verb has the meaning of suspecting or assuming, it is only used with the determiner "det" (it).

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Etymology 2

From Middle Low German ane, an, from Proto-Germanic *anô (male ancestor; forefather), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (on, onto).

Cognate with German Ahn, Latin anus, Yiddish אָן (on), Danish ane and possibly Icelandic ái.

Noun

ane m (definite singular anen, indefinite plural aner, definite plural anene)

  1. (chiefly plural) an ancestor; ancestry (deceased relative a good distance back in time)
    Synonym: opphav
    Ha fine aner.
    Have fine ancestry.
    • 1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VII, page 472:
      den norske tunges odelsbaarne afætlinger af gammelnorske aner
      the Norwegian noble ancestral descendants of Old Norse ancestry
    • 1927, Øvre Richter Frich, Slangeblomsten fra Magdala, page 28:
      anerne stirrer … ned paa en eller anden svakhodet efterkommer i store chateauer
      the ancestors stare… down at some weak-headed offspring in large chateaus
    • 2011, Carl Emil Vogt, Fridtjof Nansen:
      Brenda hadde norske aner
      Brenda had Norwegian ancestry
  2. (biology, chiefly plural) a concestor (the last common ancestor, especially of several different species)
    Synonyms: stamform, stamart
    • 2010 March 5, Svalbardposten, page 13:
      isbjørnen og brunbjørnen har … felles aner
      the polar bear and the brown bear have … common ancestry
  3. a predecessor (person who is the origin of something)
    Synonym: forgjenger
    • 1934, Olaf Gjerløw, Norges politiske historie I, page 73:
      som ane betraktet virker jo Johan Sverdrup betydelig flottere [enn Jaabæk]
      as a predecessor, Johan Sverdrup seems significantly nicer
  4. (dignified, in the plural) origins, history
    • 1997, Gunnar Staalesen, 1900 Morgenrød:
      gymnasiesamfunnet på Bergens Katedralskole hadde aner fra før 1860, da den offisielle stiftelsen fant sted
      the high school community at Bergen Cathedral School had ancestry from before 1860, when the official foundation took place

Etymology 3

Alternative form of ånde (breath), from Danish ånde (breath), from Old Danish andæ, from Old Norse andi (breath; spirit, soul), from Proto-Germanic *anadô (breath; spirit, zeal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-dʰō, from *h₂enh₁- (to breathe, blow), likely of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

ane m (definite singular anen, indefinite plural aner, definite plural anene)

  1. Alternative spelling of ånde

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German anen.

Pronunciation

Verb

ane (imperative an, present tense anar or aner, passive anes, simple past ana or ante, past participle ana or ant)

  1. guess
  2. suspect (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
  3. glimpse

Derived terms

References

Nyishi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *nə, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *n(y)u.

Noun

ane

  1. mother

References

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, ān (one) +‎ -e.

Alternative forms

Adverb

āne

  1. alone, only
  2. once
Synonyms

References

Etymology 2

Adjective

āne

  1. inflection of ān:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular
    3. strong nominative/accusative plural

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ane

  1. optative active singular of anati (to breathe)

Noun

ane

  1. locative singular of ana (cart)

Rayón Zoque

Noun

ane

  1. tortilla

Derived terms

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Scots

Scots numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: ane
    Attributive: ae
    Ordinal: first

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Northern Middle English an, from Old English ān (one), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one).

Pronunciation

Numeral

ane

  1. one

Usage notes

  • ae is used before nouns instead.

References

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ene (whence also Tocharian B eneṃ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (in), the same source as a(n)- (intensifying prefix). The exact form is uncertain, but may be from *h₁n̥dó (into, inside). If so, cognate with Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon) (whence English endo-), Irish ann (there), etc.

Adverb

ane

  1. inside, within, herein

Uab Meto

Noun

ane

  1. rice

Yola

Numeral

ane

  1. Alternative form of oan
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:
      Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,
      We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,

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 114