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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi अन्न (ann, food, grain), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

anna (plural annas)

  1. (historical) A former Indian coin.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈna/
  • Hyphenation: an‧na

Noun

anná f 

  1. aunt

Declension

Declension of anná
absolutive anná
predicative anná
subjective anná
genitive anná
Postpositioned forms
l-case annál
k-case annák
t-case annát
h-case annáh

Coordinate terms

  • ábu (maternal uncle)
  • qámmi (paternal uncle)

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Particle

anna (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Nuzi, El-Amarna)

  1.  yes, certainly
    Synonym: (Old Assyrian) 𒆠𒈾 (kēna)
    Antonym: 𒌌𒆷 (ulla)
    𒅗𒋗 𒀭𒈾 𒊮𒋗 𒌌𒆷
    [pīšu anna, libbašu ulla]
    KA-šu an-na ŠA₃-šu ul-la
    There is a yes in his mouth, but a no in his heart.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

References

  • “anna”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “anna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Finnish

Pronunciation

Verb

anna

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

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

anna

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anna from Proto-Germanic *azanōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

anna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative annaði, supine annað)

  1. to manage, be able to do
  2. (reflexive) to care for, to see to

Conjugation

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Verb

anna

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

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16

Japanese

Romanization

anna

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あんな

Latin

Verb

annā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of annō

References

  • anna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • anna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

anna

  1. feminine singular of annen
  2. neuter singular of annen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Determiner

anna

  1. feminine singular of annan
  2. neuter singular of annan

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: an‧na

Verb

anna

  1. to be able to do
  2. to bring to completion

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: anna

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “anna” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • anna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • anna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna, food).

Noun

anna n

  1. food, especially boiled rice
Declension

Etymology 2

See annā

Noun

anna

  1. vocative singular of annā (mummy)

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji anaa and Hadiyya anna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanːa/
  • Hyphenation: an‧na

Noun

anna m (plural annuuwa f)

  1. father

Declension

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “anna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban ; compare Ye'kwana anna.

Pronunciation

Noun

anna

  1. central field of a village community where a large meeting house is typically located; village square

References

  • Meira, Sérgio (1999) “anna”, in A Grammar of Tiriyó, Houston, page 648
  • Carlin, Eithne (2004) A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname, Frankfurt am Main, page 22

Turkmen

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Etymology

From Common Turkic *adna, from Persian آدینه (âdine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

anna (definite accusative annany, plural annalar)

  1. Friday

Further reading

  • anna” in Enedilim.com
  • anna” in Webonary.org

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV anna
Brazilian standard anna
New Tribes anna

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban ; compare Trió anna.

Pronunciation

Noun

anna

  1. central ground, central space, in particular:
    1. central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place
    2. (in modern, more dispersed villages) central field of a village community where the roundhouse is located, or the roundhouse itself

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “anna”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 386:anna'ka - (dining) room, main room
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “annai”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 22–26, 32, 34:annaka
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 49–50:anna