gana

gana

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

gana

1. Romanization of ᬕᬦ
2. Romanization of ᬕᬵᬦ
3. Romanization of ᬕᬡ
4. Romanization of ᬖᬦ

Borrowed from Spanish ganar (“to win”).

• Hyphenation: ga‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/

gana

1. victorious; triumphant

   Synonym: daog

gana

1. win; victory; triumph

   Antonym: daog

2. appetite
3. enthusiasm

   Synonym: entusiyasmo

4. function

   Synonym: andar

gana

1. Soft mutation of kana.

Unknown, maybe related to Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*ganan, “to covet”)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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• Homophone: Ghana

gana f (plural ganes)

1. hunger (desire for food)

   Synonym: fam

2. (especially in the plural) desire to do something

   tenir ganes ― to feel like, fancy (literally, “to have desires”)

• “gana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Spanish gana.

• Hyphenation: ga‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/

gana

1. appetite
2. desire

gana

1. to work
2. to start up

Attested since 1671. From Spanish gana, maybe from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*ganan, “to covet”) .^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡana̝/

gana f (plural ganas)

1. desire to do something; zest

   Synonym: desexo

2. appetite

   Synonym: apetito

3. ill will
4. urge

   Tes gana de mexar? ― Do you feel the urge to piss?

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gana”, 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), “gana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

gana

1. inflection of ganir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Compare Wiradjuri ganang.

gana

1. liver

gana

1. to wear

Borrowed from Spanish gana.

gana

1. appetite, desire

gana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ganaði, supine ganað)

1. rush, run frantically, act recklessly

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ga‧na

Borrowed from Arabic غَنَاء (ḡanāʔ).

gana (plural gana-gana)

1. wealth

   Synonym: kekayaan

gana (plural gana-gana)

1. Alternative spelling of ganar (“confused, mad”)

gana (plural gana-gana)

1. (archaic) decorative form in the form of a small child

Borrowed from Malay .

gana

1. (dialect, Riau) to carry something together, one person carrying it in front, one person behind

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦤ (gana, “bee larvae”), from Old Javanese gaṇa (“host, group; a kind of demi-god; number; a certain military subdivision”), from Sanskrit गण (gaṇa, “flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants”).

gana (plural gana-gana)

1. (dialect, Java) young wasp

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

gana

1. Romanization of ꦒꦤ

From Sudanese Arabic قنا (gana).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/,

gana

1. bamboo

• Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎, 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 20

Cognate with Lithuanian ganà (“enough, rather, fairly”).

gana

1. enough

gana m

1. genitive singular of gans

Of unclear origin.^[1] According to Derksen, from a Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to flourish, swell; enough, numerous”),^[2] which he appears to consider the same as *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay”) (whence giñti (“drive, chase”)), perhaps via semantic shifts "slay" > "booty (from spoils of war)" > "flourish". Cognate with Latvian gana (“enough, rather, fairly”),^[3] Old Church Slavonic гонѣти (goněti, “to suffice”); outside of Balto-Slavic, compare tentatively Sanskrit घन (ghaná, “dense, thick”), Sanskrit आहनस् (āhanás, “thriving, full”), Old Armenian յոգն (yogn, “plenty”), Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, complete”).

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ganà

1. enough, sufficiently

   Synonyms: pakanka, užtenka, pakankamai, užtektinai

   Aš turiu gana pinigų. ― I have enough money.

   Gana jau, gana! ― Enough already, enough!

2. rather, fairly

   Synonyms: gerokai, pakankamai

   Jis gana trumpas. ― He is rather short.

• ganė́ti (“to suffice”)
• gandė́tis (“to fear, be afraid”)

• “gana”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гонезнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/,
• Hyphenation: ga‧na

gana (Lontara spelling ᨁᨊ)

1. female (of animals and plants)

   Jangang ganaya ― The hen

• In most dialects, the word tends to be derogatory in nature when applied in the human sense, akin to addressing someone with the word bitch.

• baine (of humans)

• laki (of animals and plants)
• bura'ne (of humans)

gana

1. to refuse

From Spanish gana.

gana

1. desire
2. wish
3. appetite

• Rhymes: -ɐnɐ

• Hyphenation: ga‧na
• Homophone: Gana

Borrowed from Spanish gana.

gana f (plural ganas)

1. a strong desire, willingness or enthusiasm to achieve something; impetus; spur

   Synonyms: garra, fome

2. ill will (aversion towards someone)

   Synonyms: aversão, ranço, desgosto, ódio

gana

1. inflection of ganir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• 𐴒𐴝𐴕𐴝 (gana) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Cognate with Bengali গান (gan).

gana (Hanifi spelling 𐴒𐴝𐴕𐴝)

1. song

• gan / 𐴒𐴝𐴕 (gan)

From Spanish gana.

gana

1. desire

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ga‧na
• Homophone: Ghana

Unknown, maybe related to Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*ganan, “to covet”) and thus ganar.

gana f (plural ganas)

1. (often in the plural) desire (to do something)

   Tengo ganas de irme.

   I've got an urge to leave.

   Lo que me da la gana.

   Whatever I feel like doing.

• → Cebuano: gana
• → Hiligaynon: gana
• → Sicilian: gana, jana
• → Tagalog: gana
• → Moroccan Arabic: ڭانة (gāna)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gana

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

• “gana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

-gana

1. to take/accept a lover (only said of a girl)

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Borrowed from Spanish gana.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ga‧na

gana (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ)

1. appetite; relish for food or drink
2. inclination; liking; motivation; willingness to do something
3. seal; enthusiasm; diligence

   Synonyms: sigla, sigasig

4. functioning (of machines)
5. salary; wages; income

   Synonyms: kita, suweldo, sahod

6. renumeration; reward; compensation

   Synonyms: gantimpagal, bayad, gantimpala

7. gain; profit

   Synonyms: tubo, ganansiya, pakinabang

8. interest from loans

   Synonyms: tubo, patubo, patong, interes

9. tight hold or grip (as of a wrench)

   Synonyms: hapit, kagat

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈna/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ga‧na

ganá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ)

1. at once; immediately

   Synonyms: agad, kaagad, pagdaka, pagkaraka

• gaan, anga, naga

gana

1. genitive singular of gan

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡana/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːna/, /ˈɡana/

gana

1. Soft mutation of cana.

• gãnna

Compare Ngiyambaa kanaa.

gana

1. shoulder
   • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:

     Gãnna—the shoulder.

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-gana

1. to marry, to choose a husband

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “gana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “gana (6.3)”