inna

English

Contraction

inna

1. (colloquial) In the.
   • 1991, The Beat:

     In state-of-the-art dance hall, the bass booms like electrified tympani, the snare gets busy inna quasimilitary techno stylee […]

   • 1999, SPIN, volume 15, number 8, page 155:

     Thrill as Babyface protégé Jon B sings "Pride & Joy" inna ragga stylee, and keep in mind that hardcore reggae (see last year's blockbuster "Who Am I") makes the best crossover.

See also

• onna

Anagrams

• NINA, Nina, nina

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinːa/,
• Hyphenation: in‧na

Noun

ínna m 

1. likeness

Usage notes

• inna is a dependent noun. This means that it cannot be used on its own and has to be preceded by a qualifier.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...ìnna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Gothic

Romanization

inna

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri yìnná (“aunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔín.nà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

innà f (possessed form innàr̃)

1. mother
2. maternal aunt
3. A polite term of address for any older woman.
4. (Hausa animistic religion) royal priestess
5. polio

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Hungarian

Etymology

iszik +‎ -na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: in‧na

Verb

inna

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of iszik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse inna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Verb

inna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative innti, supine innt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to do, to accomplish
2. (transitive, with accusative) to tell

Conjugation

Derived terms

• inna af hendi ("to get done, to accomplish")
• inna eftir ("to ask about")

Kavalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 印仔 (ìn-á, “stamp”).

Noun

inna

1. stamp

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• na

Article

inna

1. genitive singular feminine of in (triggers /h/-prothesis before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21^c3

     In tan téte a laithe di chiunn cosnaib gnimaib ⁊ cosnaib imnedaib gniter and, do·tét iarum imthánud aidche tara hæsi, co ndermanammar-ni inna imned sin i mbiam isind laithiu tri chumsanad inna aidche dod·iarmorat.

     When the day passes away with the deeds and the troubles that are done therein, then comes the alternation of night after it that we may forget those troubles in which we are in the day through the repose of the night that follows it.

2. nominative plural feminine/neuter of in (triggers /h/-prothesis before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^b15

     Inna ancride inna fochaide do·bertar forsin n-aís noib, ad·cobrat-sidi cumscugud fercæ Dǽ do thabairt díglae tara n-ési.

     The cruelties of the afflictions that are wrought on the saints desire the stirring of the anger of God to inflict vengeance on their behalf.

3. accusative plural of all genders of in (triggers /h/-prothesis before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21^c3

     In tan téte a laithe di chiunn cosnaib gnimaib ⁊ cosnaib imnedaib gniter and, do·tét iarum imthánud aidche tara hæsi, co ndermanammar-ni inna imned sin i mbiam isind laithiu tri chumsanad inna aidche dod·iarmorat.

     When the day passes away with the deeds and the troubles that are done therein, then comes the alternation of night after it that we may forget those troubles in which we are in the day through the repose of the night that follows it.

4. genitive plural of all genders of in (triggers eclipsis)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^b15

     Inna ancride inna fochaide do·bertar forsin n-aís noib, ad·cobrat-sidi cumscugud fercæ Dǽ do thabairt díglae tara n-ési.

     The cruelties of the afflictions that are wrought on the saints desire the stirring of the anger of God to inflict vengeance on their behalf.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of hi (“in”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

inna (‘his’/‘its’ triggers lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. in his/her/its/their
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^a4

     Rethit huili, et is oínḟer gaibes búaid diib inna chomalnad.

     All run, and it is one man of them who gets victory for completing it

     (literally, “in its completion).”)

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13^a12

     Má beid ní di rúnaib do·théi ar menmuin ind ḟir bíis inna ṡuidiu et ad·reig.

     If there are any of the mysteries that may come upon the mind of the man who is sitting, and he rises.

     (literally, “who is in his sitting”)

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 42^a4

     Ní·guid dígail du thabairt foraib, acht corru·anat inna arrad.

     He prays not that punishment should be inflicted on them, but that they may remain in his company.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

inna

1. to accomplish

Conjugation

Synonyms

• fremja
• vinna

Descendants

• Icelandic: inna
• Faroese: inna
• Old Danish: innæ
• Old Swedish: inna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• “inna” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• “inna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *innai.

Adverb

inna

1. inside
2. indoors

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.na/

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• Rhymes: -inna
• Syllabification: in‧na

Pronoun

inna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of inny