lana

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English

Noun

lana

  1. The tree Genipa americana.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Anguthimri

Noun

lana

  1. (Mpakwithi) tongue

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlana/
  • Hyphenation: la‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lana.

Noun

lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ)

  1. wool

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ)

  1. cooking oil
    Synonym: manteka
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈlana/

Noun

lána (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ)

  1. gasoline; petrol
  2. wave that looks like a thin film of oil on the surface
  3. medicinal aromatic oil
  4. (folklore) oil that supposedly grants the ungo the abilities of flight, shapeshifting, etc.

Fala

Alternative forms

  • lan (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlana/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana f (plural lanas)

  1. (Lagarteiru) wool

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Swedish plana (to level, flatten).

Noun

lana

  1. leveling drag
    Synonym: lata
Declension
Inflection of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lana lanat
genitive lanan lanojen
partitive lanaa lanoja
illative lanaan lanoihin
singular plural
nominative lana lanat
accusative nom. lana lanat
gen. lanan
genitive lanan lanojen
lanain rare
partitive lanaa lanoja
inessive lanassa lanoissa
elative lanasta lanoista
illative lanaan lanoihin
adessive lanalla lanoilla
ablative lanalta lanoilta
allative lanalle lanoille
essive lanana lanoina
translative lanaksi lanoiksi
abessive lanatta lanoitta
instructive lanoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lanani lanani
accusative nom. lanani lanani
gen. lanani
genitive lanani lanojeni
lanaini rare
partitive lanaani lanojani
inessive lanassani lanoissani
elative lanastani lanoistani
illative lanaani lanoihini
adessive lanallani lanoillani
ablative lanaltani lanoiltani
allative lanalleni lanoilleni
essive lananani lanoinani
translative lanakseni lanoikseni
abessive lanattani lanoittani
instructive
comitative lanoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lanasi lanasi
accusative nom. lanasi lanasi
gen. lanasi
genitive lanasi lanojesi
lanaisi rare
partitive lanaasi lanojasi
inessive lanassasi lanoissasi
elative lanastasi lanoistasi
illative lanaasi lanoihisi
adessive lanallasi lanoillasi
ablative lanaltasi lanoiltasi
allative lanallesi lanoillesi
essive lananasi lanoinasi
translative lanaksesi lanoiksesi
abessive lanattasi lanoittasi
instructive
comitative lanoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lanamme lanamme
accusative nom. lanamme lanamme
gen. lanamme
genitive lanamme lanojemme
lanaimme rare
partitive lanaamme lanojamme
inessive lanassamme lanoissamme
elative lanastamme lanoistamme
illative lanaamme lanoihimme
adessive lanallamme lanoillamme
ablative lanaltamme lanoiltamme
allative lanallemme lanoillemme
essive lananamme lanoinamme
translative lanaksemme lanoiksemme
abessive lanattamme lanoittamme
instructive
comitative lanoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lananne lananne
accusative nom. lananne lananne
gen. lananne
genitive lananne lanojenne
lanainne rare
partitive lanaanne lanojanne
inessive lanassanne lanoissanne
elative lanastanne lanoistanne
illative lanaanne lanoihinne
adessive lanallanne lanoillanne
ablative lanaltanne lanoiltanne
allative lanallenne lanoillenne
essive lanananne lanoinanne
translative lanaksenne lanoiksenne
abessive lanattanne lanoittanne
instructive
comitative lanoinenne
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from dialectal Swedish lana, if not the other way around.

Noun

lana

  1. a bag-shaped fishing net; fyke
Declension
Inflection of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lana lanat
genitive lanan lanojen
partitive lanaa lanoja
illative lanaan lanoihin
singular plural
nominative lana lanat
accusative nom. lana lanat
gen. lanan
genitive lanan lanojen
lanain rare
partitive lanaa lanoja
inessive lanassa lanoissa
elative lanasta lanoista
illative lanaan lanoihin
adessive lanalla lanoilla
ablative lanalta lanoilta
allative lanalle lanoille
essive lanana lanoina
translative lanaksi lanoiksi
abessive lanatta lanoitta
instructive lanoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lanani lanani
accusative nom. lanani lanani
gen. lanani
genitive lanani lanojeni
lanaini rare
partitive lanaani lanojani
inessive lanassani lanoissani
elative lanastani lanoistani
illative lanaani lanoihini
adessive lanallani lanoillani
ablative lanaltani lanoiltani
allative lanalleni lanoilleni
essive lananani lanoinani
translative lanakseni lanoikseni
abessive lanattani lanoittani
instructive
comitative lanoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lanasi lanasi
accusative nom. lanasi lanasi
gen. lanasi
genitive lanasi lanojesi
lanaisi rare
partitive lanaasi lanojasi
inessive lanassasi lanoissasi
elative lanastasi lanoistasi
illative lanaasi lanoihisi
adessive lanallasi lanoillasi
ablative lanaltasi lanoiltasi
allative lanallesi lanoillesi
essive lananasi lanoinasi
translative lanaksesi lanoiksesi
abessive lanattasi lanoittasi
instructive
comitative lanoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lanamme lanamme
accusative nom. lanamme lanamme
gen. lanamme
genitive lanamme lanojemme
lanaimme rare
partitive lanaamme lanojamme
inessive lanassamme lanoissamme
elative lanastamme lanoistamme
illative lanaamme lanoihimme
adessive lanallamme lanoillamme
ablative lanaltamme lanoiltamme
allative lanallemme lanoillemme
essive lananamme lanoinamme
translative lanaksemme lanoiksemme
abessive lanattamme lanoittamme
instructive
comitative lanoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lananne lananne
accusative nom. lananne lananne
gen. lananne
genitive lananne lanojenne
lanainne rare
partitive lanaanne lanojanne
inessive lanassanne lanoissanne
elative lanastanne lanoistanne
illative lanaanne lanoihinne
adessive lanallanne lanoillanne
ablative lanaltanne lanoiltanne
allative lanallenne lanoillenne
essive lanananne lanoinanne
translative lanaksenne lanoiksenne
abessive lanattanne lanoittanne
instructive
comitative lanoinenne

Anagrams

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lāna.

Noun

lana f (plural lanes) (ORB, broad)

  1. wool

References

  • laine in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • lana in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Polynesian *langa.[1]

Noun

lana

  1. floating, buoyant, adrift
    lana ke koko
    high blood pressure
    (literally, “buoyant blood”)
  2. calm, still (water)

Verb

lana

  1. (stative) to float, drift
  2. (stative, of blood) to circulate, be circulating
  3. (stative) to want, have hopes
  4. (stative) to be aware of sounds as one wakes up
    lana ka hiamoe
    waking from sleep

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin rāna, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries.

Noun

lana

  1. frog
    Synonym: poloka

References

  1. ^ Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Elbert (1986) Hawaiian Dictionary, revised and enlarged edition, University of Hawaii Press

Ido

Pronunciation

Adjective

lana

  1. woolen / woollen
    Synonym: lanala

Italian

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Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: là‧na
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

lana f (plural lane)

  1. wool

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lana in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • lana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • lana in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • lana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • làna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • lana in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • lana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wool).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos, wool) and Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā, wool).

Pronunciation

Noun

lāna f (genitive lānae); first declension

  1. wool
    Synonym: vellus
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.773–774:
      lānaque prōveniat nūllās laesūra puellās,
      mollis et ad tenerās quamlibet apta manūs.
      And may wool be produced that will not harm any girls,
      soft and suited to hands however delicate.
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.31.13:
      deleth quaesīvit lānam et līnum et operāta est cōnsiliō manuum suārum
      • Translation by Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE
        She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lāna lānae
genitive lānae lānārum
dative lānae lānīs
accusative lānam lānās
ablative lānā lānīs
vocative lāna lānae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lāna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

Further reading

  • lana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lana 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)
  • lana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

  1. oil

Lindu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

  1. oil (cooking)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

lana

  1. inflection of lan:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

  1. oil

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lana n

  1. definite plural of lan

Verb

lana (present tense lanar, past tense lana, past participle lana, passive infinitive lanast, present participle lanande, imperative lana/lan)

  1. Alternative form of lane

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: la‧na

Participle

lana

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lany

Ponosakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña. Cognate with Mongondow lana, Tagalog lana (sesame oil).

Pronunciation

Noun

lana

  1. oil

References

  1. ^ J. Akun Danie, F. Rogi Warouw, A. B. G. Rattu, G. Karim Bachmid (1991) Fonologi Bahasa Ponosakan (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lana f

  1. (Vallader) wool

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lana

  1. genitive singular of lan

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lana, from Latin lāna. Cognate with Portuguese , Galician la, Catalan llana, Occitan lana, French laine, Italian lana and Romanian lână.

Pronunciation

Noun

lana f (plural lanas)

  1. wool
    Sin variación en los precios de las lanas de merina.No variation in the prices of merino wool.
  2. (Mexico, colloquial) cash, money, dough
    Synonyms: dinero, plata, pasta

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LAN (LAN party) +‎ -a.

Verb

lana (present lanar, preterite lanade, supine lanat, imperative lana)

  1. to participate in a LAN party
    De lanarThey're having a LAN party

Conjugation

References

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lana (wool), from Latin lāna.

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ)

  1. wool
  2. wool cloth or garment

Adjective

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ)

  1. woolen; made of wool

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ) (dialectal)

  1. sesame oil
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 3

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ) (dialectal)

  1. species of small banana

Further reading

  • lana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laña”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /lana/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana (Sulat Sūg spelling لَنَ)

  1. oil (usually cooking oil)

Derived terms