lana

English

Noun

lana

1. The tree Genipa americana.

Derived terms

• lana dye

Anagrams

• Alan, Anal, Nala, alan, anal, anal., nala

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

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.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑnɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧na

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lana

1. leveling drag

   Synonym: lata

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lana

1. a bag-shaped fishing net; fyke

Declension

Anagrams

• alan

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/,

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Polynesian *langa.

Noun

lana

1. floating, buoyant, adrift

   lana ke koko

   high blood pressure

   (literally, “buoyant blood”)

2. calm, still (water)

Verb

lana

1. to float, drift
2. (of blood) to circulate, be circulating
3. to want, have hopes
4. 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

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/

Adjective

lana

1. woolen / woollen

   Synonym: lanala

Related terms

• lano

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

lana

Wikipedia ^it

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

Related terms

• lanoso

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”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos, “wool”) and Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā, “wool”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.na/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/,

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vellō (“to pluck out”)
• vellus (“wool”)

Descendants

References

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil (cooking)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

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

• Alan, Alna, anal, anla, alna, lana

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Participle

lana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lany

Romansch

Alternative forms

• launa (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter)
• làna (Sutsilvan)
• langa (Surmiran)

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 lã, Galician la, Catalan llana, Occitan lana, French laine, Italian lana and Romanian lână.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

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

Related terms

Further reading

• “lana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Alternative forms

• LAN:a

Etymology

From LAN (“LAN party”) +‎ -a.

Verb

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

1. to participate in a LAN party

   De lanar ― They're having a LAN party

Conjugation

References

• lana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlana/,
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

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

• linga

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 (2010–) “*laña”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil (usually cooking oil)

Derived terms