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English
Noun
lana
The tree Genipa americana .
Derived terms
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Anguthimri
Noun
lana
( 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 )
wool
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña .
Noun
lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ )
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 )
gasoline ; petrol
wave that looks like a thin film of oil on the surface
medicinal aromatic oil
( folklore ) oil that supposedly grants the ungo the abilities of flight , shapeshifting , etc.
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa , from Latin lāna .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlana/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: la‧na
Noun
lana f (plural lanas )
( 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
leveling drag
Synonym: lata
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology 2
Possibly borrowed from dialectal Swedish lana , if not the other way around.
Noun
lana
a bag -shaped fishing net ; fyke
Declension
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Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lāna .
Noun
lana f (plural lanes ) ( ORB, broad )
wool
References
laine in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
lana in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Polynesian *langa .[ 1]
Noun
lana
floating , buoyant , adrift
lana ke kokohigh blood pressure (literally, “buoyant blood ”)
calm , still (water)
Verb
lana
( stative ) to float , drift
( stative , of blood) to circulate , be circulating
( stative ) to want , have hopes
( 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
frog
Synonym: poloka
References
^ Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Elbert (1986 ) Hawaiian Dictionary , revised and enlarged edition, University of Hawaii Press
Ido
Pronunciation
Adjective
lana
woolen / woollen
Synonym: lanala
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lāna .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈla.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: là‧na
Noun
lana f (plural lane )
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
wool
Synonym: vellus
8 CE ,
Ovid ,
Fasti 4.773–774 :
lāna que 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 CEShe hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
^ 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
oil
Lindu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña .
Noun
lana
oil ( cooking )
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
lana
inflection of lan :
genitive singular
nominative / accusative dual
Maranao
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña .
Noun
lana
oil
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lana n
definite plural of lan
Verb
lana (present tense lanar , past tense lana , past participle lana , passive infinitive lanast , present participle lanande , imperative lana /lan )
Alternative form of lane
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈla.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: la‧na
Participle
lana
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
oil
References
^ 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
Etymology
From Latin lāna .
Noun
lana f
( Vallader ) wool
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
lana
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/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: la‧na
Noun
lana f (plural lanas )
wool
Sin variación en los precios de las lanas de merina. ― No variation in the prices of merino wool .
( Mexico , colloquial ) cash , money , dough
Synonyms: dinero , plata , pasta
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From LAN ( “ LAN party ” ) + -a .
Verb
lana (present lanar , preterite lanade , supine lanat , imperative lana )
to participate in a LAN party
De lanar ― They're having a LAN party
Conjugation
Conjugation of lana (weak)
References
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish lana ( “ wool ” ) , from Latin lāna .
Noun
lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ )
wool
wool cloth or garment
Adjective
lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ )
woolen ; made of wool
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña .
Noun
lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ ) ( dialectal )
sesame oil
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 3
Noun
lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ ) ( dialectal )
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 )
oil (usually cooking oil)
Derived terms