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English
Etymology 1
An aphetic form of banana .
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (plural nanas )
( informal ) A banana .
( UK , slang ) A foolish person.
You look a right nana dressed up like that.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Variant spelling of nanna .
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (plural nanas )
( informal , term of endearment) One's grandmother .
( informal ) A nanny .
Anagrams
Abidji
Noun
nana
grandfather
Asturian
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana
feminine singular of nanu
Balinese
Romanization
nana
Romanization of ᬦᬦ
Romanization of ᬦᬦᬵ
Bambara
Pronunciation
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Verb
nana
past of na
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: na‧na
IPA (key ) : /ˈnana/ ,
Noun
nanà
pus
Derived terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana
feminine singular of nan
Noun
nana f (plural nanes )
female equivalent of nan ( “ dwarf ” )
female equivalent of nano ( “ boy ” )
Clipping of estrella nana ( “ dwarf star ” )
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq . Compare Malay nanah .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: na‧na
IPA (key ) : /ˈnanaʔ/ ,
Noun
nana
( uncountable ) pus
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
nana
mother .
Central Mazahua
Noun
nana
mother
Champenois
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
nana
( Sommepy ) bread
References
Tarbé, Prosper (1851 ) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 168
Chickasaw
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Pronoun
nana
something
Darkinjung
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Pronoun
nana
him ( 3rd person singular accusative )
Ese
Noun
nana
war
Esperanto
Etymology
From nano ( “ dwarf ” , noun ) + -a ( adjective ending ) , ultimately from Latin nānus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
nana (accusative singular nanan , plural nanaj , accusative plural nanajn )
dwarf
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *nana , from Proto-Oceanic *nanaq , from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
Noun
nana
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
French
Etymology
Diminutive form of Anne , Anna , popularised after Zola 's 1880 novel Nana .
Pronunciation
Noun
nana f (plural nanas )
( slang ) chick , bird (especially when attractive)
Synonym: meuf
2000 , Frédéric Beigbeder , 99 francs , Gallimard, →ISBN , page 19 :Je suis le type qui vous vend de la merde. Qui vous fait rêver de ces choses que vous n’aurez jamais. Ciel toujours bleu, nanas jamais moches, un bonheur parfait, retouché sur Photoshop. I'm the guy who sells you shit. Who makes you dream of those things you'll never have. A sky that's always blue; chicks who are never ugly; a perfect, Photoshopped happiness.
Further reading
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.
Pronunciation
Noun
nana f (plural nanas )
( archaic ) mother ; mama
Derived terms
References
“nana ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval , SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“nana ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“nana ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega , SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“nana ” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega . Santiago: ILG.
Garawa
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Determiner
nana
that
Synonym: nanda
References
Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)
Hadza
Etymology
naha + -na
Pronunciation
Adverb
nana
there
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Verb
nana
Lānaʻi form of ulana ( “ to plait ” )
Herero
Verb
nana
to pull
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: na‧na
IPA (key ) : /ˈnana/
Noun
nana
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
Isnag
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Noun
nána
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈna.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: nà‧na
Adjective
nana
feminine singular of nano
Noun
nana f (plural nane )
female equivalent of nano ( “ dwarf ” )
Anagrams
Ivatan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
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Noun
nana
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
Japanese
Romanization
nana
Rōmaji transcription of なな
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
Noun
nánâ
( pathology ) pus
Kituba
Numeral
nana
eight
Krisa
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Pronoun
nana
I
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
nāna f (genitive nānae ) ; first declension
dwarf (female)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Related terms
References
“nana ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“nana ”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers
Livonian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nenä .
Noun
nana
nose
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
nana
inflection of nan :
genitive / accusative singular
nominative dual
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil அண்ணா ( aṇṇā ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (Jawi spelling نان , plural nana -nana , informal 1st possessive nanaku , 2nd possessive nanamu , 3rd possessive nananya )
brother (older male sibling)
See also
Mansaka
Noun
nana
pus
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa ( “ to look at something ” ) . Doublet of nānā .
Interjection
nana
lo , look , see , behold ( imperative ) .
References
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “naa-naa ”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary , Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 261
Etymology 2
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Noun
nana
eyebrow
Further reading
“nana ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN .
Marshallese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
( phonetic ) IPA (key ) : , ( enunciated )
( phonemic ) IPA (key ) : /nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
Bender phonemes: {nahnah}
Adjective
nana
bad
wicked
evil
inedible
References
Masbatenyo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Noun
nanà
pus
Michoacán Mazahua
Noun
nana
mother
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nana
everything
Determiner
nana
all
References
Shirley Burtch (1983 ) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20) (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 187
Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017 ) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia. , Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154
Nias
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
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Noun
nana (mutated form nana )
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
Northern Paiute
Etymology
Compare Cahuilla náxanish
Pronunciation
Noun
nana (plural naana )
man
Northern Sami
Adjective
nana
attributive of nanus
Oroqen
Noun
nana
skin , hide
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
nana f (plural nanas )
nap ; a quick or little sleep
Synonyms: soneca , cochilo
Etymology 2
Verb
nana
inflection of nanar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Sambali
Noun
nana
aunt
Noun
nanà
pus
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на )
mother
grandmother
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نعنع ( nane ) , from Arabic نَعْنَع ( naʕnaʕ ) , نَعْنَاع ( naʕnāʕ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
nána f (Cyrillic spelling на́на )
mint
Synonym: mètvica
References
“nana ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“nana ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Simeulue
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
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Noun
nana
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
Spanish
Etymology 1
Echoic/imitative.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnana/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: na‧na
Noun
nana f (plural nanas )
( Latin America ) nanny
Synonyms: niñera , ama
( colloquial ) granny , grandmother
Synonyms: abuela , yaya
( Chile ) housekeeper
lullaby
Synonym: canción de cuna
a kind of small sack
( dated , Guatemala ) mommy ; mom ; mother
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Quechua nanay ( “ pain ” ) .
Noun
nana f (plural nanas )
( Argentina , Chile , Paraguay , childish ) small wound , scratch or painful bump
Synonyms: pupa , yaya
( Argentina , Uruguay , mostly in the plural) pains and aches of old age
Synonym: achaque
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnanaʔ/ ,
Hyphenation: na‧na
Noun
nanà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ )
pus ; matter
Synonym: agwasa
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Philippine Spanish nana ( “ mommy ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈnana/ ,
Hyphenation: na‧na
Noun
nana (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ )
aunt
Synonyms: tiya , tita , tiyang , tiyahin , ale , ante , inda
( obsolete , Standard Tagalog ) mother
Synonyms: ina , nanay , mama
Coordinate terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /naˈnaʔ/ ,
Hyphenation: na‧na
Noun
nanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ )
( obsolete ) name of the Baybayin letter ᜈ , corresponding to "na"
See also
Further reading
“nana ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860 ) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613 ) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero , La Noble Villa de Pila
page 409: “Materia) Nana (pp) de la llaga ”
page 439: “N) Nana (pc) Vna delas letras del Abeçedario Tagalog. |. Nana yaon .|. ᜈ . Aralan mo aco nang pagſulat nang iniong Nana, enſeñame a eſcriuir bueſtra letra .N.”
page 487: “Podre) Nana (pp) q̃ ſale de la herida.”
Tahitian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Interjection
nana
bye , goodbye
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq .
Noun
nana
pus
Toba Batak
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq , from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq .
Pronunciation
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Noun
nana (Batak spelling ᯉᯉ )
pus ( fluid found in regions of infection )
Wanyi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Determiner
nana
that
References
Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language , in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
Waray-Waray
Noun
nanà
pus ; abscess
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
nana
mother .
Yogad
Noun
naná
pus ; abscess