naná

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"

Hungarian

Etymology

From na +‎ ná, both from Yiddish.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (exceptionally stressed on its last syllable)
  • Hyphenation: na‧ná
  • Rhymes: -naː

Interjection

naná!

  1. (colloquial) sure, sure thing, sure enough, for shizzle, you bet, deffo, definitely, certainly, of course, no question
    Synonyms: hogyne, mint a huzat, mint a sicc, mint a szél, de még mennyire, még jó, még szép, persze

References

  1. ^ naná in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • naná in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní anana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nãˈna/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: na‧ná

Noun

naná (unpossessable)

  1. pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)[2]
  2. pineapple fruit[3]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 46, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 89: “Nana [Naná]”
  3. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book I, chapter XVI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 33: “Nana [Naná]”
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