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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!
- (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
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
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)
- pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)[2]
- pineapple fruit[3]
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
- ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 46, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 89: “Nana [Naná]”
- ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae, Historiae Plantarum, book I, chapter XVI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 33: “Nana [Naná]”