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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic поганъ (poganŭ), from Latin pāgānus.
Pronunciation
Noun
pakana
- pagan; heathen; gentile
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic поганъ (poganŭ). Cognates include Finnish pakana and Estonian pagan.
Pronunciation
Noun
pakana
- heathen
- abomination (disgusting food)
Adjective
pakana (comparative pakanamp)
- evil
- heathen
Declension
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “пагана”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 675
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 377
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu .
Pronunciation
Verb
-pakana (infinitive kupakana)
- to border, to share a border
Conjugation
Conjugation of -pakana
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Positive present
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-napakana
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Subjunctive
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-pakane
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Negative
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-pakani
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Imperative singular
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pakana
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hupakana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lipakana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupakana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napakana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapakana/napakana
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tunapakana
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2nd person
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unapakana
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mnapakana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapakana
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wanapakana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -napakana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -pakani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sipakani
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hatupakani
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2nd person
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hupakani
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hampakani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapakani
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hawapakani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -pakani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tapakana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tapakana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pakane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipakane
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tupakane
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2nd person
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upakane
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mpakane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apakane
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wapakane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -pakane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipakane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepakana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepakana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipakana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipakana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepakana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapakana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japakana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipakana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopakana
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Consecutive
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kapakana / positive subject concord + -kapakana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapakane
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From pa- + kana.
Pronunciation
Noun
pakanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜈ)
- advantage; benefit
- Synonym: pakinabang
- determination
- goal; objective
- Synonym: layunin
- plot; evil scheme; conspiracy; stratagem
- Synonyms: masamang balak, kutsabahan
- (by extension) idea; invention
- Synonym: kaisipan
- intention to deceive
- Synonyms: daya, loko
Derived terms
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