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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.
Pronunciation
Noun
patana (plural patanas)
- A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19:A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.
Further reading
- “patena”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “patana, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Finnish
Noun
patana
- essive singular of pata
Anagrams
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
patana f (plural patanas)
- (Solanum tuberosum L.) potato
Synonyms
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtana/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: pa‧ta‧na
Noun
patana f (plural patanas)
- (Dominican Republic) tractor-trailer
Further reading
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-patana (infinitive kupatana)
- Reciprocal form of -pata
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -patana
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| Positive present
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-napatana
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| Subjunctive
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-patane
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| Negative
|
-patani
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| Imperative singular
|
patana
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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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hupatana
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| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lipatana
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupatana
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatana)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninapatana/napatana
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tunapatana
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| 2nd person
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unapatana
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mnapatana
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapatana
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wanapatana
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -napatana
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -patani)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sipatani
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hatupatani
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| 2nd person
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hupatani
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hampatani
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapatani
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hawapatani
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -patani
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| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tapatana
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| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tapatana
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patane)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
nipatane
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tupatane
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| 2nd person
|
upatane
|
mpatane
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
apatane
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wapatane
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -patane
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipatane
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepatana
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepatana
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipatana
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipatana
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepatana
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapatana
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japatana
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipatana
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopatana
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| Consecutive
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kapatana / positive subject concord + -kapatana
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapatane
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| Object concord
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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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