rana

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Anguthimri

Noun

rana

  1. (Mpakwithi) sky

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“frog”).

Noun

rana f (plural ranes)

  1. frog (amphibian)

Balinese

Romanization

rana

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬡ

Esperanto

Etymology

From rano (“frog”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rana (accusative singular ranan, plural ranaj, accusative plural ranajn)

  1. Of, relating to or similar to frogs; frogly.
    • 1931, Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark), La vojo returne, tr. by Joseph F. Berger, in Populara Esperanto-Biblioteko, No. 15, Heroldo de Esperanto, page 156.
      Printempe la foso estadis plena de rana frajo kaj algoj.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1991, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, La majstro kaj Margarita, tr. by Sergej B. Pokrovskij from Russian, in Serio Oriento-Okcidento, No. 26, Sezonoj (publ.), page 213.
      Lumineskaj putrolignaĵoj, fiksitaj antaŭ la muzikistoj sur la salikaj vergoj, prilumis la notojn, sur la ranaj muzeloj ludis la flagra lumo de la lignofajro.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2006, Zifu Mao, Kantoj de Anteo, Mondial, →ISBN, page 180:
      vojo sur korpo. / lemno sub rana treta / piedo. marto / morta. kaj sendifekta / ŝraŭbo inenas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, Ĥristina Kozlovska, “La bankoficisto”, in Petro Palivoda, transl., Beletra Almanako, volume 29, Mondial, →ISBN, page 74:
      Do anstataŭ rektiĝi kordosimile per sia tuta vira beleco, li faris iun strangan impetan ranan salton.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hausa

Etymology 1

Compare Egyptian rꜥ.

Pronunciation

Noun

rānā f (plural rā̀nàikū, possessed form ran)

  1. sun
  2. heat of the sun
  3. day
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adverb

rāna

  1. in the daytime

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

rana

  1. inflection of rani:
    1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
    2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: ra‧na

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

Noun

rana (plural rana-rana, first-person possessive ranaku, second-person possessive ranamu, third-person possessive rananya)

  1. (archaic) war
  2. (archaic) battle
  3. (archaic) battlefield
    Synonym: medan perang

Adjective

rana

  1. (archaic) daring
  2. audacious, brave
    Synonym: berani

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “delight, pleasure, gladness, joy”).

Adjective

rana

  1. joyful
    Synonym: riang

Etymology 3

Noun

rana (plural rana-rana, first-person possessive ranaku, second-person possessive ranamu, third-person possessive rananya)

  1. Alternative spelling of ratna

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: rà‧na

Noun

rana f (plural rane)

  1. frog
    Synonym: (colloquial) ranocchia
  2. (swimming, singular only) breaststroke

Related terms

See also

Javanese

Romanization

rana

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦤ

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of croaking.

Pronunciation

Noun

rāna f (genitive rānae); first declension

  1. a frog

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rāna rānae
Genitive rānae rānārum
Dative rānae rānīs
Accusative rānam rānās
Ablative rānā rānīs
Vocative rāna rānae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: rana
  • Franco-Provençal: râna
  • French: raine (obsolete)
  • Italian: rana
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: rãa
  • Spanish: rana
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rānucula (see there for further descendants)
  • → Hawaiian: lana

References

  • “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

  1. frog

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

(of verb)

Noun

rana n

  1. definite plural of ran

Verb

rana

  1. inflection of rane:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rana n

  1. definite plural of ran

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: ra‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

Noun

rana f

  1. wound
Declension
Declension of rana
singular plural
nominative rana rany
genitive rany ran
dative ranie ranom
accusative ranę rany
instrumental raną ranami
locative ranie ranach
vocative rano rany

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rana n

  1. inflection of rano:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

  • rana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /râna/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧na

Noun

rȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏на)

  1. wound
Declension
Declension of rana
singular plural
nominative rana rane
genitive rane rana
dative rani ranama
accusative ranu rane
vocative rano rane
locative rani ranama
instrumental ranom ranama

Further reading

  • “rana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rana

  1. inflection of ran:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rana.

Pronunciation

Noun

rána f

  1. wound, injury

Further reading

  • “rana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

  1. frog

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Tiruray

Noun

rana

  1. rain
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