sanna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Konkani सान्नां (sānnā̃).

Noun

sanna (plural sannas)

1. A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

Anagrams

• Annas, annas, na-nas, naans, nanas

Afrikaans

Noun

sanna (plural )

1. flint‐lock gun

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From san +‎ -na, literally “our language”.

Noun

sanna f

1. Cypriot Arabic

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 417

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanːa/

Pronoun

sanna (demonstrative) (plural sakku)

1. down distal absolutive; that down a long distance, he/she/it down there.

Declension

See also

• manna - this here
• una - that nearby
• innga - that yonder
• kanna - that down a medial distance
• pinnga - that up a medial distance
• panna - that up a long distance
• qanna - that in there/out there
• anna - that in the north
• kinnga - that in the south/that outside
• inna - that which is invisible

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sanna.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anːa

Verb

sanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sannaði, supine sannað)

1. to prove

Conjugation

Adjective

sanna

1. inflection of sannur:
   1. strong feminine singular accusative positive degree
   2. strong masculine plural accusative positive degree
   3. weak masculine singular accusative positive degree
   4. weak masculine singular dative positive degree
   5. weak masculine singular genitive positive degree
   6. weak feminine singular nominative positive degree
   7. weak neuter singular positive degree

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: sàn‧na

Noun

sanna f (plural sanne)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of zanna
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VI, p.90, vv. 22-23:

     Quando ci scorse Cerbero, il gran vermo, ¶ le bocche aperse e mostrocci le sanne;

     When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, ¶ his mouths he opened, and displayed his tusks;

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάννας (sánnas).

Noun

sanna f (genitive sannae); first declension

1. A grimace, especially in mockery

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• sannātor
• sanniō
• sannō

References

• “sanna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sanna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• senna, sana, sena

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing of Old Norse sanna, senna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, *sanþijaną, from *sanþaz (“true”).

Verb

sanna

1. to contradict

Related terms

• sann

Descendants

• North Frisian: sana

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, from *sanþaz, whence also Old Norse saðr. The English soothe is a cognate.

Verb

sanna

1. to assert, affirm
2. to make good, prove

Conjugation

Derived terms

• sannan f (“assertion, proof”)
• senna f (“quarrel, row”)

Descendants

Noun

sanna f (genitive sǫnnu)

1. assertation
2. proof

Declension

References

• “sanna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sanna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną.

Verb

sanna

1. to prove true, show to be true

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: sanna

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

sanna

1. past participle of sandati (“to flow”)

Declension

Adjective

sanna

1. past participle of sīdati (“to sink”)

Declension

References

Swedish

Adjective

sanna

1. inflection of sann:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural