takana

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See also: täkänä and Takana

Finnish

Etymology

The locative singular of taka.

Pronunciation

Postposition

takana (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

  1. (static) behind
    Hän on talon takana.
    He is behind the house.
    Hän on aivan takanasi.
    He is right behind you.
    Pekka istuu (minun) takanani.
    Pekka is sitting behind me.
  2. (idiomatic) around (on the inside of a curve when following a curved path near the object)
    kulman takana
    around the corner
  3. (nautical) abaft, aft of
    Peräsin on kölin takana.
    The rudder is aft of the keel.
  4. (nautical) astern of
    Miranda on vain puoli meripeninkulmaa Arandan takana.
    Miranda sails only half a sea mile astern of Aranda.

Adverb

takana (comparative taempana, superlative taimpana)

  1. (static) behind
    Hän on kaukana takana.
    He is far behind.

Inflection

Declension of taka-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative taka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive takaa –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (taas) –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – takaisin
allative – –prolative taitse –
essive takana –situative – –
translative taa
taakse		 –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –
Personal/possessive forms of takana
no possessor takana
possessor singular plural
1st person takanani takanamme
2nd person takanasi takananne
3rd person takanaan
takanansa

Derived terms

compounds

Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-takana (infinitive kutakana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -taka

Conjugation

Conjugation of -takana
Positive present -natakana
Subjunctive -takane
Negative -takani
Imperative singular takana
Infinitives
Positive kutakana
Negative kutotakana
Imperatives
Singular takana
Plural takaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutakana
Positive past positive subject concord + -litakana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutakana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natakana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatakana/natakana tunatakana
2nd person unatakana mnatakana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatakana wanatakana
other classes positive subject concord + -natakana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -takani)
Singular Plural
1st person sitakani hatutakani
2nd person hutakani hamtakani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatakani hawatakani
other classes negative subject concord + -takani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatakana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatakana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -takane)
Singular Plural
1st person nitakane tutakane
2nd person utakane mtakane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atakane watakane
other classes positive subject concord + -takane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitakane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetakana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetakana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitakana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitakana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atakana)
Singular Plural
1st person natakana twatakana
2nd person watakana mwatakana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atakana watakana
m-mi(III/IV) watakana yatakana
ji-ma(V/VI) latakana yatakana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatakana vyatakana
n(IX/X) yatakana zatakana
u(XI) watakana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatakana
pa(XVI) patakana
mu(XVIII) mwatakana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metakana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatakana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatakana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitakana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotakana
Consecutive katakana / positive subject concord + -katakana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katakane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -takana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -takanaye -takanao
m-mi(III/IV) -takanao -takanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -takanalo -takanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -takanacho -takanavyo
n(IX/X) -takanayo -takanazo
u(XI) -takanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -takanako
pa(XVI) -takanapo
mu(XVIII) -takanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -takana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetakana -otakana
m-mi(III/IV) -otakana -yotakana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotakana -yotakana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotakana -vyotakana
n(IX/X) -yotakana -zotakana
u(XI) -otakana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotakana
pa(XVI) -potakana
mu(XVIII) -motakana
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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