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See also: Appendix:Variations of "wana"

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waˈna/,
  • Hyphenation: wa‧na

Noun

waná f 

  1. calmness

Declension

Declension of waná
absolutive waná
predicative waná
subjective waná
genitive waná
Postpositioned forms
l-case wanál
k-case wanák
t-case wanát
h-case wanáh

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Balinese

Romanization

wana

  1. Romanization of ᬯᬦ

Gothic

Romanization

wana

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦤ (wana, “forest”), from Old Javanese wana (“forest”), from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.na/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧na

Noun

wana

  1. forest
    Synonyms: alas, hutan, rimba

Derived terms

Compounds

Related terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

wana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わな

Javanese

Romanization

wana

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦤ

Lindu

Noun

wana

  1. jungle; forest

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wanō, from Proto-Germanic *wanô, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient, absent”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wana m

  1. a want, lack, absence

Declension

Declension of wana (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wana wanan
accusative wanan wanan
genitive wanan wanena
dative wanan wanum

Adjective

wana

  1. want of necessaries, lack, want, defect

Declension

Declension of wana — Weak only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wana wane wane
Accusative wanan wanan wane
Genitive wanan wanan wanan
Dative wanan wanan wanan
Instrumental wanan wanan wanan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wanan wanan wanan
Accusative wanan wanan wanan
Genitive wanra, wanena wanra, wanena wanra, wanena
Dative wanum wanum wanum
Instrumental wanum wanum wanum

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan ꦮꦤ
Roman wana

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest, grove, thicket”).

Noun

wana

  1. forest, wood
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦮꦤ (wana)
    • → Indonesian: wana
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬦ (wana)

Etymology 2

Noun

wana

  1. Alternative spelling of wāhana (“vehicle, conveyance”)

References

  • "wana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

wana

  1. digging stick for gathering food (traditionally used by women; along with a piti it symbolises women)

References

  • Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎, IAD Press, →ISBN

Sundanese

Romanization

wana

  1. Romanization of ᮝᮔ (“forest”)

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

wana

  1. plural of mwana

Verb

wana

  1. inflection of -wa na:
    1. third-person plural present affirmative
    2. m-wa class subject inflected plural present affirmative

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Noun

wana

  1. flute
  2. bamboo used for making flutes

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “wana”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 323
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