ñaña

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲaɲa/,
• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Hyphenation: ña‧ña

ñaña

1. feminine singular of ñañu

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

ñàñà

1. bobcat (Lynx rufus)

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 97

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.ɲa/

ñaña

1. sister of a woman

• • pani
  • turi
  • wawqi

   

• → Spanish: ñaña

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲaɲa/

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲa
• Syllabification: ña‧ña

Borrowed from Quechua ñaña. Most senses likely influenced by Spanish nana (“grandma, etc.”).

ñaña f (plural ñañas)

1. (colloquial, Andes, Colombia, of a woman) sister, especially a liked one

   Ella no es mi prima, es mi ñaña.

   She's not my cousin, she's my sister.

2. (colloquial, informal, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru) sister

   Oye, ñaña, acompáñame a la panadería para el desayuno.

   Hey, sis, come with me to the bakery for breakfast.

3. (colloquial, Ecuador, Chile) older sister
4. (colloquial, Ecuador) a female relative, such as a cousin or aunt, with whom one has a close affective relationship
5. (Latin America, dated) nursemaid, wet nurse
6. (Spain, rare, informal, dated) maternal grandmother

Likely a babble word of separate origins.

ñaña f (countable and uncountable, plural ñañas)

1. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay, derogatory) ailment (especially when exaggerated or simulated)

   Él siempre está con muchas ñañas.

   He is always whining about his ailments.

2. (Nicaragua) feces

• “ñaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Edwin B. Williams (1968) The New College Spanish and English Dictionary, United States: Amsco School Publications

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñàñà (“bobcat”).

ñaña

1. fox
2. cat (Felis silvestris catus)

   Synonyms: quete cau, misto

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 115r: “Gato. ñaña,quete cau,miſto.”
• The template Template:R:Alvarado 1593 does not use the parameter(s):

  page1=78r

  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli: “rapoſo,animal. ñaña.”