ana

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

ana (plural anas)

1. A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
   • 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Page 8

     The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of the French Anas, interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards

   • 1903, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin B. Sawvel (editor), The complete anas of Thomas Jefferson, Round Table Press, New York
   • 2008, Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson,

     Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas, which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum, a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

ana (not comparable)

1. (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.

   wine and honey, ana [or contracted to aa] / ij

   of wine and honey, each, two ounces

• (of each): aa (abbreviation)

ana (uncountable)

1. (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).

• pro-ana

Ancient Greek; see ana-.

ana (comparative more ana, superlative most ana)

1. In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
   • 1985, Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)

     Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.

   • 2005, Animation journal (volumes 13-15)

     Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.

• kata

Hindi; see anna.

ana (plural anas)

1. Alternative form of anna: a former subdivision of the rupee.

• A.A.N., naa

ana

1. me

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

ana

1. tree

From Proto-Turkic *ana or *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana, “mother”).

ana (definite accusative ananı, plural analar)

1. mother

• (with regards to gender): ata
• (with regards to ancestry): oğul, qız

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ná/

aná class 2

1. plural of mwana

From Proto-Turkic *ana.

ana

1. mother

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]

ana

1. (archaic) Alternative form of ona

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ana.

Compare Bonan aane, Karakhanid اَنا‎ (ana), Uyghur ئانا‎ (ana), Western Yugur ana, Turkish ana.

• IPA^(key): /aˈna/, [ɑˈnɑ]

ana

1. mom, mama

   Chi matei anane bayasigvasenu, anachi tade baer lie ogine.

   No matter how much you make your mother happy, she will not give you money.

• anei (“mother”)
• ekie (“mother (formal)”)

• anai (“gramma, granny”)

ana

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?].

ana

1. cave

• Rhymes: -aːna

ana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative anaði, supine anað)

1. to rush on, barge into

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Irish anae m (“wealth, riches, prosperity”).

ana m (genitive singular ana)

1. (literary) wealth, prosperity

ana f (genitive singular ana, nominative plural anaí)

1. spell of fine weather

• "ana" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “anae (‘wealth, prosperity’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

ana

1. (medicine) ana (in equal quantities)

ana

1. Rōmaji transcription of あな

ana

1. there is/are; to be

ana

1. we (exclusive)

• Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *aNak. Cognate with Indonesian anak, etc.

ana

1. child

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 5

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈnɐ]

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anà f sg

1. feminine singular nominative form of anas.
2. feminine singular instrumental form of anas.

From Arabic أَنَا‎ (ʾanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʾanāku, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ˀanāku.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /anə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

ana (Jawi spelling انا)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognate to Samoan ana.

ana

1. cave

Akin to Latin anus (“old woman”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”), etc.

ana f

1. grandmother

• ano (“grandfather”)

• Middle High German: ane
  • German: Ahne
  • Swabian: Ahna

From Proto-Germanic *ana, whence also Old English on, Old Norse á.

ana

1. at
2. on

ana

1. onwards

• German: an
• Hunsrik: aan

ana

1. if

ana (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of an a'

From German ahnen.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːna/

ana (present anar, preterite anade, supine anat, imperative ana)

1. to guess, to believe that something will happen, or has happened. Being fairly certain, but acknowledges that after all, one could be wrong.

   Jag anar att någon kommer köpa den där billiga bilen snart.

   I think someone will come and buy that cheap car soon.

2. to barely see

   Jag tror jag anar en katt i den busken.

   I think I can see (something which resembles) a cat in that bush.

• aning
• ana ugglor i mossen

ana c

1. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather

   Synonym: förfader

ana

1. dative singular of an

From Proto-Turkic *ana (“mother”), *eńe (“mother”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ana).

ana (definite accusative anayı, plural analar)

1. (regional, childish, law) mother

   Bak görürsün! Seni anama şikâyet edeceğim.

   You will see! I will complain about you to my mother.

• anne

• analı
• analık
• anasız
• anasızlık

ana (comparative daha ana, superlative en ana)

1. main

   Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı.

   When the main fuse blew, the whole house was left in the dark.

2. fundamental

• anayasa

• anne

• an

ana

1. and

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/

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ana

1. (interrogative) where is, how are

This word functions as a phrase, so no verb is needed.

• fan

ana

1. mam
2. mother