na

• IPA^(key): /nɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

From Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”).

na (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Not.
2. (obsolete) No.

Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.

na

1. (Geordie) No.

   "Na, yor wrang."

   "Na, ye cannet watch telly"

   "Divn’t yee like milk?" "'Na" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")

2. (colloquial) No.

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Abbreviations.

na

1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of noun animate.

na

1. nanoamp

• nad
• ni
• nid
• nah

• -an, A/N, AN, An, a(n), an, an', an-

na

1. to be (exist)

• nakeuh
• hana

From Proto-Albanian *na-, *nō- from Proto-Indo-European *nō̆s (“we”). Cognate to Latin nos (“we”), Sanskrit नस् (nas, “we”).

na

1. we

• ne

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

na f (masculine nel, neuter no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)

1. in the

• IPA^(key): [náà]

na

1. stew

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• IPA^(key): /nɑ/

na

1. I

na

1. thing

• H. Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura--Alor--Indonesia) (1977)
• W. A. L. Stokhof, Preliminary notes on the Alor and Pantar languages (East Indonesia) (1975)
• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

na

1. root of ena

• Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /na/

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na

1. on, onto (direction, + accusative case)

   Dej skleničku na stůl. ― Put the glass on the table.

2. on (location, + locative case)

   Sklenička je na stole. ― The glass is on the table.

3. to, (direction, + accusative case, used only with certain places (do + genitive is more common))

   Jdeme na poštu. ― We're going to the post office.

4. at, in (location, + locative case, used only with places that are strictly associated with their function; (v is more common))

   Jsme na poště. ― We're at the post office.

5. for (purpose, + accusative case)

   Ty nůžky nejsou na hrání. ― The scissors are not for playing with.

6. at (in the direction of, + accusative case)

   Nekřič na mě! ― Don't yell at me!

• na in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• na in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Latin nōn.

na

1. no
2. not

• naun
• non

• IPA^(key): /naː/

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• Hyphenation: na
• Rhymes: -aː

From Old Dutch *nāh, *nā, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

na

1. after
2. (op ... na, with a cardinal number) bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation.

   Brazilië is met zijn 8,5 miljoen vierkante kilometer het grootste land van Zuid-Amerika en het op vier na grootste ter wereld.

   With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.

   Naast dat de toonladder een kenmerkend gegeven is, zijn er ook bepaalde tonen, die een speciale rol hebben, zoals de vadi en de samvadi, respectievelijk: de belangrijkste en de op een na belangrijkste toon.

   Next to [the fact] that the musical scale is a characteristic datum, there are also certain tones that have a special role, such as the vadi and the samvadi: respectively the most important and second most important tones.

From Old Dutch *nāh, *nā, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz.

na (comparative nader, superlative naast)

1. close

The forms of the positive are obsolescent, particularly the inflected one. The comparative and superlative forms are functioning as independent adjectives to an increasing extent.

• nabij
• te na komen

na

1. (dialectal) Archaic form of naar.

na

1. first person; I

• naha

Presumably from the accusative suffix -n or Russian на.

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na

1. (neologism, rare) Preposition introducing an accusative phrase.

   Mi legis na Gerda Malaperis.

   I read Gerda Disappeared.

Unofficial; it is recognized by some Esperantists on the Internet. Usage is not recommended where the accusative suffix is possible (on nouns and adjectives), but where it is not: numerals (unu (“one”)), particles (iom (“some”), ties (“that one's”)), letters (J), titles of books, and quotations. More standard options are to use the general preposition je, to omit the accusative ending, or to rephrase the sentence to avoid the issue.

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + feminine article a (“the”)

na f (masculine no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

1. in the

From a mutation of a.

na f (accusative)

1. Alternative form of a (“her”)

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

• a
• la
• no

• IPA^(key): /naː/, /na/
• Rhymes: -aː
• Homophones: nah, Narr (latter nonstandard)

Perhaps from an unstressed form of nu.

na

1. well!, so!; used to introduce a statement

   Na, dann fangen wir mal an!

   So, let’s get started!

2. oh, hm, huh, och, nu; expressing a (usually mild) degree of surprise, doubt, or frustration

   Na, das ist ja nett, dass ihr vorbeikommt!

   Oh, that’s nice of you to come by!

   Na? Ob das so stimmt...

   Huh? Not sure if that’s correct...

   Na! Warum will das denn jetzt wieder nicht?

   Och! Why does this thing not work yet again?

3. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) huh?; used as a question marker, often implying that the speaker knows the answer

   Was ist zwei plus drei? Na?

   What’s three plus four? Huh?

4. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) hey!, hi!; used as a greeting, but with an interrogative intonation, as if saying “So? You see me there?”, or “So? How is everything?”

   Na! Lang nicht gesehen!

   Hey! Long time no see!

   Na! Wie geht’s?

   Hi! How are you?

• na klar
• na und
• nanu

A variant of nein.

na

1. (regional, chiefly southern Germany and Austria) Alternative form of nein (“no”)

   Na. Das geht net.

   No. That doesn’t work.

• an

From Portuguese na. Cognates with Kabuverdianu na.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

na

1. at
2. in
3. on

na

1. for, belonging to, by

• Used for acquired possessions, while no is used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars).

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɒ]

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na

1. well, so, hey

   Na, nem baj. - Well, no problem.

   "Itt van Péter." - "Na és?" - "Peter is here." - "So what?" / So?

   Na, gyerünk! - Alright, let's go!

   Na, ne mondj ilyet! - Hey, don't say that!

   Na, ez fáj! - Hey, that hurts!

• nahát
• nana
• naná

• IPA^(key): /nˠə/

na (definite article)

1. genitive singular feminine of an (triggers h-prothesis)

   na háite ― of the place

2. nominative plural of an (triggers h-prothesis)

   na héin ― the birds

3. genitive plural of an (triggers eclipsis)

   na bpáistí ― of the children

4. dative plural of an (triggers h-prothesis)

   ó na cailíní ― from the girls

na

1. Nonstandard form of ina
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Bhí Áindrías an Ime na chomhnaidhe i mBaile ui Mún i nGleann an Bhaile Dhuibh.

     Áindrías of the Butter lived in Ballymoon in Gleann an Bhaile Dhuibh.

• "na" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “na” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “na” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

na

1. Rōmaji transcription of な
2. Rōmaji transcription of ナ

From Portuguese na.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

na

1. at
2. in
3. on

na

1. water

• SIL Burkina Faso, Dictionnaire bilingue kassem - français, 2007

na

1. (instrumental) with[1]

   Gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ.

   To cut with a mouth is not to cut with a knife.

2. (comitative) and, with[1]

   Ikinya na thĩ itiaganaga.

   The foot and the earth cannot help meeting.

3. (source) from[1]

   Wega uumaga na mũciĩ.

   Goodness comes from home.

   Synonym: kuuma

4. but[1]

   Kanua njero, na mũciĩ ndũkomeka nĩ heho.

   The mouth is sweet, but the house is too cold to lie at.

na

1. (in compounds) woman

• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 372, 591. →ISBN

na

1. no (used to show disagreement or negation)

na f

1. an, a

• n'

• n

na (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נה‎)

1. here! behold!

na

1. and

nā

1. imperative singular of nō, swim!

• na in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

na

1. with, and
2. in, at
3. of (form of ya before personal pronouns)

From Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neh₃

• IPA^(key): /na/

na

1. (with locative) on, in
2. (with accusative) on, onto

• na_2 in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• na in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

na

1. and (only used if the overall statement is grammatically negative)

• ne

The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 94.

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na (Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄚ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 吶, 呐
2. Pinyin transcription of 哪

na

1. Nonstandard spelling of nā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ná.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of nà.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /naː/

From Old Dutch nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

na

1. towards
2. behind
3. after, following, later than
4. in accordance with, based on

na

1. afterwards, later
2. close, near

• Dutch: na
• Limburgish: nao

From Old Dutch *nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz.

nâ

1. close

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• “na (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “na (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “na (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “na (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “na (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• n'

From Latin ūna

na f sg

1. a, an

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈna/

na

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• Álgu database

na

1. Question marker for yes/no questions. It is always placed after the first word in the sentence. If the first word ends in a vowel, use the particle na; if it ends in a consonant, use ina.

   • Giminikwe na? — Are you drinking?
   • Gigii-anokii na bijiinaago? — Did you work yesterday?
   • but: Giwiisin ina? — Are you eating?

• ina

• nō

From ne- (“not”) + ā (“ever”).

• IPA^(key): /nɑː/

nā

1. not, no
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Version B, year 897

     Þȳ ilcan sumera forwearþ nā lǣs þanne twēntiġ sċipa be þām sūðriman.

     That same summer, no less than twenty ships perished on the south coast.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 22:17

     Is hit ālīefed þæt man Cāsere gafol selle, þē nā?

     Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Fifth Sunday in Lent"

     Dryhten nis nā ōðrum mannum tō wiþmetenne.

     The Lord is not comparable to other people.

nā

1. not

   Crist þwōg þā fēt his leorningcneohta, ac nā þone ears. Nǣfre þone ears.

   Christ washed the feet of his disciples, but not the ass. Never the ass.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Midlent"

     Māre wundor is þæt God Ælmihtiġ ǣlce dæġe fētt ealne middanġeard þanne þæt wundor wǣre þæt hē þā ġefylde fīf þūsend manna mid fīf hlāfum—ac þæs wundrodon menn nā for þȳ þæt hit māre wundor wǣre, ac for þȳ þæt hit wæs unġewunelīċ.

     It is a greater miracle when God Almighty feeds the whole world every day than when he fed five thousand people with five loaves of bread—but that amazed people not because it was more miraculous, but because it was unusual.

• (conjunction): næs

• English: no
• Scots: nae, naw

na (triggers prothesis of an unwritten /h/ before a vowel in the feminine genitive singular, in the feminine and neuter nominative plural, and in the accusative plural; triggers eclipsis in the genitive plural)

1. Alternative form of inna (“the (various inflected forms)”)

na

1. Alternative form of inna (“in his/her/its/their”)

na

1. nominative and accusative neuter singular of nach (“any”)

na

1. no, not

From Portuguese na and Kabuverdianu na.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

na

1. at
2. in
3. inside
4. on

From Dutch naar.

na

1. to
2. towards

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

-na

1. to rain

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neh₃

• IPA^(key): /na/

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na

1. (+ locative) on, in

   Siedzę na koniu.

   I'm on a horse.

2. (+ accusative) onto, on

   Uważaj, zaraz to na mnie spadnie!

   Watch out, it's going to fall on me!

3. (+ accusative) for, by (a time, date etc.)

   Sprawozdanie ma być gotowe na piątą.

   The report should be ready by five o'clock.

4. (+ accusative) for, to deal with

   lek na grypę — flu medication

   na zdrowie — for [your] health; cheers; bless you.

5. (+ accusative or adverb) in a particular manner

   pasażer na gapę — stowaway

   deser na kwaśno — sour dessert

6. (+ accusative, mathematics) onto (surjective)

na (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) onto; surjective

• When used as an adjective, this word is indeclinable, postpositive (when used attributively), and usually placed inside quotation marks, e.g. funkcja „na”.

• na in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ/
• Hyphenation: na

From Old Portuguese na, clipping of ena, from en (“in”) + a (“the”).

na f (masculine no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

1. Contraction of em a (“in the”).
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 184:

     Eu estava na esperança de encontrá-lo antes do jantar!

     I was hoping to meet you before dinner!

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:no.

na

1. at
2. in

na

1. Alternative form of a (third-person feminine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:no.

na

1. I

From Sanskrit न (na, “no”).

na

1. no
2. not

na

1. he / she

na

1. in his.
2. in her.

• As in his lenites the following word.
• As in her adds h- to the following word, if it begins with a vowel.

  Bha i na h-oifigeach. - She was an official. (literally in her official).

• nad
• nam
• nan
• nar
• nur

na

1. the.

• This is the most common plural form. The most common singular form is an. For other forms and their specific uses, see pages listed in "See also" below.
• This form is used in the genitive singular of feminine nouns beginning with a consonant.

From Proto-Slavic *na, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂no(H). Compare nȁd.

• IPA^(key): /na/

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na (Cyrillic spelling на)

1. (+ accusative case) to, on, onto (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   ići na koncert ― to go to a concert

   staviti knjigu na sto(l) ― to put a book on the table

2. (+ locative case) on, at, in (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   knjiga je na stolu ― the book is on the table

   biti na koncertu ― to be at the concert

   biti na ulici ― to be in the street

3. (+ accusative case) on, by, for, at (in expressions with time)

   otići nekuda na par dana ― to go somewhere for a couple of days

   na ljeto/leto ― next summer, the following summer

   na vr(ij)eme ― on time

   biti plaćen na sat ― to be paid by the hour

4. (+ accusative case) to indicate a source of power or energy

   podmornica na atomski pogon ― nuclear-powered submarine (literally, “submarine (run) on the nuclear power”)

na! (Cyrillic spelling на!)

1. Here you are! Take it!
2. Help yourself!

na f sg

1. (indefinite) a, an

From Proto-Slavic *na.

• IPA^(key): /ˈna/

na (followed by locative šiesty pád)

1. on (location)

na (followed by accusative štvrtý pád)

1. for (purpose)

• na in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

From Proto-Slavic *na.

• IPA^(key): /na/
• Tonal orthography: na

na

1. (with locative) on (stationary)
2. (with accusative) onto (motion towards)
3. (with accusative) at, on (a moment in time)

na

1. moreover

From enna.

na

1. (obsolete) en la

Borrowed from Dutch naar.

• IPA^(key): /na/

na

1. to

• IPA^(key): /nɑ/

na

1. and
2. with
3. by

Older or more conservative Swahili writings only use na to connect two nouns, never to connect two adjectives; the second adjective is changed into an abstract noun instead. However, in modern colloquial Swahili, this is not always the case.

From Old Swedish hana, accusative form of hon. In standard Swedish the corresponding dative form (henne, in Old Norse: hænni) instead has taken its place.[1]

na

1. (dialectal, strongly colloquial) her; accusative and dative of hon

   Jo, ja' gav'na brevet.

   Yes, I gave her the letter.

Often merged with previous word. Rarely in written form unless supposed to imitate (dialectal) speech.

• henne

• en

• IPA^(key): /na/

na

1. now
2. already

From English and.

na

1. and
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎, →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• olsem na

• IPA^(key): /nä/

na

1. house

(Nouns)

• ti' na

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

• IPA^(key): [na]

na

1. that (animate)

na f sg

1. a, an

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧]

(classifier cây, trái, quả) na (𦰡)

1. (Northern Vietnam) sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

   Synonym: mãng cầu

• IPA^(key): /naː/, /na/

na

1. no

na

1. not (in answers and tag questions)
2. don’t (in prohibitions)

Triggers mixed mutation of a following consonant. When the following consonant is g, which disappears under soft mutation, the form na remains; it does not become nag, the form used before vowels. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan.

• nag (used before a vowel)

na (triggers mixed mutation)

1. than
2. neither, nor

• nag (used before a vowel)

na

1. (colloquial) first-person singular future of gwneud
2. Soft mutation of gna.

From Old Norse nakkvart.

• IPA^(key): /na/, /næ/

na

1. somewhat

   Hä rit nona högt ópp i värä tornä däna

   That tower rises fairly high up in the air.

• na å na
• navondail
• na sä när
• na sta när
• nalta
• naltä
• navohdt

From Old Norse hana.

• IPA^(key): /nɑ/, /ɳɑ/

na

1. her

na

1. Interrogative particle; indicates a yes-no question. Placed at the end of the sentence.

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

-na

1. (intransitive) to rain

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Possibly from na-.

• IPA^(key): /ná/

na

1. Interrogative particle; indicates a yes-no question. Placed at the end of the sentence.

From Proto-Bantu *-nɪ̀a.

IPA^(key): /na/

-na

1. (intransitive) to rain

• imvula

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “na”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “na (3-8)”
• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “na”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “na”