-ana

(conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-ana → ‎tanítana (“he/she would teach”)

Usage notes

Conditional indefinite – personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
Person		Back vowel	unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nék
én	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anék	-enék
te	2nd person singular	-nál	-nél
te	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anál	-enél
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-na	-ne
ő maga ön	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-ana	-ene
mi	1st person plural	-nánk	-nénk
mi	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anánk	-enénk
ti	2nd person plural	-nátok	-nétek
ti	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anátok	-enétek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nának	-nének
ők maguk önök	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anának	-enének
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

(conditional suffix) Variants:
-na is added to most back vowel verbs
‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-na → ‎várna (“he/she would wait”)

-ne is added to most front vowel verbs
‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-ne → ‎kérne (“he/she would ask”)

-ana is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
‎mond (“to say something”) + ‎-ana → ‎mondana (“he/she would say something”)

‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-ana → ‎tanítana (“he/she would teach”)

-ene is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-ene → ‎festene (“he/she would paint”)

‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-ene → ‎segítene (“he/she would help”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ane.

Suffix

-ana

-ane
1. (organic chemistry) a saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane
2. (inorganic chemistry) a simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid

Interlingua

Alternative forms

-iana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈana/

Suffix

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-ana

female equivalent of -ano

References

Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

-āna:
- (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.na]
-ānā:
- (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aː.naː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.na]

Suffix

-āna

inflection of -ānus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-ānā

ablative feminine singular of -ānus

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.

Derived terms

Northern Ndebele terms suffixed with -ana (diminutive)

ichibana

indodana

umntwana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.na/
Rhymes: -ɑːna
Homophones: Ana, ana
Hyphenation: -an‧a

Suffix

-ana

neuter definite plural of -an (“alkane-name suffix”)

Anagrams

Ana, ana

Nuxalk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ana/

Suffix

-ana

formative suffix

Derived terms

Nuxalk terms suffixed with -ana

References

Nater, Hank (2022), The Nuxalk Language: (lexicon, narratives, grammar), →DOI, page 19

Old English

Suffix

-ana m or f (noun inflectional suffix)

(Early Old English) alternative form of -ena; marks the genitive plural of n-stem masculine, n-stem feminine, and some ō-stem feminine nouns
‎palma (“palm”) + ‎-ana → ‎palmana (“palms'”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

-𑀅𑀦 (Brahmi script)
-अन (Devanagari script)
-অন (Bengali script)
-අන (Sinhalese script)
-အန or -ဢၼ (Burmese script)
-อน or -อะนะ (Thai script)
-ᩋᨶ (Tai Tham script)
-ອນ or -ອະນະ (Lao script)
-អន (Khmer script)
-𑄃𑄚 (Chakma script)

Suffix

-ana n

Verbal noun (neuter), formed on root.

Usage notes

Independent vowels and vowel bearers are shown in the list of alternative forms to accord with basic grammar rules. These are converted to dependent vowels when the suffix is used.

Derived terms

Words using this suffix are listed in their own category. Note that normally only the Latin script forms are listed, as etymology sections are normally restricted to the Latin script form.

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

Derived terms

Phuthi terms suffixed with -ana (diminutive)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

Suffix

-ana

each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

Derived terms

Category Phuthi terms suffixed with -ana (reciprocal) not found

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: -a‧na

Suffix

-ana m anim

genitive/accusative singular of -an

Suffix

-ana

feminine nominative/vocative singular of -any

Portuguese

Suffix

-ana f (masculine -ano)

feminine singular of -ano
female equivalent of -ano

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ana (Cyrillic spelling -ана)

Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a place where an action occurs, relatives or to form a proper name.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.

Derived terms

Southern Ndebele terms suffixed with -ana (diminutive)

umntwana

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈana/ [ˈa.na]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: -a‧na

Suffix

-ana f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anas)

female equivalent of -ano

Suffix

-ana f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

feminine singular of -ano

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Bantu *-ana

Proto-Sabaki *-ana

Swahili -ana

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-ana, from Proto-Bantu *-ana.

In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -ana and Giryama -ana. Other Bantu cognates include Rwanda-Rundi -ana and Zulu -ana.

Suffix

-ana

each other; reciprocal suffix
‎-ona (“to see”) + ‎-ana → ‎-onana (“to see each other”)

Usage notes

One or more of the participants of the reciprocal action can be treated like an object introduced with the preposition na:
Nilikutana na rais.
I met the president.
In verbs ending in -i or -u, the appropriate applicative suffix is added before the reciprocal suffix, even when an applicative meaning is not intended or when an applicative form does not exist:
‎-sahau (“to forget”) + ‎-lia + ‎-ana → ‎-sahauliana (“to forget each other”)

‎-fahamu (“to know”) + ‎-ia + ‎-ana → ‎-fahamiana (“to know each other”)

Derived terms

Swahili reciprocal verbs

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

Derived terms

Swazi terms suffixed with -ana (diminutive)

umntfwana

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

Suffix

-ana

each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

Derived terms

Category Swazi terms suffixed with -ana (reciprocal) not found

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āna

Spanish -anabor.

Tagalog -ana

Borrowed from Spanish -ana, from Latin -āna.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈana/ [ˈaː.n̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: -a‧na

Suffix

-ana (noun-forming suffix, adjective-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜈ)

female equivalent of -ano
‎probinsiya (“province”) + ‎-ana → ‎probinsiyana (“female provincial”)

‎Korea (“Korea”) + ‎-ana → ‎Koreana (“female Korean”)

‎Amerika (“America”) + ‎-ana → ‎Amerikana (“female American”)

‎Italya (“Italy”) + ‎-ana → ‎Italyana (“female Italian”)

‎Cebu (“Cebu”) + ‎-ana → ‎Cebuana (“female person from Cebu”)

‎Bikol (“Bicol”) + ‎-ana → ‎Bikolana (“female person from Bikol region”)

‎Ilokos (“Ilocos”) + ‎-ana → ‎Ilokana (“female person from Ilocos region”)

Usage notes

Forms female demonym nouns, which can also be used as adjectives.

Derived terms

Tagalog terms suffixed with -ana

Tswana

Alternative forms

-ane

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”).

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

Derived terms

Category Tswana terms suffixed with -ana (diminutive) not found

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

Suffix

-ana

each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

Derived terms

Category Tswana terms suffixed with -ana (reciprocal) not found

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ana

Suffix

-ana

reciprocal suffix, each other

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

Derived terms

Xhosa terms suffixed with -ana (diminutive)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

Suffix

-ana

each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

Derived terms

Category Xhosa terms suffixed with -ana (reciprocal) not found

Zulu

Alternative forms

-ane

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà (“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".
(used in compounds) child

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-ana.

Suffix

-ana

each other; forms reciprocal verbs.

Derived terms

Zulu terms suffixed with -ana (reciprocal)

References

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