spana

See also: Spaña, spaņa, spāņa, spâna, and spână

Italian

Verb

spana

1. inflection of spanare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspana]

Participle

spana

1. nominative singular feminine of spany

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Compare Månsing and Knoparmoj Swedish spana (“to steal”).

Verb

spana (present tense spanar, past tense spana, past participle spana, passive infinitive spanast, present participle spanande, imperative spana/span)

1. (Rodi) to steal

   Synonym: (Rodi) kjåra

References

• Ragnvald Iversen (1945), Secret languages in Norway, volume 2, page 166

Swahili

Seti ya spana

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-der.

Proto-Germanic *spannō

Old English spann

Middle English spanne

English span

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English spannerbor.

Swahili spana

Borrowed from English spanner.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spana class IX (plural spana class X)

1. spanner (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɑːna/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish spana, from Old Norse *spana, from Proto-Germanic *spananą (“to lure, to entice”). Doublet of spänna. Arguably related more distantly to Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō).

Verb

spana (present spanar, preterite spanade, supine spanat, imperative spana)

1. to spy, to scout

   Synonym: speja

Conjugation

Conjugation of spana (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	spana		spanas
supine	spanat		spanats
imperative	spana		—
imper. plural1	spanen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	spanar	spanade	spanas	spanades
ind. plural1	spana	spanade	spanas	spanades
subjunctive2	spane	spanade	spanes	spanades
present participle		spanande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• span
• spanare
• spaning
• spana in

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spana

1. definite plural of spa

References

• “spana”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• spana in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English spanner.

Noun

spana

1. spanner; wrench