wana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wana"

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waˈna/ [wʌˈnʌ]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧na

Noun

waná f 

  1. calmness

Declension

Declension of waná
absolutive waná
predicative waná
subjective waná
genitive waná
Postpositioned forms
l-case wanál
k-case wanák
t-case wanát
h-case wanáh

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese wana (forest, wood), from Sanskrit वन (vana, forest, grove, thicket).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.nə/
  • Rhymes: -anə
  • Hyphenation: wa‧na

Noun

wana (Balinese script ᬯᬦ)

  1. forest, jungle
    Synonym: alas

Further reading

  • wana” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Gothic

Romanization

wana

  1. romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦤ (wana), from Old Javanese wana, from Sanskrit वन (vana).

Pronunciation

Noun

wana

  1. (literary, rare) synonym of hutan (forest)

Compounds

  • wana antara (forest between two kingdoms)
in combination

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

wana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of わな

Javanese

Romanization

wana

  1. romanization of ꦮꦤ

Kunda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàjánà.

Noun

wana class 2

  1. plural of mwana.

Lindu

Noun

wana

  1. jungle; forest

Nyungwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàjánà.

Noun

wana class 2

  1. plural of mwana.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wanō, from Proto-Germanic *wanô, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (lacking, deficient, absent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.nɑ/

Noun

wana m

  1. a want, lack, absence

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative wana wanan
accusative wanan wanan
genitive wanan wanena
dative wanan wanum

Adjective

wana

  1. want of necessaries, lack, want, defect

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: wane, wan, won, wone, wain (Northern)
    • English: wane
    • Scots: wane, waine

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese ꦮꦤ
Balinese
Roman wana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: wa‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit वन (vana, forest, grove, thicket).

Noun

wana

  1. forest, wood
Derived terms
  • ayam wana
  • kĕbo wana
  • sata wana
  • warāha wana
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

wana

  1. alternative spelling of wāhana (vehicle, conveyance)

References

  • "wana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

wana

  1. digging stick for gathering food (traditionally used by women; along with a piti it symbolises women)

References

  • Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary[2], IAD Press, →ISBN

Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वन (vana, forest, wood).

Noun

wana (Sundanese script ᮝᮔ)

  1. forest

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

wana

  1. plural of mwana

Verb

wana

  1. inflection of -wa na:
    1. third-person plural present affirmative
    2. m-wa class subject inflected plural present affirmative

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wana]

Noun

wana

  1. flute
  2. bamboo used for making flutes

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “wana”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 323