na

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forNauruan.

• IPA^(key):/nɑː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes:-ɑː

FromMiddle Englishna, fromOld Englishnā, fromOld Englishne(“not”) +ā(“ever”). More atno.

na (notcomparable)

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

Development of Etymology 1, above; comparenah.

na

1. (Geordie,Scotland)No.

   Na, yor wrang.

   Na, ye cannet watch telly.

   “Divn’t yee like milk?” “Na.”

• Frank Graham, editor (1987), “NA”, inThe New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing,→ISBN.
• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “na”, inA Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear:Northumbria University Press,→ISBN.

na

1. (linguistics)Abbreviation ofnoun animate.

Borrowed fromTagalogna.

na (notcomparable)

1. (Philippines,slang)Now;already.

   You need to sleepna.

   I have to gona.

Borrowed fromHindiना(nā).

na (notcomparable)

1. (North India,slang)Isn't it?

   It is farna?

• nad
• ni
• nid
• nah
• na-na
• na-na na-na boo-boo
• na-adjective

• -an,A/N,AN,An,a(n),an,an',an-

na

1. tobe(exist)

• nakeuh
• hana

FromProto-Indo-European*nō̆s(“we”).

na

1. (Gheg)we

• ne,në

na

1. the

• Kateřina Naitoro,A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

From a contraction of the prepositionen(“in”) + feminine singular articlela(“the”).

na f (masculinenel,neuterno,masculine pluralnos,feminine pluralnes)

1. in the

• IPA^(key):[náà]

na

1. stew

na (tonenà)

1. auxiliary marker for future tense

   sini, i bɛna taa sugu jɔ

   Youwill go to the market tomorrow

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

• IPA^(key):/na/ [n̪a]

na (Basahan spellingᜈ)

1. already

   Naghalina po siya sa harong.

   S/healready left the house.

2. yet(only in questions)

   Tapos kana?

   Are you finishedyet?

3. anymore

   Daina niya kayang tioson.

   S/he can't endure itanymore.

na (Basahan spellingᜈ)

1. connects consonant ending noun or adjective to a noun or adjective that it modifies

   Synonym:-ng

   Bilogna bulan ―Whole month

na (Basahan spellingᜈ)

1. about to;bound to

   Madya na, mapuonna kita.

   Come on, we'reabout to start.

FromProto-Trans-New Guinea*na. Cognate toZiana.

• 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

• IPA^(key):/na/

na

1. copula for nouns and adjectives
   • 2019 November 19, Kimzy K-Buoy, “Flex”‎^[1],0:57–0:59:

     MUSICNA THE KEY SO I NODI PLAY

     Music is the key so I am not engaging in play.

2. a topic marker introducing a clause to lay focus on a subject
   • 2019 November 19, Kimzy K-Buoy, “Flex”‎^[2],1:39–1:42:

     I go make you number one for ma list because
     Na you be the hardest

     I will make you the number one of my list by reason that, behold, you are the hardest.

From the final syllable ofLatindomina(“Lady”).

• (Central)IPA^(key):/nə/
• (Valencia)IPA^(key):/na/

na f sg (elidedn',masculineen)

1. (Eastern)personal article used before feminine given names instead of the definite articlela

   En Pau ina Maria arribaran demà.

   Pau and Maria will be arriving tomorrow.

• While this article (and its masculine counterparten) is standard in Balearic Catalan, in other Eastern Catalan dialects its use is waning, and the elided of the definite article,l', is used before names beginning with vowels. There is no plural personal article, so the plural definite articleles is used in all dialects.

• dona

na

1. root ofena

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

• IPA^(key):/ˈna/ [ˈn̪a]

na (Badlit spellingᜈ)

1. (after an adjective)marks that something is already the case when it wasn't so before; isnow

   Antonym:pa

   putina ang balay

   the houseis now colored white

   lahina ang panahon karon

   thingsare now different these days

2. (after verb in the inchoative^[1] aspect)marks verb as completed;have,already(perfect aspect)

   niadtona siya ―hehas gone outalready

   1. (+ negator "wala")indicates that an ongoing action has stopped or no longer happening;notanymore

      walana siyanikaon ―he did not eatanymore

3. (after verb in the prospective aspect)marks something that will happen very soon;about to

   moadtona siya ―he isabout to go out

   1. (+ negator "dili")indicates that an anticipated or habitual action is discontinued;willnot ...anymore

      dilina siyamoinom ―he does not drink (alcohol)anymore

na (Badlit spellingᜈ)

1. (after pronouns or names)indicates a shift in the performance of a task to the person as mentioned

   Antonym:pa

   ikawna ―it's your turn

   si Tonyona ―it's Tonyo's turn

na

1. I

Borrowed fromPortuguesena, contraction ofema.

• IPA^(key):/na/,[na]

na

1. indirect object marker:to

   Ya dale yo todosna mi amigo. ―I gave everythingto my friend.

2. used to refer to the location of something or some action:in;on;at

   Na Ciudad de Zamboanga ele nacido. ―He/she was born in Zamboanga City.

3. used to refer toward a location of something or some action:to;toward
4. used to refer to a time period:at;on;in; during (of a year, month, day of the week, time of day, etc.)
5. used to refer to a place of origin or where one comes from:from;of

Inherited fromOld Czechna, fromProto-Slavic*na.

• IPA^(key):[ˈna]

• Audio:

  (file)

na

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

   Dej skleničkuna stůl. ―Put the glasson the table.

2. on(location, + locative case)

   Sklenička jena stole. ―The glass ison the table.

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

   Jdemena poštu. ―We're goingto the post office.

4. at,in(location, + locative case, used only with certain places (v is more common))

   Jsmena poště. ―We'reat the post office.

5. for(purpose, + accusative case)

   Ty nůžky nejsouna hraní. ―The scissors are not for playing with.

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

   Nekřična mě! ―Don't yellat me!

• “na”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
• “na”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989

FromLatinnōn.

na

1. no
2. not

• naun
• non

FromSanskritनव(nava).

na

1. (Aleppo,cardinal number)nine

• Bruno Herin (2012) “The Domari Language of Aleppo (Syria)”, inLinguistic Discovery‎^[3], volume10, number 2,→DOI

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*na-ŋ.

na

1. you (sg.)

• Ross Perlin (2019)A Grammar of Trung‎^[4], Santa Barbara: University of California

• IPA^(key):/naː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:na
• Rhymes:-aː

FromMiddle Dutchna, fromOld Dutch*nāh,*nā, fromProto-West Germanic*nāhw, fromProto-Germanic*nēhw.

na

1. after

   Antonym:voor

2. (op ... na, with a cardinal number)bar,exceptUsed 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 hetop vier na grootste ter wereld.

   With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and thefifth 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 deop 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 andsecond most important tones.

• Afrikaans:na
• Negerhollands:na,a
  • → Virgin Islands Creole:na

FromMiddle Dutchna, fromOld Dutch*nāh,*nā, fromProto-West Germanic*nāhw, fromProto-Germanic*nēhwaz.

na (comparativenader,superlativenaast)

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.

na

1. (dialectal)Archaic form ofnaar.

na

1. first person;I

• naha

Presumably fromRussianна(na) andPolishna; alternatively, from the accusative suffix-n (possibly ablend with the articlela or with the suffix-a).

• IPA^(key):/na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-a
• Hyphenation: na

na

1. (neologism,rare,nonstandard,proscribed)Preposition introducing anaccusative phrase.

   Mi legisnaGerda Malaperis.

   I readGerda Disappeared.

Unofficial; it is recognized by some Esperantists on the Internet, but disapproved of by most high-level speakers. Proponents recommended using it only where the accusative suffix isn't possible: with numerals (unu(“one”)), particles (iom(“some”),kies(“whose”)), letters (J), titles of books, and quotations, etc. More standard options are to use the general prepositionje, to omit the accusative ending, or to rephrase the sentence to avoid the issue.

From contraction of prepositionen(“in”) + feminine articlea(“the”).

• IPA^(key):/nɐː/

na f (masculineno,masculine pluralnos,feminine pluralnas)

1. inthe

From a mutation ofa.

na f (accusative)

1. Alternative form ofa(“her”)

Then- 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

From contraction of adverbnon(“not”) + feminine singular articlea(“the”).

• IPA^(key):/nɐː/

• “o”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “na”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

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

Perhaps from an unstressed form ofnu. Compare alsoSwedishnå,Russianну(nu),Finnishno, and their cognates.

na

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

   Na, dann fangen wir mal an!

   So, let’s get started!

   Ich bin ein Narr?Na, du auch!

   I am a clown?Well, so are you!

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?

   Na toll! Kein Empfang.

   Oh great! No signal.

3. (regional, chieflynorthern 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 two plus three?Huh?

4. (regional, chieflynorthern 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 ofnein. CompareEnglishnah.

na

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

   Na. Das geht net.

   No. That doesn’t work.

• an

FromPortuguesena. Cognate withKabuverdianuna.

na

1. at
2. in
3. on

na

1. I(first-person singular pronoun)

• Ninuk Kleden-Probonegoro,The Ethnolinguistic Identity of the Hamap People in Change, page 198, 2008

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/na/,[nə]

na

1. for,belonging to,by

• Used for acquired possessions, whileno 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]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-nɒ

na

1. well,so,hey

   Na, nembaj. ―Well, no problem.

   Itt van Péter. –Na és? ―“Peter is here.” “So what?”

   Na,gyerünk! ―Alright, let's go!

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

   Na, ezfáj! ―Hey, that hurts!

• (Compound words):
  • nahát
  • nana
  • naná

• na inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN

Borrowed fromRussianна(na).

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈnɑ/,[ˈnɑ]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈnɑ/,[ˈnɑ]
• Rhymes:-ɑ
• Hyphenation:na

na

1. here!there you go!(said when handing something over)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page331

• IPA^(key):/n̪ˠə/

na (definite article)

1. genitivesingularfeminine ofan(triggersh-prothesis)

   na háite ―of the place

2. nominative/dativeplural ofan(triggersh-prothesis)

   na héin ―the birds

   óna cailíní ―from the girls

3. genitiveplural ofan(triggerseclipsis)

   na bpáistí ―of the children

na

1. Nonstandard form ofina
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, inA Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page196:

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

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

• → Yola:na

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “na”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “na”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “na”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2025

na

1. Thehiragana syllableな(na) or thekatakana syllableナ(na) inHepburn romanization.

FromPortuguesena.

na

1. at
2. in
3. on

• IPA^(key):/nə/ [nə]
• Hyphenation:na

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*ni-a, fromProto-Austronesian*ni-a.

na

1. 3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun:he;his;she;her;it;its

   Bayu ya ing balena.

   Her/his house is new.

   Nanu ing selina?

   What dids/he buy?

Possibly acontraction ofnanu(“what”). CompareTagalog'no, Japaneseな(na),ね(ne).

na

1. (masculine,informal, mildemphatic)used to get someone's attention, generally carries neutral or slightly positive connotations

   Na munta ka?

   Hey, are you going?

   Na dimdam me?

   Hey, did you hear?

na

1. (informal, mildemphatic)sentence-final particle indicatingemotion ormildemphasis

   Makanini namu siguruna?

   Maybe it is what it is,isn't it?

   Nokarin nakaman muntana?

   Where are you going,huh?

na

1. connectsadjectives tonouns

   Malairona banwa.

   the blue sky.

   kakatuana tau.

   A strange person.

na

1. already;now (expresses theevent when following averb)

   Yarina.

   Finishedalready.

   Muntanaka.

   Are you goingnow?.

2. already;now (declares theevent ofaction when following averb in thepasttense)

   Matudtudna.

   Sleptalready.

   Sinalina.

   Boughtalready.

3. already;now (suggestsimmediate orquickaction when following theinfinitive form andfuturetense of theverb)

   Lungubnakata.

   Let's go inalready.

   Pepasalinakung panulu.

   I'm having someone buy the medicinenow.

• на(Cyrillic)

FromProto-Slavic*na.

na

1. here you are!take it!

na

1. water

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

• IPA^(key):/ˈna/
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:na

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*na.

na

1. denotessuperessive position;on [withlocative]

   Synonym:nó

2. denotessublative movement;onto[withaccusative]

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*na.

na

1. emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action;c'mon,now

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “na”, inSłownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page110
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “na 1”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[5], volume 2, page 2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “na 2”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[6], volume 2, page 2
• “na”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022
• “na!”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022

na

1. (instrumental)with^[1]

   Gũtemana kanua ti gũtemana rũhiũ.

   To cutwith a mouth is not to cutwith a knife.

2. (comitative)and, with^[1]

   Ikinyana thĩ itiaganaga.

   The footand the earth cannot help meeting.

3. (source)from^[1]

   Synonym:kuuma

   Wega uumagana mũciĩ.

   Goodness comesfrom home.

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. this (animate)

   nəti na ―Who is this?

   Synonym:ta(inanimate)

• David E. Watters (2006) “Notes on Kusunda Grammar: A Language Isolate of Nepal”, inHimalayan Linguistics‎^[7], page48

na f

1. an,a

• n'

• n

• nalo,naldo,nalde(Monastir)

FromGreekνα(na), fromAncient Greekἤν(ḗn).

na (Hebrew spellingנה)

1. here!behold!there!

na

1. and

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈnaː/,[ˈnäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈna/,[ˈnäː]

nā

1. imperativesingular ofnō,swim!

• "na", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Of native Bobangi origin (compareSwahilina), but its functional broadening to "in, at" may be under the influence of West African languages; compareIgbona,Kriona.

na

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

FromProto-Slavic*na.

• IPA^(key):/na/

na

1. on,in[withlocative]
2. on,onto[withaccusative]

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “na_2”, inSłownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague:ОРЯС РАН,ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag,2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “na”, inDolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 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.

FromPortuguesena, itself fromOld Galician-Portuguesena. Semantically, compareChavacanona.

na

1. in

   botâna fólia ―to placein the newspaper

   Já levâ ung'a peradana cara qui ficó vangueado.

   The ball hit him so hardin the face that he fainted.

2. at

   na casa ―at home

   na festa ―at the party

3. on

   estendêna chám ―to stretchon the ground

• As grammatical gender is not differentiated in Macanese,na is invariable, and there is no alternative form*no.
• Unlike the Chavacano term, the preposition does not bear the meaning of "to"; that function is fulfilled bypa.

• têm na trâs di porta(“to be very near, to be just around the corner”)

Possibly a reduced form ofPortugueseainda.

• nâ

na

1. still,yet

   Já cavâ fazê liçam di casa? Nuncanâ, faltâ três folia

   Have you finished your homework yet? Notyet, I still have three pages

   Ela tâ assí chistosana? Certo, iou-sa Marichai dia-a-dia tâ más bunita

   Shestill looks so pretty, doesn't she? Of course, my Marichai gets prettier by the day

Borrowed fromCantonese嗱(naa⁴).

• nâ,ná

na

1. here!,here you go,here you are(offering something to the listener)

na

1. emphatic particle

   Cudíná! ―Help!

   Vai racolênâ! ―Get lost!

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

• Audio:

  (file)

na (na⁵ /na⁰,Zhuyin˙ㄋㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of吶 /呐
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of哪

na

1. Nonstandard spelling ofnā.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofná.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofnǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling ofnà.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• IPA^(key):/naː/

FromOld Dutchnāh, fromProto-Germanic*nēhw.

na

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

na

1. afterwards,later
2. close,near

• Dutch:na
  • Afrikaans:na
• Limburgish:nao

FromOld Dutch*nāh, fromProto-Germanic*nēhwaz.

nâ

1. close

This adjective needs aninflection-table template.

• “na (I)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• “na (II)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• “na (III)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “na (I)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “na (II)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page II

FromProto-Central Chadic*nɨh.

na

1. toripen

• S. Allison,Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
• R.C. Gravina,The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic

Feminine form ofnu, fromLatinūnus.

• n'(before words starting with a vowel)

FromLatinūna.

na f sg

1. a,an

FromProto-Iranian*ná, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*ná, fromProto-Indo-European*né. Related tone.

• Rhymes:-ɑː

na

1. no

FromProto-Bantu*-nɪ̀a.

-na

1. torain

This verb needs aninflection-table template.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• (Kautokeino)IPA^(key):/ˈna/

na

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation, then remove the text{{rfdef}}.

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

FromProto-Bantu*-nɪ̀a.

na

1. torain

FromOld Norsehana, the accusative form ofhon(“she”). Compare withSwedishna. The correct term in Norwegian Bokmål would behenne, and eitherho orhenne in Norwegian Nynorsk.

na

1. (dialectal,colloquial)her;object form ofho

• It is almost without exceptions used as aclitic, and is always unstressed.

• a
• hu

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 particlena; if it ends in a consonant, useina.
   • Giminikwena? —Are you drinking?
   • Gigii-anokiinabijiinaago? —Did you work yesterday?
   • but:Giwiisinina? —Are you eating?

• ina

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*na.

• IPA^(key):(13^th CE)/ˈna/
• IPA^(key):(15^th CE)/ˈna/

na

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

   I přivedli oslici a oslátko s ní, i položichuna ně rúcha svá. ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. on(location, + locative case)
3. for(purpose, + accusative case)
4. at(in the direction of, + accusative case)

• Czech:na

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “na”, inSlovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague:Česká grafická společnost "unie",Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• nō

FromProto-West Germanic*nai(“never”), equivalent to a contraction ofne(“not”) andā(“ever”).

• IPA^(key):/nɑː/

nā

1. not

   Nis þætnā rēad, ac is grēne.

   That'snot red, it's green.

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

     Is hit ālīefed þæt man Cāsere gafol selle, þenā?

     Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, ornot?

   • c. 992,Ælfric,"The Fifth Sunday in Lent"

     Dryhten nisnā ōðrum mannum tō wiþmetenne.

     The Lord isnot comparable to other people.

   • c. 995,Ælfric,Extracts on Grammar in English

     Nōn egō, sed tū: “Nā iċ, ac þū.” Nōn bōs est, sed equus: “Nis hitnā oxa, ac is hors.”

     Non ego, sed tu: “Not me, you.”Non bos est, sed equus: “It'snot an ox, it's a horse.”

2. no

   Þæt iċ cwæþ for þon āne þe iċnā bet nysse.

   I only said that because I didn't know any better (literally "no better").

   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihtenā mā muneca wunian...

     Then said the abbot and all the brothers, thatno more monks could dwell there...

   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,Version B, year 897

     Þȳ ilcan sumora forwearþnā lǣs þonne twēntiġ sċipa be þǣm sūðriman.

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

   • late 10th century,Ælfric,"Ash-Wednesday"

     Þā cwæð eall sēo meniu þe ðǣr mid stōd ofwundrod þæt sē cwellere ne sceolde swencan hīnā leng...

     Then said all the multitude who stood there astonished,that the executioner should vex herno longer,...

1. (poetic)never
   • 10th century,The Wanderer:

     Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?
     Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
     Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
     Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
     ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēonō wære.

     Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
     Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?
     Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!
     Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,
     grow dark under the cover of night, as if itnever did.

nā

1. not
   • c. 992,Ælfric,"Midlent"

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

     It's more of a miracle that God Almighty feeds the whole world every day than that he fed five thousand people with five loaves of bread—but that amazed peoplenot because it was more miraculous, but because it was unusual.

• (conjunction):næs

• nā þæt

• English:no
• Geordie English:ne,naw
• Scots:nae,naw

• nān
• nāwiht
• ne
• nese

FromProto-West Germanic*nai, equivalent to ablend ofne(“not”) +‎ā(“ever”). Akin toOld Englishnā.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnaː/

nā

1. never

• West Frisian:nea

nā

1. no

• Saterland Frisian:noa

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnaː/

nā (+ dative)

1. Alternative form ofnēi

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009)An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN

• IPA^(key):/n͈a/

na(triggers/h/-prothesis in the feminine genitive singular, in the feminine and neuter nominative plural, and in the accusative plural; triggerseclipsis in the genitive plural)

1. Aphetic form ofinna(“the(various inflected forms)”)

• IPA^(key):/n͈a/

na (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers/h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. Aphetic form ofinna(“in his/her/its/their”)

• IPA^(key):/n͈a/

na

1. neuternominative/accusativesingular ofnach(“any”)

• IPA^(key):/n͈aː/

na (triggers/h/-prothesis)

1. Alternative spelling ofná(“don’t”)

• IPA^(key):/n͈aː/

na (triggers/h/-prothesis)

1. (chiefly in the negative)Alternative spelling ofná(“or, nor”)

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*na. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key):(10^th–15^th CE)/na/
• IPA^(key):(15^th CE)/na/

na

1. denotessublative movement;onto[withaccusative]
2. denotes movement towards some nouns;to,toward[withaccusative]
3. denotes the length of time for which an action will be done;for[withaccusative]
4. denotes a goal or purpose;for[withaccusative]
5. used in some temporal and physical measurements;by[withaccusativeorlocative]
6. denotessuperessive position;on[withlocative]
7. denotes a period of time;during[withlocc]
8. denotes frequency;per[withcase]
9. denotes location with events;at[withlocative]
10. denotes manner[withaccusative]

• Polish:na
• Silesian:na

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “na”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

• nda
• n'-,nd'-(before a vowel)

na

1. forms the negative of verbs and adjectives[with-i]
2. forms the negative of nouns[withruã]
3. hopefully;if only[withruãymã]
4. shall not stop[with-e'ymi]
   • 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapterVII, inArte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published1595, page34v:

     […]naipotareîmixoéne[…]

     [[…]n'aîpotare'ymi xûéne[…]]

     Ishall not stop wanting it.

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “na”, inDicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global,→ISBN,page325, columns1–2

Inherited fromSanskritन(na).

na

1. no,not

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

na

1. (demonstrative)that

• ta

• ena(“this”)
• nā(“her”)

na m orn

1. (demonstrative) that
2. him,it
3. (in theplural)them
   • 2006,The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[9], page558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහංනෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃnesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I givethem a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Note that this is not used to reference, explicitly or implicitly, a neuter noun in the plural.

• ta

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “na”, inPali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

FromPortuguesena andKabuverdianuna.

na

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

FromDutchnaar.

na

1. to
2. towards

FromSanskritन(na,“not”).

• IPA^(key):/na/

na (negating,Perso-Arabic spellingنہ)

1. not
2. don't

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “na”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[10], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “na”, inA Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/na/

na (Perso-Arabic spellingنہ)

1. no!

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “na”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[11], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

FromProto-Bantu*-nɪ̀a.

-na

1. torain

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Inherited fromOld Polishna.

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• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:na
• Homophone:-na

na

1. denotessuperessive position;on[withlocative]

   Siedzęna koniu. ―I'mon a horse.

2. denotes location with events;at[withlocative]

   Mieszkamna wsi. ―I livein the countryside.

3. denotessublative movement;onto[withaccusative]

   Uważaj, zaraz tona mnie spadnie! ―Watch out, it's going to fallon me!

4. denotes the length of time for which an action will be done;for,by[withaccusative]

   Sprawozdanie ma być gotowena piątą. ―The report should be readyby five o'clock.

5. denotes a goal or purpose;for, todeal with[withaccusative]

   lekna grypę ―flu medication

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

6. denotes frequency;per[withaccusative]

   pięć metrówna sekundę ―five metersper second

7. denotes manner[withaccusativeoradverb]

   pasażerna gapę ―stowaway

   deserna kwaśno ―sourdessert

8. (mathematics)surjective usage;onto[withaccusative]
9. (Przemyśl)Synonym ofdla[withaccusative]

   Bedzie interesna mnie. ―There's going to be a dealfor me.