Anaphetic form ofbanana.

• enPR:näʹnə,IPA^(key):/ˈnɑːnə/

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɑːnə

nana (pluralnanas)

1. (informal) Abanana.
2. (UK,slang) Afoolish person.

   You look a rightnana dressed up like that.

• 'nana,narna,narner

Variant spelling ofnanna.

• enPR:nănʹə,IPA^(key):/ˈnænə/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-ænə

nana (pluralnanas)(informal)

1. (term of endearment) One'sgrandmother.
2. Ananny.

• A.A.N.N.,Anna,anan,anna,naan

nana

1. grandfather

• IPA^(key):/ˈnana/[ˈna.na]
• Rhymes:-ana
• Syllabification:na‧na

nana

1. femininesingular ofnanu

nana

1. Romanization ofᬦᬦ
2. Romanization ofᬦᬦᬵ

nana

1. past ofna

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪a.n̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation:na‧na

nanà (Basahan spellingᜈᜈ)

1. pus

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈna.nə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈna.na]

nana

1. femininesingular ofnan

nana f (pluralnanes)

1. female equivalent ofnan(“dwarf”)
2. female equivalent ofnano(“boy”)
3. Clipping ofestrella nana(“dwarf star”)

• nana blanca
• nana roja

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq. CompareMalaynanah.

• Hyphenation:na‧na
• IPA^(key):/ˈnanaʔ/ [ˈn̪a.n̪ɐʔ]

nana

1. (uncountable)pus

nana

1. mother.

nana

1. mother

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nana

1. (Sommepy)bread

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851)Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page168

FromCebuanonana.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnanaʔ/,[ˈna.naʔ]
• Hyphenation:na‧na

nanà

1. (Zamboangueño)pus

   Synonym:(Caviteño, Ternateño)materia

• nanna

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nana

1. something

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nana

1. him(3rd person singular accusative)

nana

1. war

Fromnano(“dwarf”,noun) +‎-a(adjective ending), ultimately fromLatinnānus.

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key):/ˈnana/
• Rhymes:-ana
• Hyphenation: na‧na

nana (accusative singularnanan,pluralnanaj,accusative pluralnanajn)

1. dwarf

From Proto-Central-Pacific*nana, fromProto-Oceanic*nanaq, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnana/

nana

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

Diminutive form ofAnne,Anna, popularised afterZola's 1880 novelNana.

• IPA^(key):/na.na/

• Audio:

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nana f (pluralnanas)

1. (slang)chick,bird (especially when attractive)

   Synonym:meuf

   • 2000,Frédéric Beigbeder,99 francs‎^[3], Gallimard,→ISBN,page19:

     Je suis le type qui vous vend de la merde. Qui vous fait rêver de ces choses que vous n’aurez jamais. Ciel toujours bleu,nanas jamais moches, un bonheur parfait, retouché sur Photoshop.

     I'm the guy who sells you shit. Who makes you dream of those things you'll never have. A sky that's always blue;chicks who are never ugly; a perfect, Photoshopped happiness.

• “nana”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• Anna

Probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnana̝/

nana f (pluralnanas)

1. (archaic)mother;mama

• nai

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nana”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nana”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nana”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nana”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

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nana

1. that

   Synonym:nanda

• Ilana Mushin,A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)

naha +‎-na

• IPA^(key):/nana/

nana

1. there

• IPA^(key):/ˈna.na/,[ˈnɐ.nə]

nana

1. Lānaʻi form ofulana(“to plait”)

nana

1. topull

FromProto-Philippine[Term?], fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

• Hyphenation:na‧na
• IPA^(key):/ˈnana/

nana

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

FromProto-Philippine[Term?], fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

nána

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

• IPA^(key):/ˈna.na/
• Rhymes:-ana
• Hyphenation:nà‧na

nana

1. femininesingular ofnano

nana f (pluralnane)

1. female equivalent ofnano(“dwarf”)

• Anna,annà

FromProto-Philippine[Term?], fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

nana

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

nana

1. Rōmaji transcription ofなな

FromProto-Philippine[Term?], fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnanəʔ/ [ˈnäː.nəʔ]

nánâ

1. (pathology)pus

nana

1. eight

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nana

1. I

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

nāna f (genitivenānae);first declension

1. dwarf (female)

First-declension noun.

• nānus

• “nana”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nana”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

• nanā(Courland)

FromProto-Finnic*nenä.

nana

1. nose

• IPA^(key):/ˈnana/

nana

1. inflection ofnan:
   1. genitive/accusativesingular
   2. nominativedual

Borrowed fromTamilஅண்ணா(aṇṇā).

• (Johor-Selangor)IPA^(key):/nanə/
• (Riau-Lingga)IPA^(key):/nana/
• Rhymes:-anə,-nə,-ə

nana (Jawi spellingنان,pluralnana-nana)

1. brother (older male sibling)

• abang
• kakak
• engko
• uda

nana

1. pus

FromProto-Polynesian*naa-naa(“to look at something”).^[1][2]Doublet ofnānā.

nana

1. lo,look,see,behold(imperative).

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nana

1. eyebrow

• “nana” in John C. Moorfield,Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.

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• (phonetic)IPA^(key):[nʲɑːnʲɑ],(enunciated)[nʲɑ nʲɑ]
• (phonemic)IPA^(key):/nʲæɰnʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes:{nahnah}

nana

1. bad
2. wicked
3. evil
4. inedible

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

nanà

1. pus

nana

1. mother

Cognates includeMinica Huitotonana andNüpode Huitotonana.

• IPA^(key):[ˈnana]
• Hyphenation:na‧na

nana

1. all

nana

1. all,everything,everyone
   • 1988,Homenaje a la Declaracion Universal de Derechos Humanos: Huitoto Murui [Homage to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Murui Huitoto], page 8:

     Nana caɨ comuillamona dama caɨ abɨdo itɨcaɨ.

     [We] all exist alone as to our growing with our bodies.

• Shirley Burtch (1983)Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[4] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page187
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[5], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page154

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

nana (mutated formnana)

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

CompareCahuillanáxanish

• IPA^(key):/nana/

nana (pluralnaana)

1. man

nana

1. attributive ofnanus

nana

1. skin,hide

• Rhymes:-ɐnɐ

nana f (pluralnanas)

1. nap; a quick or littlesleep

   Synonyms:soneca,cochilo

nana

1. inflection ofnanar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

nana

1. aunt

nanà

1. pus

Of expressive/onomatopoetic origin.

• IPA^(key):/nǎːna/
• Hyphenation:na‧na
• Rhymes:-ǎːna

nána f (Cyrillic spellingна́на)

1. mother
2. grandmother

Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishنعنع(nane), fromArabicنَعْنَع(naʕnaʕ),نَعْنَاع(naʕnāʕ).

• IPA^(key):/nǎːna/
• Hyphenation:na‧na
• Rhymes:-ǎːna

nána f (Cyrillic spellingна́на)

1. mint

   Synonym:mètvica

• “nana”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025
• “nana”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

nana

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

Echoic/imitative.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnana/[ˈna.na]

• Audio(Colombia):

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• Rhymes:-ana
• Syllabification:na‧na

nana f (pluralnanas)

1. (Latin America)nanny

   Synonyms:niñera,ama

2. (colloquial)granny,grandmother

   Synonyms:abuela,yaya

3. (Chile)housekeeper
4. lullaby

   Synonym:canción de cuna

5. a kind of small sack
6. (dated,Guatemala)mommy;mom;mother

• tata

Borrowed fromQuechuananay(“pain”).

nana f (pluralnanas)

1. (Rioplatense,Chile,childish)boo-boo

   Synonyms:pupa,yaya

2. (Rioplatense,Paraguay, chiefly in theplural)pains andaches ofold age

   Synonym:achaque

• “nana”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq. CompareMalaynanah.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈnanaʔ/[ˈn̪aː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes:-anaʔ
• Syllabification:na‧na

nanà (Baybayin spellingᜈᜈ)

1. pus;matter

   Synonym:agwasa

FromPhilippineSpanishnana(“mommy”).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈnana/[ˈn̪aː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes:-ana
• Syllabification:na‧na

nana (Baybayin spellingᜈᜈ)

1. aunt

   Synonyms:tiya,tita,tiyang,tiyahin,ale,ante,inda

2. (obsolete, Manila)mother

   Synonyms:ina,nanay,mama

• tata

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/naˈnaʔ/[n̪ɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes:-aʔ
• Syllabification:na‧na

nanâ (Baybayin spellingᜈᜈ)

1. (obsolete)name of the Baybayin letterᜈ, corresponding to "na"

• “nana”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860)Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[6] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor,Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[7], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 409: “Materia) Nana (pp) de la llaga [o herida]”
  • page 439: “N) Nana (pc) Vna delas letras del Abeçedario Tagalog. |. Nana yaon .|.ᜈ . Aralan mo aco nang pagſulat nang iniong Nana, enſeñame a eſcriuir bueſtra letra .N.”
  • page 487: “Podre) Nana (pp) q̃ ſale de la herida.”

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• IPA^(key):[nana]

nana

1. bye,goodbye

• ᯉᯉ

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*nanaq, fromProto-Austronesian*naNaq.

nana (Batak spellingᯉᯉ)

1. pus(fluid found in regions of infection)

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

nana

1. that

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne,Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, inVerb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

nanà

1. pus;abscess

nana

1. mother.

naná

1. pus;abscess