nanna
See also: Nanna
English
Etymology
Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child speaking, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny.
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nánꜜnà/
References
- Vovin, Alexander V. (2016), “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina; Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɑnːɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝nːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
- Syllabification(key): nan‧na
Declension
| Inflection of nanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nanna | nannat | ||
| genitive | nannan | nannojen | ||
| partitive | nannaa | nannoja | ||
| illative | nannaan | nannoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | nanna | nannat | ||
| accusative | nom. | nanna | nannat | |
| gen. | nannan | |||
| genitive | nannan | nannojen nannainrare | ||
| partitive | nannaa | nannoja | ||
| inessive | nannassa | nannoissa | ||
| elative | nannasta | nannoista | ||
| illative | nannaan | nannoihin | ||
| adessive | nannalla | nannoilla | ||
| ablative | nannalta | nannoilta | ||
| allative | nannalle | nannoille | ||
| essive | nannana | nannoina | ||
| translative | nannaksi | nannoiksi | ||
| instructive | — | nannoin | ||
| abessive | nannatta | nannoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From child speak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnan.na/
- Rhymes: -anna
- Hyphenation: nàn‧na
Derived terms
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnan.na/
Inflection
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | nannti | nannitna | |
| 2nd person | nanntek | nannitkom | |
| 3rd person | nanntu | nannitha | nannithom |
Sicilian
Noun
nanna f (plural nanni)
- grandmother, grandma. Female equivalent of nannu
- anger, irritation, disdain
- T’aju na nanna.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (croquet) when the bowl goes through the hoop from the reverse side
- (humorous) old wine
Descendants
- → Maltese: nanna
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “nanna”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2643
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “nanna”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 241
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “nànna”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 562
Sumerian
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