вана

Borrowed from German Wanne. Cognates with Russian ва́нна (vánna)

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanɐ]

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ва́на • (vána) f

1. bath; bathtub

• “вана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Possibly by metathesis from obsolete Erzya нава (nava), which, according to Paasonen, was borrowed from Russian на (na) (compare нате (nate, “here you are!”)).

Alternatively, related to or influenced by Erzya ваномс (vanoms, “to watch”).

вана • (vana)

1. here (is), this (is)

   вана монь кудом ― vana moń kudom ― here is my home

2. there

вана • (vana)

1. here, look (at it)
   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke‎^[1], page 227:

     Омбоце чистэнть неизе Іоанн Іисусонь тензэ самсто да мерьсь: вана Пазонь Реве левксэсь, Кона сайсазо эсь лаҥгозонзо мастор лаҥгонь пежетьсть.

     Omboce čistënť nejize Ioann Ijisusoń tenzë samsto da merś: vana Pazoń Reve levksëś, Kona sajsazo eś laŋgozonzo mastor laŋgoń pežetsť.

     The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

2. here you are! take it! (when offering something, casual)

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вана”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vana”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanə]

ва́на • (vána) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of ван (van)