-iana

From Latin -āna (neuter plural of -ānus) by analogy with formations ending in -ian (Canadian → Canadiana, Edwardian → Edwardiana). By surface analysis, -ia +‎ -ana.

-iana

1. Alternative form of -ana.

All the formations from this suffix are pluralia tantum.

• NAIA, naai

• IPA^(key): /iˈana/, /ˈjana/

1=n

-iana

1. alternative form of -ana

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

• -iāna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [i.aː.na]
• -iāna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.a.na]
• -iānā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [i.aː.naː]
• -iānā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.a.na]

-iāna

1. inflection of -iānus:
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

-iānā

1. ablative singular feminine of -iānus

-iana

1. feminine singular of -iano