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Translingual
Symbol
ane
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Xârâcùù terms
Abau
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ane/
Adverb
ane
References
- SIL International (2020) “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org[3]
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“ancestor”). Cognate to Old High German ano (“grandfather, great-grandfather, forefather”), ana (“grandmother, great-grandmother, ancestress”), Old Prussian ane (“old mother”), Lithuanian anýta (“mother-in-law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ane f
Related terms
Alemannic German
Adverb
ane
- alternative form of ääne
- Ich bi rächt jung gsi, als ich da ane cho bi.
- I was very young when I was brought here.
Balinese
Pronoun
ane
- alternative spelling of ané
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, ānu, āno, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu, *ēnō (“without”). Cognate with German ohne, Icelandic án.
Preposition
ane
- (Sette Comuni, + accusative) without
- Ich pin nòch ane bètze.
- I'm still without money.
- Ane èssan manzich nèt léeban.
- You can't live without eating.
References
- “ane” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Copainalá Zoque
Noun
ane
Derived terms
- anejaꞌse
- anejaꞌsu
- anemone
- anemuch
- anesose
- antezaŋdʌc
References
- Harrison, Roy, Harrison, Margaret, García H., Cástulo (1981) Diccionario zoque de Copainalá (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 23)[4] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 16
Danish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German or Middle High German ane, from Old High German ano.
Noun
ane c (singular definite anen, plural indefinite aner)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ane | anen | aner | anerne |
| genitive | anes | anens | aners | anernes |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Verb
ane (imperative an, infinitive at ane, present tense aner, past tense anede, perfect tense har anet)
Conjugation
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑneˣ/, [ˈɑ̝ne̞(ʔ)]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑne
- Syllabification(key): a‧ne
- Hyphenation(key): ane
Noun
ane
- indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution)
Declension
| Inflection of ane (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ane | aneet | |
| genitive | aneen | aneiden aneitten | |
| partitive | anetta | aneita | |
| illative | aneeseen | aneisiin aneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ane | aneet | |
| accusative | nom. | ane | aneet |
| gen. | aneen | ||
| genitive | aneen | aneiden aneitten | |
| partitive | anetta | aneita | |
| inessive | aneessa | aneissa | |
| elative | aneesta | aneista | |
| illative | aneeseen | aneisiin aneihin | |
| adessive | aneella | aneilla | |
| ablative | aneelta | aneilta | |
| allative | aneelle | aneille | |
| essive | aneena | aneina | |
| translative | aneeksi | aneiksi | |
| abessive | aneetta | aneitta | |
| instructive | — | anein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ane”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ne/
Noun
ane
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ane (“termite” – compare with Maori ane, Rarotongan ane, Samoan ane), from Proto-Oceanic *ane (compare with Fijian yane),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay (“termite” – compare with Malay anai-anai, Tagalog anay), from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ne/, [ˈɐ.ne]
Noun
ane
Derived terms
- ane koʻe (“mealworm”)
- ane kuʻu (“mealy bug”)
Verb
ane
References
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ane”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
- ^ Pond, Wendy (1983) “Solving A Linguistic Murder With The Aid of Entomology”, in The Wētā[1], volume 6, number 1, The Entomological Society of New Zealand, page 3
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 394
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Betawi Kota ane, from Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā). Doublet of ana.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈane/ [ˈa.ne]
- Rhymes: -ane
- Syllabification: a‧ne
Pronoun
ane
Usage notes
- Usually used when transaction in
online shopping.
Japanese
Romanization
ane
Latin
Noun
āne
- vocative singular of ānus
Lithuanian
Etymology
Derhotacization of ar ne.
Particle
ane
- (colloquial) Final interrogative particle, forming a yes/no question from a declarative statement..
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ane (“termite” – compare with Hawaiian ane, Samoan ane), from Proto-Oceanic *ane (compare with Fijian yane),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay (compare with Malay anai-anai, Tagalog anay), from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.[2] Original sense of insect lost by semantic broadening.[3]
Noun
ane
- (obsolete) termite
Verb
ane (in the form anea)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pond, Wendy (1983) “Solving A Linguistic Murder With The Aid of Entomology”, in The Wētā[2], volume 6, number 1, The Entomological Society of New Zealand, page 3
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 394
- ^ Finegan, Edward, Besnier, Niko (1989) Language: Its Structure and Use, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 291
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “anea”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 11
- “ane” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːnə/
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.
Preposition
āne
- on, on top of
- on, on the side of
- beside, alongside
- to, towards (also as strengthening of the dative case)
- during
Alternative forms
Adverb
āne
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch āna, from Proto-Germanic *ēnō (“without”).
Preposition
âne
Further reading
- “ane (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “ane (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “ane (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “aen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page aen
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “aen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page aen
Middle English
Etymology 1
Article
ane
Usage notes
- Early on in the period, this inflection of the indefinite article was reserved for feminine nouns. Later in the period it came to be used in the oblique case or stylistically with all nouns regardless of gender (alongside the collapse of grammatical gender) and eventually disappeared altogether.
Etymology 2
Numeral
ane
- (Northern) alternative form of oon (“one”)
Middle High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German āno, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.
Preposition
āne
- (+accusative) without
Descendants
- Alemannic German: ooni, ohni, ouni
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: ane
- Central Franconian: ohne, ohni, ohnt
- Luxembourgish: ouni
- East Central German: ohne
- Vilamovian: ona
- German: ohne
- Yiddish: אָן (on)
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “âne”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Motu
Noun
ane
Nandi
Pronunciation
- Accusative Secondary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /ánêː/
- Accusative Primary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /ácêːk/
- Nominative Secondary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /áneː/
- Nominative Primary: IPA(key): (-ATR) /áceːk/
Pronoun
ane
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Derived terms
- Emphatic: anendet or anentet
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈane/
Verb
ane
- inflection of atnit:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative
- imperative connegative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Low German anen.
Cognate with German ahnen, Dutch anen, Saterland Frisian oanje, German Low German ahnen and Luxembourgish ahnen.
Pronunciation
Verb
ane (imperative an, present tense aner, passive anes, simple past ante, past participle ant, present participle anende, verbal noun aning or anelse or anen)
- guess, sense (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility)
- 1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 158:
- jeg burde have anet, at noget sligt vilde ske. Jeg burde have forudset det
- I should have guessed that something like this would happen. I should have foreseen it
- 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 193:
- de vise mænd har syn, hvor folket aner
- the wise men have visions where the people sense
- 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 65:
- jeg aner uklart, hvad jeg ej kan fatte
- I have no idea what I do not understand
- 1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 281:
- [lille Carsten] havde ejet mere end moderen anede
- [little Carsten] had owned more than his mother knew
- 1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 154:
- [skjønnheten i] Mozarts verker [begynner] atter at anes af de få, … gjennem hans geni værdige oppførelser
- [the beauty of] Mozart's works [begins] to be sensed again by the few,… through his genius worthy performances
- 1911, Sigrid Undset, Jenny, page 5:
- der hvor Helge ante elvens løp
- where Helge sensed the course of the river
- 1958, Dagbladet:
- smekkfullt var det i Aulaen lørdag, og så bom stille at en kunne ane sidemannen puste
- it was packed in the auditorium on Saturday, and so quiet that one could sense the person next to you breathing
- 1989, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Den guddommelige tragedie:
- du begynner å ane hvor det bærer hen
- you begin to sense where it is heading
- 2010, Gro Dahle, Blomsterhandlersken:
- vi begynner å ane konturene av et rituale
- we begin to sense the contours of a ritual
- 1988, Arild Nyquist, Giacomettis forunderlige reise:
- her kommer jeg gående og aner fred og ingen fare, og så …
- here I come walking and sense peace and no danger, and so …
- 1918, Amalie Pettersen, Pettersens paa Persroas Pensjonat, page 7:
- vi kan jo ikke boltre os som jobberne, men bryder ikke freden ud, mens vi aner krig og ingen fare, behøver du ikke at knusle
- we can not frolic like the workers, but do not break the peace while we sense war and no danger, you do not have to be cheap
- 1999, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Sigbrits bålferd:
- jeg ante uråd og ventet meg det verste på en dag som denne
- I sensed trouble and expected the worst on a day like this
- suspect, assume (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
- 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 215:
- ja, ja, det aner mig! Det er forbi!
- yes, yes, I suspect it! It's over!
- 1910, Hans E. Kinck, Den sidste gjest, page 314:
- jo tak, det ante mig!
- yes thank you, I suspected that!
- 1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 39:
- det anede ham
- he assumed so
- 1987, Ebba Haslund, Som plommen i egget, page 55:
- det ante meg at bønnesuppe med surt og søtt var like vondt som den viste seg å være
- it occurred to me that bean soup with sour and sweet was as painful as it turned out to be
- 1983, Liv Køltzow, April/November, page 54:
- det [begynte] å ane henne at hun ikke kunne stille noe opp mot dette mønsteret
- she [began] to suspect that she could not stand up to this pattern
- det ante meg at det ville gå slik
- I suspected that it would go that way
- Synonym: anta
- (obsolete, literary) to be a glimpse (something barely noticeable), to spot
- 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 55:
- en vandrer standser og ser [edderkoppens] verk og kommer dens anende drift ihu
- a wanderer stops and sees the work of [the spider] and remembers its suspicious drift
- 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker II, page 128:
- denne længselsfulde skuen er kun anet harmoni
- this yearning sight is only a hint of harmony
- Synonym: skimte
- (used with a pronoun or adverb, in a negative manner) to know
- 1936, Sfinx, Kjent folk gjennem årene, page 100:
- jeg opfattet ikke navnet i surret omkring mig, og dessuten så ante jeg altså ikke pastor Heuch til Slottskapellet
- I did not perceive the name in the buzz around me, and besides, I did not anticipate Pastor Heuch to the Castle Chapel
- 1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 146:
- ingen aner, at der er noget imellem os to
- no one knows, that there is anything between the two of us
- 1928, Helge Krog, Blåpapiret, page 72:
- Ludvig aner jo ingenting om det hele
- Ludvig has no idea about it all
- 1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 234:
- det farlige begyndte under disse … samtaletimer, uden at jeg anede det
- the danger began during these … conversation hours, without me knowing it
- 1930, Sigurd Hoel og Helge Krog, Don Juan, page 152:
- du aner mig ikke. Du har ikke sett mig en gang!
- you have no idea me. You haven't even seen me!
- 1924, Arnulf Øverland, Brød og vin, page 15:
- utenfor [min tankes] baner ligger der lande, som jeg neppe aner
- outside [my thought] paths lie there lands, which I have little idea
- 1991, Olav Angell, Oslo i skumring:
- du ser rødt og slår om deg, uten å ane hvem du kjemper mot
- you look red and turn around, having no idea who you are fighting against
- 2001, Tonje Røed, Udødelig med deg:
- jeg avskydde ham. Han var så ekkel, dere aner ikke
- I despised him. He was so disgusting, you have no idea
- 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør, page X:
- han nikker, later som han forstår selv om han ikke aner hva jeg snakker om
- he nods, pretending to understand even though he has no idea what I'm talking about
- 1931, Cora Sandel, Alberte og friheten, page 148:
- der er Veigård med bøker under armen, intet ondt anende naturligvis, som mannfolk er det
- there is Veigård with books under his arm, sensing nothing bad of course, as men are
- han ante ikke at du var her
- he did not know that you were here
- jeg aner ikke!
- I have no idea!
- intet ondt anende ― knowing nothing bad (without knowing anything bad or evil)
- Synonym: vite
Usage notes
When the verb has the meaning of suspecting or assuming, it is only used with the determiner "det" (it).
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German ane, an, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“male ancestor; forefather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”).
Cognate with German Ahn, Latin anus, Yiddish אָן (on), Danish ane and possibly Icelandic ái.
Noun
ane m (definite singular anen, indefinite plural aner, definite plural anene)
- (chiefly plural) an ancestor; ancestry (deceased relative a good distance back in time)
- Synonym: opphav
- Ha fine aner.
- Have fine ancestry.
- 1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VII, page 472:
- den norske tunges odelsbaarne afætlinger af gammelnorske aner
- the Norwegian noble ancestral descendants of Old Norse ancestry
- 1927, Øvre Richter Frich, Slangeblomsten fra Magdala, page 28:
- anerne stirrer … ned paa en eller anden svakhodet efterkommer i store chateauer
- the ancestors stare… down at some weak-headed offspring in large chateaus
- 2011, Carl Emil Vogt, Fridtjof Nansen:
- Brenda hadde norske aner
- Brenda had Norwegian ancestry
- (biology, chiefly plural) a concestor (the last common ancestor, especially of several different species)
- Synonyms: stamform, stamart
- 2010 March 5, Svalbardposten, page 13:
- isbjørnen og brunbjørnen har … felles aner
- the polar bear and the brown bear have … common ancestry
- a predecessor (person who is the origin of something)
- Synonym: forgjenger
- 1934, Olaf Gjerløw, Norges politiske historie I, page 73:
- som ane betraktet virker jo Johan Sverdrup betydelig flottere [enn Jaabæk]
- as a predecessor, Johan Sverdrup seems significantly nicer [than Jaabæk]
- (dignified, in the plural) origins, history
- 1997, Gunnar Staalesen, 1900 Morgenrød:
- gymnasiesamfunnet på Bergens Katedralskole hadde aner fra før 1860, da den offisielle stiftelsen fant sted
- the high school community at Bergen Cathedral School had ancestry from before 1860, when the official foundation took place
Etymology 3
Alternative form of ånde (“breath”), from Danish ånde (“breath”), from Old Danish andæ, from Old Norse andi (“breath; spirit, soul”), from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath; spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-dʰō, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”), likely of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
ane m (definite singular anen, indefinite plural aner, definite plural anene)
- alternative spelling of ånde
References
- “ane” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ane_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “ane_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “ane_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “ane” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Low German anen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːnə/
Verb
ane (imperative an, present tense anar or aner, passive anes, simple past ana or ante, past participle ana or ant)
Derived terms
References
- “ane” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Nyishi
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Tani *nə, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *n(y)u.
Noun
ane
References
- P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language[6], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ne/
Etymology 1
By surface analysis, ān (“one”) + -e.
Alternative forms
Adverb
āne
Synonyms
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “áne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 2
Adjective
āne
- inflection of ān:
- strong feminine accusative singular
- strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀅𑀦𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- अने (Devanagari script)
- অনে (Bengali script)
- අනෙ (Sinhalese script)
- အနေ or ဢၼေ (Burmese script)
- อเน or อะเน (Thai script)
- ᩋᨶᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ອເນ or ອະເນ (Lao script)
- អនេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄚𑄬 (Chakma script)
Verb
ane
- optative active singular of anati (“to breathe”)
Noun
ane
- locative singular of ana (“cart”)
Rayón Zoque
Noun
ane
Derived terms
- anemuꞌtsij
- paŋ-ane
References
- Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)[7] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
Scots
| 10 | ||||
| 1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ane Attributive: ae Ordinal: first | ||||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Northern Middle English an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en/
- (Southern Scots, Central dialects except North East Central) IPA(key): /jɪn/ (often written as yin)
- (West Central Scots, Orkney) IPA(key): /wan/, /wɑn/ (often written as wan)
- (Doric, South Northern Scots, Shetland) IPA(key): /in/ (often written as een)
- (North Northern Scots) IPA(key): /ein/
Numeral
ane
Usage notes
- ae is used before nouns instead.
References
- “ane, num., adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “ane, adj., pron., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *ene (whence also Tocharian B eneṃ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”), the same source as a(n)- (intensifying prefix). The exact form is uncertain, but may be from *h₁n̥dó (“into, inside”). If so, cognate with Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon) (whence English endo-), Irish ann (“there”), etc.
Adverb
ane
Uab Meto
Noun
ane
Yola
Numeral
ane
- alternative form of oan
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:
- Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,
- We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114