bana

bana

1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to climb

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

bàna

1. disease
2. outside of the village

bana

1. sicken (to become sick)

bàna

1. kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra

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• IPA^(key): /bana/ [ba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

bana

1. Short form of banatu (“to distribute”).

bana

1. husband

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”). Perhaps related to banay (“immediate family”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈba.n̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

bána (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. husband

   Coordinate term: asawa

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bana.

Cognate with Hiligaynon bana (“opinion, thought”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈba.n̪ɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

banà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. (obsolete) guess, thought (now only used in derived forms)

bana

1. a second ago, just now

bana

1. husband

bana

1. water
2. rain

• Dyaabugay Swadesh List
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Wordlists Djabugay Everyday Words

bana

1. water

• K. Plaster, Women, fire, and dangerous things
• Ferenc Kiefer, Mária Ladányi, Péter Siptár, Current Issues in Morphological Theory (2012, →ISBN, page 169

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną.

bana (third person singular past indicative banaði, third person plural past indicative banaðu, supine banað)

1. kill, put to death

• "bana" at Sprotin.fo

bana

1. inflection of banir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

bana

1. lean meat

• IPA^(key): /bá.ná/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bə́.nə́]

bana

1. this year

bána

1. husband

bánà

1. opinion, guess, thought

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną. See bani (“death”).

bana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative banaði, supine banað)

1. To kill. [with dative]

   Kennari banar nemanda sinum.

   A teacher kills his student.

   Hetjan banaði drekanum.

   The hero slew the dragon.

• bani (noun)

bana

1. inflection of bani:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

bana

1. children

bana

1. water

• R. M. W. Dixon, The Languages of Australia (2010), page 100
• Henry D. Hershberger, Ruth Hershberger, 1982, Kuku-Yalanji dictionary, page 15

bana class 2

1. plural of mwana

From Proto-Arawak *uhbana.

bana

1. liver

From Proto-Arawak *pana.

bana

1. leaf

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249

bana

1. husband

bana

1. very

   Synonyms: amek, sangek, sungguah

   Antonym: kurang

bana

1. true
2. right, correct

   Synonym: batua

3. valid

• banet
• bante (simple past)
• bant (past participle)

bana

1. simple past of bane
2. past participle of bane (both Etymology 3)

• banen m sg (Etymologies 1 and 2)

bana f sg

1. definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate with Catalan banya.

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bana f (plural banas)

1. horn (on an animal's head)

• bona

From Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô. Cognate with Old Frisian bona, Old Saxon bano, Old High German bano, Old Norse bani.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.nɑ/

bana m

1. murderer
   • Hie næfre his banan folgian noldon. ― They never would pursue his murderer. (Saxon Chronicles)
2. Something which causes death.

Weak:

• Middle English: bane, ban, bayn, beone, bone (West Midland)
  • English: bane
  • Middle Scots: bane, baine, bain, bayn, bone

Related to bani m (“death, killer”).

bana

1. to kill [with dative]

bana

1. inflection of bani:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. accusative/genitive plural

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bana”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Kashubian ban and Silesian bana.

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈba.na/

bana f

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) synonym of kolej (“rail, railway”)

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bana”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298

bana

1. inflection of banir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

bana

1. because

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Greater Polish bana and Kashubian ban.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ba‧na

bana f

1. rail, railway
2. train

• sztrasynbana (“tram”)

• bana in silling.org

Possibly from Anyi bana^[1] or from English banana or Portuguese banana, both possibly from Wolof banaana (“banana”). Cognate of Aukan baana.

• IPA^(key): /bana/, [ba̠na̠], [bɑ̟nɑ̟]

bana

1. plantain (cooking banana)
2. (colloquial) penis

• bakba

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-bana (infinitive kubana)

1. to squeeze, to press

Conjugation of -bana
Positive present -nabana Subjunctive -bane Negative -bani Imperative singular bana
Infinitives
Positive kubana Negative kutobana
Imperatives
Singular bana Plural baneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubana Positive past positive subject concord + -libana Negative past negative subject concord + -kubana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabana) Singular Plural 1st person ninabana/nabana tunabana 2nd person unabana mnabana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabana wanabana other classes positive subject concord + -nabana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bani) Singular Plural 1st person sibani hatubani 2nd person hubani hambani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habani hawabani other classes negative subject concord + -bani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabana Negative future negative subject concord + -tabana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bane) Singular Plural 1st person nibane tubane 2nd person ubane mbane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abane wabane other classes positive subject concord + -bane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abana) Singular Plural 1st person nabana twabana 2nd person wabana mwabana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abana wabana m-mi(III/IV) wabana yabana ji-ma(V/VI) labana yabana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabana vyabana n(IX/X) yabana zabana u(XI) wabana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabana pa(XVI) pabana mu(XVIII) mwabana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobana Consecutive kabana / positive subject concord + -kabana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibana -tubana 2nd person -kubana -wabana/-kubaneni/-wabaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbana -wabana m-mi(III/IV) -ubana -ibana ji-ma(V/VI) -libana -yabana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibana -vibana n(IX/X) -ibana -zibana u(XI) -ubana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubana pa(XVI) -pabana mu(XVIII) -mubana Reflexive -jibana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -banaye -banao m-mi(III/IV) -banao -banayo ji-ma(V/VI) -banalo -banayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -banacho -banavyo n(IX/X) -banayo -banazo u(XI) -banao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -banako pa(XVI) -banapo mu(XVIII) -banamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebana -obana m-mi(III/IV) -obana -yobana ji-ma(V/VI) -lobana -yobana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobana -vyobana n(IX/X) -yobana -zobana u(XI) -obana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobana pa(XVI) -pobana mu(XVIII) -mobana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

From Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

• IPA^(key): /²bɑːna/, [ˈbɑːˌna]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːna

bana c

1. a trajectory, a course, a path (path that something moves along, especially in physics, astronomy, or the like)

   projektilens bana

   the trajectory of the projectile

   jordens bana runt solen

   the Earth's path (orbit) around the sun

   Månen vandrar sin tysta ban' [not a common shortening otherwise], snön lyser vit på fur och gran. Snön lyser vit på taken. Endast tomten är vaken.

   The moon wanders its silent course, the snow shines white on pine and spruce. The snow shines white on the roofs. Only the tomte is awake. [from the poem Tomten by Viktor Rydberg]

2. (figuratively, in "i de banorna") along those lines

   Jag har inte tänkt i de banorna

   I haven't thought along those lines

3. (figuratively) a career path, life path, etc.; a route

   välja den militära banan

   choose the military route

   1. (idiomatic, figuratively, in "brottets bana" (the path of the crime)) criminal activity

      lockas in på brottets bana

      be lured into a life of crime (or into committing a crime or the like)

      lämna brottets bana

      leave the life of crime

4. a (prepared) area or track or the like for (sports) competitions; a court, a course, a track, etc.

   tennisbana

   tennis court

   badmintonbana

   badminton court

   golfbana

   golf course

   minigolfbana

   miniature golf course

   löparbana

   running track

   skjutbana

   shooting range

   hoppbana

   jump course (for show jumping)

5. (figuratively, in "vara tillbaka på banan," "åter på banan," and the like) back on the track (once again active)

   Spelaren är tillbaka på banan efter skadan

   The player is back on the track after the injury

6. (video games) a stage, a level

   Jag är fast på tredje banan

   I'm stuck on the third level

7. (usually in compounds) a train track, a railway track

   Synonym: tågbana

   de privata banorna

   the privately owned tracks

8. (usually in compounds) a strip, road section, or the like with a certain purpose

   landningsbana

   landing strip

   körbana

   roadway, carriageway (the part of a road that carries traffic)

   landa på bana 3

   land on runway 3

9. a long strip of material being processed (for example paper)
   1. (idiomatic, in "i långa banor") in large amounts

      bestick i långa banor på museets nya utställning

      cutlery galore at the museum's new exhibition

bana (present banar, preterite banade, supine banat, imperative bana)

1. See bana väg.

• bana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Kapampangan bana (“lowland; marshland”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəna (“lower part of a river; tidal bore”). Compare Malay bena.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈnaʔ/ [bɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧na

banâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. watery lowland; swamp; marsh

Borrowed from Cebuano bana (“husband”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah (“husband”), from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ana
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈbaː.n̪ɐʔ]
    • Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧na

bana or banà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. husband

   Synonyms: asawa, esposo

• “bana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bena”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baNaS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”).

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bana/ [baˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧na

bana (Sulat Sūg spelling بَنَ)

1. husband

bana

1. beans

bana

1. me, to me, for me (dative of ben)

• One of only two irregular Turkish dative cases (the other is sana).

bana

1. genitive singular of ban (bath)

• Hyphenation: ba‧na

bana

1. husband

bana

1. Any drinkable liquid.
2. water

• R. M. W. Dixon, A Grammar of Yidin and The Languages of Australia (2011, →ISBN, page 102)

From -bi +‎ -ana.

IPA^(key): /ɓáːna/

-bána

1. rather bad
2. somewhat evil
3. somewhat ugly

• -banyana

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ɓana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓana”