fana

fana

1. plural of fanum

• Afan, faan

fana f (plural fanes)

1. rocky area
2. rockfall

fana

1. meal

fana

1. also, too

   A ye bamanankan kalan. A ye fulakan fana kalan

   He studied Bambara. He also studied Fulfuldé.

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: fanas, fanât

fana

1. third-person singular past historic of faner

From Proto-Germanic *fanją.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfana]

fana f (plural fanas)

1. landslide, landslip

   Synonyms: barronca, freita

• fananco

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

fana

1. inflection of fanar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

fana

1. romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰

fana

1. present subjunctive analytic of fan

Borrowed from German Fahne. Compare Greater Polish fana and Silesian fana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: fa‧na

fana f (diminutive fanka)

1. flag
2. ensign
3. banner

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “flaga”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “fana”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

fāna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fānum

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panas.

• IPA^(key): /fana/

fana

1. heat

• fana in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

fana

1. bow (archery)
2. gun
3. arrow (projectile)

• fæna, fona

From Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑ.nɑ/

fana m

1. a bit of cloth, patch
2. a banner or standard; a flag
3. a vane

Weak:

• gūþfana
• windfana

• fane
• fanu

• Middle English: fane, vane
  • English: fane, vane
  • Scots: fane, fen

fana

1. alternative form of fan

Borrowed from German Fahne. Compare Kashubian fana and Silesian fana.

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.na/

fana f

1. (Poznań) synonym of chorągiew (“banner”)

• Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “fana”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 69

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

fana

1. to shoot

fana

1. gun, riffle

Borrowed from German Fahne. Compare Greater Polish fana and Kashubian fana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: fa‧na

fana f (related adjective fanowy)

1. flag, banner (any cloth or fabric used as a symbol)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• fana in silling.org

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-fana (infinitive kufana)

1. to be enjoyable, be successful

Conjugation of -fana
Positive present -nafana Subjunctive -fane Negative -fani Imperative singular fana
Infinitives
Positive kufana Negative kutofana
Imperatives
Singular fana Plural faneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufana Positive past positive subject concord + -lifana Negative past negative subject concord + -kufana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafana) Singular Plural 1st person ninafana/nafana tunafana 2nd person unafana mnafana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafana wanafana other classes positive subject concord + -nafana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fani) Singular Plural 1st person sifani hatufani 2nd person hufani hamfani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafani hawafani other classes negative subject concord + -fani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafana Negative future negative subject concord + -tafana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fane) Singular Plural 1st person nifane tufane 2nd person ufane mfane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afane wafane other classes positive subject concord + -fane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afana) Singular Plural 1st person nafana twafana 2nd person wafana mwafana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afana wafana m-mi(III/IV) wafana yafana ji-ma(V/VI) lafana yafana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafana vyafana n(IX/X) yafana zafana u(XI) wafana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafana pa(XVI) pafana mu(XVIII) mwafana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofana Consecutive kafana / positive subject concord + -kafana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifana -tufana 2nd person -kufana -wafana/-kufaneni/-wafaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfana -wafana m-mi(III/IV) -ufana -ifana ji-ma(V/VI) -lifana -yafana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifana -vifana n(IX/X) -ifana -zifana u(XI) -ufana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufana pa(XVI) -pafana mu(XVIII) -mufana Reflexive -jifana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fanaye -fanao m-mi(III/IV) -fanao -fanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fanalo -fanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fanacho -fanavyo n(IX/X) -fanayo -fanazo u(XI) -fanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fanako pa(XVI) -fanapo mu(XVIII) -fanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefana -ofana m-mi(III/IV) -ofana -yofana ji-ma(V/VI) -lofana -yofana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofana -vyofana n(IX/X) -yofana -zofana u(XI) -ofana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofana pa(XVI) -pofana mu(XVIII) -mofana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • ufanifu (“success”)

From Old Swedish fana, from Old Norse fani, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n-.

fana c

1. a banner, a flag

Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *p₁onat); compare Galela pona, Sahu wanata, Tidore fona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.na/

fana

1. the ridge of a house

• → Manado Malay: mafana (“house ridge”) (with Ternate possessive ma-)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

• IPA^(key): /fa.na/

fana

1. to shoot
2. to dynamite

From Proto-Bantu *-púana, associative derivation of Proto-Bantu *-púa.

-fána

1. to be like

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• -fanisa

From Proto-Bantu *-púana, associative derivation of Proto-Bantu *-púa.

-fána

1. to be the same, alike
2. to resemble [with na-]

• -faneka
• -fanela
• -fanisa

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fana”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fana (3.9)”