inna

inna

1. (colloquial) In the.
   • 1991, The Beat:

     In state-of-the-art dance hall, the bass booms like electrified tympani, the snare gets busy inna quasimilitary techno stylee […]

   • 1999, SPIN, volume 15, number 8, page 155:

     Thrill as Babyface protégé Jon B sings "Pride & Joy" inna ragga stylee, and keep in mind that hardcore reggae (see last year's blockbuster "Who Am I") makes the best crossover.

• onna

• Nain, nain, nani, Nian, NINA, Nina, nina

• IPA^(key): /ˈinːa/ [ˈʔɪnːʌ]
• Hyphenation: in‧na

ínna m 

1. likeness

• inna is a dependent noun. This means that it cannot be used on its own and has to be preceded by a qualifier.

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...ìnna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

inna

1. romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰

Borrowed from Kanuri yìnná (“aunt”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔín.nà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ́n.nə̀]

innà f (possessed form innàr̃)

1. mother
2. maternal aunt
3. A polite term of address for any older woman.
4. (Hausa animistic religion) royal priestess
5. polio

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

iszik +‎ -na

• IPA^(key): [ˈinːɒ]
• Hyphenation: in‧na

inna

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of iszik

From Old Norse inna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

inna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative innti, supine innt)

1. to do, to accomplish [with accusative]
2. to tell [with accusative]

• inna af hendi (“to get done, to accomplish”)
• inna eftir (“to ask about”)

Borrowed from Hokkien 印仔 (ìn-á, “stamp”).

inna

1. stamp

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• na

inna

1. inflection of in:
   1. feminine genitive singular (triggers h-prothesis)
   2. feminine/neuter nominative plural (triggers h-prothesis)
   3. all genders accusative plural (triggers h-prothesis)
   4. all genders genitive plural (triggers eclipsis)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inna.

• Irish: na
• Manx: ny
• Scottish Gaelic: na, nam, nan

Univerbation of hi (“in”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

inna (‘his’/‘its’ triggers lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. in his/her/its/their

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inna.

• Irish: ina
• Manx: ny
• Scottish Gaelic: na, nam, nan

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

inna

1. to accomplish

   Synonyms: fremja, vinna

• Icelandic: inna
• Faroese: inna
• Old Danish: innæ
• Old Swedish: inna

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “inna” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “inna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Germanic *innai.

inna

1. inside
2. indoors

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.na/

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• Rhymes: -inna
• Syllabification: in‧na

inna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of inny