kwana

Anguthimri

Noun

kwana

  1. (Mpakwithi) nape

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /kʷáː.náː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷáː.náː]

Noun

kwānā m (plural kwā̀nàkī, possessed form kwānan)

  1. sleep, lying down
  2. day (24 hour period)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /kʷá.nàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷə́.nàː]

Noun

kwanā̀ f (possessed form kwanàr̃)

  1. corner, bend in the road
  2. diversion, deviation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /kʷáː.ná/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷáː.nə́]

Verb

kwāna (grade 3a)

  1. to spend the night
  2. to spend the day

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 121.

Zacatepec Chatino

Etymology

From Proto-Chatino *kʷaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʷa.na/

Noun

kwana

  1. mirror

References

  • Stéphanie Villard (2015) The Phonology and Morphology of Zacatepec Eastern Chatino‎[1], University of Texas at Austin (PhD thesis), page 53
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