See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋa. Cognates include Tokelauan and Tuvaluan gaa.

Article

  1. plural definite article; the

Etymology 2

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

Verb

(stative)

  1. calm, quieted
  2. soothed, pacified
  3. settled
Derived terms

Further reading

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“like; as if”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Japanese

Romanization

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なあ

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • nanonstandard

Romanization

(na1, Zhuyin ㄋㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Namuyi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naː˨˨˦]

Adjective

  1. good

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Synchronically, feminine pronoun from the demonstrative na (that).

Pronoun

 f

  1. that

Declension

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnaː]
  • Hyphenation:

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋa. Cognates include Hawaiian and Tuvaluan gaa. The change from to n is irregular.

Article

  1. Plural definite article; the
    • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎[1], page 1:
      Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
      This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
See also
Tokelauan articles
impersonal
singular plural
definite te
indefinite he ni
personal
nominal pronominal
simple ia
after i/ki a a te
after mai ia te

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *naqa. Cognates include Tongan naʻa and Samoan ne'i.

Particle

  1. Introduces a subordinate clause; lest, in case

Etymology 3

Particle

  1. Expresses exclusiveness of the following nominal; only, just

Etymology 4

From Proto-Polynesian *naqa. Cognates include Hawaiian and Samoan .

Verb

  1. (intransitive) to stop crying

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 247