naná

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"

Hungarian

Etymology

From na +‎ , both from Yiddish.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɒˈnaː] (exceptionally stressed on its last syllable)
  • Hyphenation: na‧ná
  • Rhymes: -naː

Interjection

naná!

  1. (colloquial) sure, sure thing, sure enough, for shizzle, you bet, deffo, definitely, certainly, of course, no question
    Synonyms: hogyne, mint a huzat, mint a sicc, mint a szél, de még mennyire, még jó, még szép, persze

References

  1. ^ naná in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • naná in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /naˈna/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: na‧ná

    Noun

    naná (plural naná-itá)

    1. pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)
      Synonym: awakaxí
    2. pineapple fruit
    • akará-naná
    • arara-naná
    • nanaí
    • naná-kamapú
    • naná-kamutí
    • naná-rana
    • naná-serra
    • naná-tumbira
    • naná-tuwiri
    • naná-urubú
    • naná-yaburú
    • naná-yakundá
    • naná-yawareté-akanga

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “naná”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 563

    Old Tupi

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.

      Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní anana.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [nãˈna]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Hyphenation: na‧ná

      Noun

      naná (unpossessable)

      1. pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)[1]
      2. pineapple fruit[2]
      • nana'y
      • nanaka'apora
      • nanakakaba

      Descendants

      • Nheengatu: naná, ananá, nanã
      • Portuguese: ananás (see there for further descendants)

      References

      1. ^ André Thevet (15571558) chapter 46, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 89:Nana [Naná]
      2. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book I, chapter XVI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 33:Nana [Naná]