naná
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"
Hungarian
Etymology
From na + ná, both from Yiddish.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɒˈnaː] (exceptionally stressed on its last syllable)
- Hyphenation: na‧ná
- Rhymes: -naː
Interjection
naná!
- (colloquial) sure, sure thing, sure enough, for shizzle, you bet, deffo, definitely, certainly, of course, no question
References
- ^ 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
- ananá, nanã
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)
- pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)
- Synonym: awakaxí
- pineapple fruit
Related terms
- 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, , 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)
- pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)[1]
- pineapple fruit[2]
Related terms
- nana'y
- nanaka'apora
- nanakakaba
Descendants
References
- ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) 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]”
- ^ 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]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “naná”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 326, column 2