anna

• ana

From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

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  Rhymes: -ænə

anna (plural annas)

1. (historical) A former Indian coin.

• pie (1/12 anna), paisa (1/4 anna), rupee (16 annas)

• A.A.N.N., Nana, anan, na-na, naan, nana

• IPA^(key): /anˈna/ [ʔʌnˈnʌ]
• Hyphenation: an‧na

anná f 

1. aunt

Declension of anná
absolutive	anná
predicative	anná
subjective	anná
genitive	anná
Postpositioned forms l-case annál k-case annák t-case annát h-case annáh

• ábu (“maternal uncle”)
• qámmi (“paternal uncle”)

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “anna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Unknown.

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

anna (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Nuzi, El-Amarna)

1.  yes, certainly

   Synonym: (Old Assyrian) 𒆠𒈾 (kēna)

   Antonym: 𒌌𒆷 (ulla)

   𒅗𒋗 𒀭𒈾 𒊮𒋗 𒌌𒆷

   [pīšu anna, libbašu ulla]

   KA-šu an-na ŠA₃-šu ul-la

   There is a yes in his mouth, but a no in his heart.

• anni, annû

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒀭𒈾 (an-na) 𒀭𒉌 (an-ni) 𒀀𒀭𒉌 (a-an-ni) 𒀭𒉡𒌋 (an-nu-u)

• “anna”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “anna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝nːɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): an‧na

anna

1. inflection of antaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• Nana, naan

anna

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

From Old Norse anna from Proto-Germanic *azanōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

anna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative annaði, supine annað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to manage, be able to do
2. (reflexive, with dative) to care for, see to

• umönnun
• önn

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑnː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑnːɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːɑ/, [ˈɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnː, -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: an‧na

anna

1. inflection of antaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16

anna

1. Rōmaji transcription of あんな

annā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of annō

• “anna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “anna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

anna

1. feminine singular of annen
2. neuter singular of annen

• ånnår (feminine, dialectal)
• ainna, ainnja, annja (eye dialect, dialectal palatalization)

anna

1. feminine singular of annan
2. neuter singular of annan

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

• Hyphenation: an‧na

anna

1. to be able to do
2. to bring to completion

• ǫnn

• Icelandic: anna

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• “anna” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• “anna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “anna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna, “food”).

anna n

1. food, especially boiled rice

See annā

anna

1. vocative singular of annā (“mummy”)

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji anaa and Hadiyya anna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Hyphenation: an‧na

anna m (plural annuuwa f)

1. father

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “anna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]; compare Ye'kwana anna.

• IPA^(key): [anna]

anna

1. central field of a village community where a large meeting house is typically located; village square

• Meira, Sérgio (1999) “anna”, in A Grammar of Tiriyó‎^[3], Houston, page 648
• Carlin, Eithne (2004) A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname, Frankfurt am Main, page 22

From Common Turkic *adna, from Persian آدینه (âdine).

anna (definite accusative annany, plural annalar)

1. Friday

Variant orthographies

ALIV	anna
Brazilian standard	anna
New Tribes	anna

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]; compare Trió anna.

• IPA^(key): [anna]

anna

1. central ground, central space, in particular:
   1. central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place
   2. (in modern, more dispersed villages) central field of a village community where the roundhouse is located, or the roundhouse itself

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “anna”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[5], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 386: “anna'ka - (dining) room, main room”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “annai”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[6], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 22–26, 32, 34: “annaka”
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 49–50: “anna”