anna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anna"

English

Alternative forms

• ana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænə/

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  Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

anna (plural annas)

1. (historical) A former Indian coin.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• annas in the rupee

Translations

former unit of Indian currency

Burmese: ပဲ (my) (pai:) Gujarati: આનો ? (āno) Hindi: आना (hi) m (ānā) Malayalam: അണ (ml) (aṇa) Manx: anna m Marathi: आणा m (āṇā) Portuguese: aná m Punjabi: ਆਨਾ (pa) m (ānā) Vaghri: આનો m (āno)

Anagrams

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

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Noun

anná f 

1. aunt

Declension

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

Coordinate terms

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

References

• 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.na/

Particle

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.

Alternative forms

• anni, annû

Cuneiform spellings

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

References

• “anna”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, 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, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

anna

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

Anagrams

• Nana, naan

Gothic

Romanization

anna

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anna from Proto-Germanic *azanōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Verb

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

1. to manage, be able to do [with dative]
2. (reflexive) to care for, to see to [with dative ‘something’]

Conjugation

anna – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að anna
supine sagnbót		annað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		annandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	anna	annaði		anni	annaði
	þú	annar	annaðir		annir	annaðir
	hann, hún, það	annar	annaði		anni	annaði
plural	við	önnum	önnuðum		önnum	önnuðum
	þið	annið	önnuðuð		annið	önnuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	anna	önnuðu		anni	önnuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	anna (þú), annaðu
plural	þið	annið (þið), anniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

annast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að annast
supine sagnbót		annast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		annandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	annast	annaðist		annist	annaðist
	þú	annast	annaðist		annist	annaðist
	hann, hún, það	annast	annaðist		annist	annaðist
plural	við	önnumst	önnuðumst		önnumst	önnuðumst
	þið	annist	önnuðust		annist	önnuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	annast	önnuðust		annist	önnuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	annast (þú), annastu
plural	þið	annist (þið), annisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

• umönnun
• önn

Ingrian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

anna

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

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

anna

1. Rōmaji transcription of あんな

Latin

Verb

annā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of annō

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “anna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• "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

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

anna

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Determiner

anna

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