tana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tana"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tana (plural tanas)

1. Alternative form of thana

Etymology 2

Noun

tana (plural tanas)

1. The banxring or tree shrew.

Anagrams

• anta, Nata, naat, NAAT, AANT, anat., taan, ANTA, Anat, Taan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧na
• IPA^(key): /taˈnaʔ/ [taˈn̪aʔ]

Noun

tanâ

1. taste

   Synonyms: namit, lasa

Derived terms

• magtana
• matanaan
• tanaan

 

Buginese

Etymology

Compare Malay tanah.

Noun

tana (Lontara spelling ᨈᨊ)

1. land
2. soil
3. country

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tana (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. young bull

Declension

Declension of tana

nominative	tana
genitive	tananıñ
dative	tanağa
accusative	tananı
locative	tanada
ablative	tanadan

Estonian

Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) winter hibernating in Modum, Norway.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnɑ/, [ˈtɑnɑ]

• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧na

Noun

tana (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a roost (the place where a bat sleeps during its winter hibernation period.)

   Synonyms: talvituspaik, talvine varjepaik

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

In Estonia and Latvia, it is often an underground place - e.g. a cave, cellar, fortress passage, well - but sometimes it is a place above ground, such as a gap in the wall of a building, a crack in a wall, a drill hole, etc.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• tana in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táː.náː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.náː]

• Audio:

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Noun

tānā f (possessed form tānar̃)

1. earthworm
2. (dialectal, chiefly anatomy) membrane covering a body part
3. (dialectal) thin, sometimes crispy skin (e.g., on roasted chicken)

Icelandic

Etymology

Colloquial borrowing from the English to tan.

Verb

tana

1. (colloquial) to sunbathe with the intention of obtaining a tan skin color

   Synonyms: sleikja sólina, liggja í sólbaði

2. (colloquial) to obtain a tan skin color

   Synonym: fá á sig lit

Conjugation

tana — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að tana
supine (sagnbót)		tanað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		tanandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tana	við tönum	present (nútíð)	ég tani	við tönum
	þú tanar	þið tanið		þú tanir	þið tanið
	hann, hún, það tanar	þeir, þær, þau tana		hann, hún, það tani	þeir, þær, þau tani
past (þátíð)	ég tanaði	við tönuðum	past (þátíð)	ég tanaði	við tönuðum
	þú tanaðir	þið tönuðuð		þú tanaðir	þið tönuðuð
	hann, hún, það tanaði	þeir, þær, þau tönuðu		hann, hún, það tanaði	þeir, þær, þau tönuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	tana (þú)	tanið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	tanaðu	taniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tanast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að tanast
supine (sagnbót)		tanast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		tanandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tanast	við tönumst	present (nútíð)	ég tanist	við tönumst
	þú tanast	þið tanist		þú tanist	þið tanist
	hann, hún, það tanast	þeir, þær, þau tanast		hann, hún, það tanist	þeir, þær, þau tanist
past (þátíð)	ég tanaðist	við tönuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég tanaðist	við tönuðumst
	þú tanaðist	þið tönuðust		þú tanaðist	þið tönuðust
	hann, hún, það tanaðist	þeir, þær, þau tönuðust		hann, hún, það tanaðist	þeir, þær, þau tönuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	tanast (þú)	tanist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	tanastu	tanisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tanaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tanaður	tönuð	tanað		tanaðir	tanaðar	tönuð
accusative (þolfall)	tanaðan	tanaða	tanað		tanaða	tanaðar	tönuð
dative (þágufall)	tönuðum	tanaðri	tönuðu		tönuðum	tönuðum	tönuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	tanaðs	tanaðrar	tanaðs		tanaðra	tanaðra	tanaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tanaði	tanaða	tanaða		tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu
accusative (þolfall)	tanaða	tönuðu	tanaða		tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu
dative (þágufall)	tanaða	tönuðu	tanaða		tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	tanaða	tönuðu	tanaða		tönuðu	tönuðu	tönuðu

Related terms

• tanaður (“tanned”)

Irish

Adjective

tana

1. Alternative form of tanaí (“thin; shallow”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tana	thana	dtana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin *subtana, compare sottana f (“lower”, adj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: tà‧na

Noun

tana f (plural tane)

1. lair, den
2. burrow (tunnel or hole dug by a small creature, such as a rabbit, etc.)
3. (figurative) hideout

   Synonyms: covo, nascondiglio

4. (vulgar, slang) the vagina

Anagrams

• anta, nata

Japanese

Romanization

tana

1. Rōmaji transcription of たな

Kinaray-a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtana/, [ˈta.na]
• Hyphenation: ta‧na

Pronoun

tana

1. 3rd-person singular absolutive personal pronoun: he; she

See also

Kinaray-a personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (kang/ni)		Oblique (kang/kay)
Type		Emphatic	Non-emphatic	Preposed	Postposed
First	singular	ako	takën	nakën, ko	akën	kanakën
	plural inclusive	kita	tatën*	natën, ta	atën	kanatën
	plural exclusive	kami	tamën	namën	amën	kanamën
Second	singular	ikaw, kaw	timo	nimo, mo	amo	kanamo
	plural	kamo	tinyo	ninyo, niyo	inyo	kaninyo
Third	singular	tana		nana, na	ana	kanana
	plural	sanda	tanda	nanda	anda	kananda

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaːna]

Noun

tana

1. land
2. earth
3. soil

Derived terms

• panutana
• tana kaɗitto

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “tana”, in Lamboya word list‎^[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtana]

Noun

tana (Lontara spelling ᨈᨊ)

1. rice paddy

Manchu

Romanization

tana

1. Romanization of ᡨᠠᠨᠠ

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“stretch”).

Verb

tana

1. to stretch, extend

Ratagnon

Pronoun

tana

1. he; she

Ratahan

Noun

tana

1. earth; soil

Sambali

Adverb

taná

1. only

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tanae, from Proto-Celtic *tanawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.

Adjective

tana (comparative taine)

1. thin (not thick; not dense)
2. shallow (water)
3. thin, runny (liquid)
4. flimsy (material)

Derived terms

• tanalachd

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “tana”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Adjective

tana

1. feminine singular of tano

Swedish

en tana (sense 2)

Etymology

Related to tänja (“stretch”). Compare also tanig (“scrawny, skinny”).

Noun

tana c

1. (colloquial) a scrawny girl or woman
3. a stretching board, a fur stretcher, a pelt stretcher, a pelt board

   Synonym: skinntana

Declension

Declension of tana

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tana	tanas
	definite	tanan	tanans
plural	indefinite	tanor	tanors
	definite	tanorna	tanornas

Verb

tana (present tanar, preterite tanade, supine tanat, imperative tana)

1. to place (a pelt) on a stretching board

Conjugation

Conjugation of tana (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tana		tanas
Supine	tanat		tanats
Imperative	tana		—
Imper. plural1	tanen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tanar	tanade	tanas	tanades
Ind. plural1	tana	tanade	tanas	tanades
Subjunctive2	tane	tanade	tanes	tanades
	Participles
Present participle	tanande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• tana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.na]

Verb

tana

1. (transitive) to present

Conjugation

Conjugation of tana
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totana	fotana	mitana
2nd	notana	nitana
3rd	Masculine	otana	itana, yotana†
Feminine	motana
Neuter	itana
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *te-qa-na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.na]
• Hyphenation: ta‧na

Determiner

tana

1. (alienable, definite) his, her

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person	hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person	hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 371