English

Alternative forms

• -iana

Suffix

-ana

1. a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc.

Usage notes

All the formations from this suffix are pluralia tantum.

Synonyms

• -ia
• -ica

Derived terms

• ana

Hungarian

Etymology

-a- ‎(“linking vowel”) +‎ -na ‎(“conditional suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒnɒ]

Suffix

-ana

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).

   tanít ‎(“to teach”) → tanítana ‎(“he/she would teach”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -na is added to most back vowel verbs

  vár ‎(“to wait”) → várna ‎(“he/she would wait”)

  -ne is added to most front vowel verbs

  kér ‎(“to ask”) → kérne ‎(“he/she would ask”)

  -ana is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)

  mond ‎(“to say something”) → mondana ‎(“he/she would say something”)

  tanít ‎(“to teach”) → tanítana ‎(“he/she would teach”)

  -ene is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  fest ‎(“to paint”) → festene ‎(“he/she would paint”)

  segít ‎(“to help”) → segítene ‎(“he/she would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.na/

Suffix

-āna

1. nominative feminine singular of -ānus
2. nominative neuter plural of -ānus
3. accusative neuter plural of -ānus
4. vocative feminine singular of -ānus
5. vocative neuter plural of -ānus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.naː/

Suffix

-ānā

1. ablative feminine singular of -ānus

Portuguese

Suffix

-ana f ‎(masculine -ano)

1. feminine singular of -ano
2. feminine equivalent of -ano

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ana ‎(Cyrillic spelling -ана)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a place where an action occurs, relatives or to form a proper name.

Spanish

Suffix

-ana f ‎(masculine -ano)

1. Feminine form of -ano

Zulu

Etymology

From the Proto-Bantu stem *-ɟánà ‎(“child”). The development of this suffix in Nguni seems to be due to influence from Khoe languages.

Suffix

-ana

1. Diminutive suffix, used to derive a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.

Derived terms