bana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bana"

Languages (41)

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Anguthimri

Verb

bana

1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to climb

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

bàna

1. disease
2. outside of the village

Synonyms

• bana

Verb

bana

1. sicken (to become sick)

Etymology 2

Noun

bàna

1. kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /bana/ [ba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Verb

bana

1. Short form of banatu (“to distribute”).

Capiznon

Noun

bana

1. husband

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”). Perhaps related to banay (“immediate family”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈba.n̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

bána (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. husband

   Coordinate term: asawa

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bana.

Derived terms

• banabana
• pamana
• pamanhonon

Etymology 2

Cognate with Hiligaynon bana (“opinion, thought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanaʔ/ [ˈba.n̪ɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧na

Noun

banà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ)

1. (obsolete) guess, thought (now only used in derived forms)

Derived terms

• banabana
• kabana
• pakabana

Crimean Tatar

Adverb

bana

1. a second ago, just now

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bana

1. husband

Dyaabugay

Noun

bana

1. water
2. rain

References

• Dyaabugay Swadesh List
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Wordlists Djabugay Everyday Words

Dyirbal

Noun

bana

1. water

References

• K. Plaster, Women, fire, and dangerous things
• Ferenc Kiefer, Mária Ladányi, Péter Siptár, Current Issues in Morphological Theory (2012, →ISBN, page 169

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną.

Verb

bana (third person singular past indicative banaði, third person plural past indicative banaðu, supine banað)

1. kill, put to death

Conjugation

Conjugation of bana (group v-30)

infinitive	bana
supine	banað
	present	past
first singular	bani	banaði
second singular	banar	banaði
third singular	banar	banaði
plural	bana	banaðu
participle (a6)1	banandi	banaður
	imperative
singular	bana!
plural	banið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• "bana" at Sprotin.fo

Galician

Verb

bana

1. inflection of banir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Gamilaraay

Noun

bana

1. lean meat

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bá.ná/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bə́.nə́]

Adverb

bana

1. this year

Hiligaynon

Noun

bána

1. husband

Noun

bánà

1. opinion, guess, thought

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bana, from Proto-Germanic *banōną. See bani (“death”).

Verb

bana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative banaði, supine banað)

1. To kill. [with dative]

   Kennari banar nemanda sinum.

   A teacher kills his student.

   Hetjan banaði drekanum.

   The hero slew the dragon.

Conjugation

bana – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bana
supine sagnbót		banað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		banandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	bana	banaði		bani	banaði
	þú	banar	banaðir		banir	banaðir
	hann, hún, það	banar	banaði		bani	banaði
plural	við	bönum	bönuðum		bönum	bönuðum
	þið	banið	bönuðuð		banið	bönuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	bana	bönuðu		bani	bönuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	bana (þú), banaðu
plural	þið	banið (þið), baniði1

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

See also

• bani (noun)

Etymology 2

Noun

bana

1. inflection of bani:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Kituba

Noun

bana

1. children

Kuku-Yalanji

Noun

bana

1. water

References

• R. M. W. Dixon, The Languages of Australia (2010), page 100
• Henry D. Hershberger, Ruth Hershberger, 1982, Kuku-Yalanji dictionary, page 15

Lingala

Noun

bana class 2

1. plural of mwana

Lokono

Etymology 1

From Proto-Arawak *uhbana.

Noun

bana

1. liver

Etymology 2

From Proto-Arawak *pana.

Noun

bana

1. leaf

References

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249

Mansaka

Noun

bana

1. husband

Minangkabau

Adverb

bana

1. very

   Synonyms: amek, sangek, sungguah

   Antonym: kurang

Adjective

bana

1. true
2. right, correct

   Synonym: batua

3. valid

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• banet
• bante (simple past)
• bant (past participle)

Verb

bana

1. simple past of bane
2. past participle of bane (both Etymology 3)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• banen m sg (Etymologies 1 and 2)

Noun

bana f sg

1. definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)

Occitan

Etymology

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate with Catalan banya.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

bana f (plural banas)

1. horn (on an animal's head)

Old English

Alternative forms

• bona

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô. Cognate with Old Frisian bona, Old Saxon bano, Old High German bano, Old Norse bani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.nɑ/

Noun

bana m

1. murderer
   • Hie næfre his banan folgian noldon. ― They never would pursue his murderer. (Saxon Chronicles)
2. Something which causes death.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	bana	banan
accusative	banan	banan
genitive	banan	banena
dative	banan	banum

Descendants

• Middle English: bane, ban, bayn, beone, bone (West Midland)
  • English: bane
  • Middle Scots: bane, baine, bain, bayn, bone

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to bani m (“death, killer”).

Verb

bana

1. to kill [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bana — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	bana
present participle	banandi
past participle	banaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	bana	banaða		bana	banaða
2nd person singular	banar	banaðir		banir	banaðir
3rd person singular	banar	banaði		bani	banaði
1st person plural	bǫnum	bǫnuðum		banim	banaðim
2nd person plural	banið	bǫnuðuð		banið	banaðið
3rd person plural	bana	bǫnuðu		bani	banaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	bana
1st person plural	bǫnum
2nd person plural	banið

Conjugation of bana — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	banask
present participle	banandisk
past participle	banazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	bǫnumk	bǫnuðumk		bǫnumk	bǫnuðumk
2nd person singular	banask	banaðisk		banisk	banaðisk
3rd person singular	banask	banaðisk		banisk	banaðisk
1st person plural	bǫnumsk	bǫnuðumsk		banimsk	banaðimsk
2nd person plural	banizk	bǫnuðuzk		banizk	banaðizk
3rd person plural	banask	bǫnuðusk		banisk	banaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	banask
1st person plural	bǫnumsk
2nd person plural	banizk

Noun

bana

1. inflection of bani:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. accusative/genitive plural

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Kashubian ban and Silesian bana.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈba.na/

Noun

bana f

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of kolej (“rail, railway”)

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bana”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298

Portuguese

Verb

bana

1. inflection of banir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Sambali

Conjunction

bana

1. because

Silesian

Silesian Wikipedia has an article on:

bana

Wikipedia ^szl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bahn. Compare Greater Polish bana and Kashubian ban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ba‧na

Noun

bana f

1. rail, railway
2. train

Declension

Declension of bana

	singular	plural
nominative	bana	bany
genitive	bany	banōw
dative	banie	banōm
accusative	banã	bany
instrumental	banōm	banami/banōma
locative	banie	banach
vocative	bano	bany

Related terms

• sztrasynbana (“tram”)

Further reading

• bana in silling.org