spana

See also: Spaña, spaņa, and spāņa

Italian

Verb

spana

1. inflection of spanare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspana]

Participle

spana

1. nominative singular feminine of spany

Swahili

Seti ya spana

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spana

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

Borrowed from English spanner.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

spana (n class, plural spana)

1. spanner (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

References

1. Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse *spana, from Proto-Germanic *spananą (“lure; entice”). Doublet of spänna. Arguably related more distantly to Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɑːna/

Verb

spana (present spanar, preterite spanade, supine spanat, imperative spana)

1. spy, scout

Conjugation

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spana		spanas
Supine	spanat		spanats
Imperative	spana		—
Imper. plural1	spanen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spanar	spanade	spanas	spanades
Ind. plural1	spana	spanade	spanas	spanades
Subjunctive2	spane	spanade	spanes	spanades
	Participles
Present participle	spanande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of spana (weak)

Synonyms

• speja

Derived terms

• span
• spanare
• spaning
• spana in

References

• spana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• spana in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English spanner.

Noun

spana

1. spanner; wrench