wana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wana"

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waˈna/ [wʌˈnʌ]
• Hyphenation: wa‧na

Noun

waná f

1. calmness

Declension

Declension of waná
absolutive	waná
predicative	waná
subjective	waná
genitive	waná
Postpositioned forms l-case wanál k-case wanák t-case wanát h-case wanáh

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese wana (“forest, wood”), from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest, grove, thicket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.nə/
• Rhymes: -anə
• Hyphenation: wa‧na

Noun

wana (Balinese script ᬯᬦ)

1. forest, jungle

   Synonym: alas

Further reading

• “wana”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Gothic

Romanization

wana

1. romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wana (“species of sea urchin”). Cognate with Samoan vana (“edible sea urchin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.na/, [ˈʋɐ.nə]

Noun

wana

1. A sea urchin with long spines, such as the long-spined sea urchin (Diadema paucispinum) or the diadema urchin (Echinothrix diadema).

See also

• hālula
• ʻina

Further reading

• wana in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦤ (wana), from Old Javanese wana, from Sanskrit वन (vana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwana/ [ˈwa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: wa‧na

Noun

wana

1. (literary, rare) synonym of hutan (“forest”)

Compounds

• wana antara (“forest between two kingdoms”)

in combination

• jagawana (“forest ranger”)
• wanatani (“agroforestry”)
• wanaternak (“silvopasture”)
• wanawisata (“jungle tourism”)

Related terms

• belantara (“vast, very large”)
• wanara (“ape”) (literary, obsolete)

Further reading

• “wana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

wana

1. Rōmaji transcription of わな

Javanese

Romanization

wana

1. romanization of ꦮꦤ

Kimbundu

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Cardinal: wana

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Noun

-wana (declinable)

1. four

References

• Bacelar, Adilson (2024), “Uana”, in Online Kimbundu dictionary

Kunda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàjánà.

Noun

wana class 2

1. plural of mwana.

Lindu

Noun

wana

1. jungle; forest

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo vana.

Adverb

wana

1. there

Nyungwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàjánà.

Noun

wana class 2

1. plural of mwana.

Old English

Alternative forms

• wona

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wanō, from Proto-Germanic *wanô, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient, absent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.nɑ/

Noun

wana m

1. a want, lack, absence

   Mē is fēos wana.

   I have a lack of money (literally "To me, there is an absence of money").

   Þā wurdon æfter þām fīf mōnþas āgāne būtan sixtīene daga wanan.

   Then, after that, five months passed by, minus sixteen days (literally "except for a lack of sixteen days").

Usage notes

• Usually used indeclinably as wana, but declined forms are occasionally attested.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	wana	wanan
accusative	wanan	wanan
genitive	wanan	wanena
dative	wanan	wanum

Adjective

wana

1. want of necessaries, lack, want, defect

Declension

Declension of wana — Weak only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wana	wane	wane
Accusative	wanan	wanan	wane
Genitive	wanan	wanan	wanan
Dative	wanan	wanan	wanan
Instrumental	wanan	wanan	wanan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wanan	wanan	wanan
Accusative	wanan	wanan	wanan
Genitive	wanra, wanena	wanra, wanena	wanra, wanena
Dative	wanum	wanum	wanum
Instrumental	wanum	wanum	wanum

Descendants

• Middle English: wane, wan, won, wone, wain (Northern)
  • English: wane
  • Scots: wane, waine

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese	ꦮꦤ
Balinese
Roman	wana

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest, grove, thicket”).

Noun

wana

1. forest, wood

Derived terms

• aṅwana
• kawanan

• ayam wana
• kĕbo wana
• sata wana
• warāha wana

Descendants

• > Javanese: wana (inherited)
• → Balinese: wana

Etymology 2

Noun

wana

1. alternative form of wāhana (“vehicle, conveyance”)

References

• "wana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

wana

1. digging stick for gathering food (traditionally used by women; along with a piti it symbolises women)

References

• Paul A. Eckert (2007), Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎^[2], IAD Press, →ISBN

Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest, wood”).

Noun

wana (Sundanese spelling ᮝᮔ)

1. forest

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

wana

1. plural of mwana

Verb

wana

1. inflection of -wa na:
   1. third-person plural present affirmative
   2. m-wa class subject inflected plural present affirmative

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wana]

Noun

wana

1. flute
2. bamboo used for making flutes

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “wana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “wana”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 323