naná

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"

Hungarian

Etymology

From na +‎ ná, both from Yiddish.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɒˈnaː] (exceptionally stressed on its last syllable)
Hyphenation: na‧ná
Rhymes: -naː

Interjection

naná!

(colloquial) sure, sure thing, sure enough, for shizzle, you bet, deffo, definitely, certainly, of course, no question
Synonyms: hogyne, mint a huzat, mint a sicc, mint a szél, de még mennyire, még jó, még szép, persze

References

^ naná in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

naná in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

ananá

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.^[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní anana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nãˈna/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: na‧ná

Noun

naná (unpossessable)

pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)^[2]
pineapple fruit^[3]

Related terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: naná
→ Portuguese: ananás, ananá, anana, naná, nanás
- → Bengali: আনারস (anaroś)
- → Catalan: ananàs
- → German: Ananas
- → Greek: ανανάς (ananás)
- → Gujarati: અનનાસ (ananās)
- → Hindi: अनन्नास (anannās)
- → Marathi: अननस (annas)
- → Spanish: ananás (see there for further descendants)
- → Swahili: nanasi
- → Tamil: அன்னாசி (aṉṉāci)
- → Tetum: ananás

References

^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 46, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 89: “Nana [Naná]”
^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae, Historiae Plantarum, book I, chapter XVI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 33: “Nana [Naná]”

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “naná”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 326, column 2

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