ananá

See also: anana and an- -ana

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ananá (unpossessable)

1. Alternative form of naná

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ananá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 35, column 2

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, with s reinterpreted as a plural marker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈna/ [a.naˈna]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧na‧ná

Noun

ananá m (plural ananás or ananaes)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) pineapple

   Synonyms: ananás, piña

Further reading

• “ananá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10