lana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lana"

English

Noun

lana

1. The tree Genipa americana.

Derived terms

• lana dye

Anagrams

• Alan, Anal, Nala, alan, anal, anal., nala

Anguthimri

Noun

lana

1. (Mpakwithi) tongue

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈl̪a.n̪a]
• Hyphenation: la‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lana.

Noun

lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. wool

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lána (Basahan spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. cooking oil

   Synonym: manteka

Derived terms

• lanahon
• maglana
• malana

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈl̪a.n̪ɐ]

Noun

lána (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. gasoline; petrol
2. wave that looks like a thin film of oil on the surface
3. medicinal aromatic oil
4. (folklore) oil that supposedly grants the ungo the abilities of flight, shapeshifting, etc.

Fala

Alternative forms

• lan (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana f (plural lanas)

1. (Lagarteiru) wool

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑnɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧na

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Swedish plana (“to level, flatten”).

Noun

lana

1. leveling drag

   Synonym: lata

Declension

Inflection of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lana	lanat
genitive		lanan	lanojen
partitive		lanaa	lanoja
illative		lanaan	lanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lana	lanat
accusative	nom.	lana	lanat
	gen.	lanan
genitive		lanan	lanojen lanain rare
partitive		lanaa	lanoja
inessive		lanassa	lanoissa
elative		lanasta	lanoista
illative		lanaan	lanoihin
adessive		lanalla	lanoilla
ablative		lanalta	lanoilta
allative		lanalle	lanoille
essive		lanana	lanoina
translative		lanaksi	lanoiksi
abessive		lanatta	lanoitta
instructive		—	lanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lanani lanani accusative nom. lanani lanani gen. lanani genitive lanani lanojeni lanaini rare partitive lanaani lanojani inessive lanassani lanoissani elative lanastani lanoistani illative lanaani lanoihini adessive lanallani lanoillani ablative lanaltani lanoiltani allative lanalleni lanoilleni essive lananani lanoinani translative lanakseni lanoikseni abessive lanattani lanoittani instructive — — comitative — lanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lanasi lanasi accusative nom. lanasi lanasi gen. lanasi genitive lanasi lanojesi lanaisi rare partitive lanaasi lanojasi inessive lanassasi lanoissasi elative lanastasi lanoistasi illative lanaasi lanoihisi adessive lanallasi lanoillasi ablative lanaltasi lanoiltasi allative lanallesi lanoillesi essive lananasi lanoinasi translative lanaksesi lanoiksesi abessive lanattasi lanoittasi instructive — — comitative — lanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lanamme lanamme accusative nom. lanamme lanamme gen. lanamme genitive lanamme lanojemme lanaimme rare partitive lanaamme lanojamme inessive lanassamme lanoissamme elative lanastamme lanoistamme illative lanaamme lanoihimme adessive lanallamme lanoillamme ablative lanaltamme lanoiltamme allative lanallemme lanoillemme essive lananamme lanoinamme translative lanaksemme lanoiksemme abessive lanattamme lanoittamme instructive — — comitative — lanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lananne lananne accusative nom. lananne lananne gen. lananne genitive lananne lanojenne lanainne rare partitive lanaanne lanojanne inessive lanassanne lanoissanne elative lanastanne lanoistanne illative lanaanne lanoihinne adessive lanallanne lanoillanne ablative lanaltanne lanoiltanne allative lanallenne lanoillenne essive lanananne lanoinanne translative lanaksenne lanoiksenne abessive lanattanne lanoittanne instructive — — comitative — lanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lanansa lanansa accusative nom. lanansa lanansa gen. lanansa genitive lanansa lanojensa lanainsa rare partitive lanaansa lanojaan lanojansa inessive lanassaan lanassansa lanoissaan lanoissansa elative lanastaan lanastansa lanoistaan lanoistansa illative lanaansa lanoihinsa adessive lanallaan lanallansa lanoillaan lanoillansa ablative lanaltaan lanaltansa lanoiltaan lanoiltansa allative lanalleen lanallensa lanoilleen lanoillensa essive lananaan lananansa lanoinaan lanoinansa translative lanakseen lanaksensa lanoikseen lanoiksensa abessive lanattaan lanattansa lanoittaan lanoittansa instructive — — comitative — lanoineen lanoinensa

Derived terms

• lanata

 

Further reading

• “lana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from dialectal Swedish lana, if not the other way around.

Noun

lana

1. a bag-shaped fishing net; fyke

Declension

Inflection of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lana	lanat
genitive		lanan	lanojen
partitive		lanaa	lanoja
illative		lanaan	lanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lana	lanat
accusative	nom.	lana	lanat
	gen.	lanan
genitive		lanan	lanojen lanain rare
partitive		lanaa	lanoja
inessive		lanassa	lanoissa
elative		lanasta	lanoista
illative		lanaan	lanoihin
adessive		lanalla	lanoilla
ablative		lanalta	lanoilta
allative		lanalle	lanoille
essive		lanana	lanoina
translative		lanaksi	lanoiksi
abessive		lanatta	lanoitta
instructive		—	lanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lanani lanani accusative nom. lanani lanani gen. lanani genitive lanani lanojeni lanaini rare partitive lanaani lanojani inessive lanassani lanoissani elative lanastani lanoistani illative lanaani lanoihini adessive lanallani lanoillani ablative lanaltani lanoiltani allative lanalleni lanoilleni essive lananani lanoinani translative lanakseni lanoikseni abessive lanattani lanoittani instructive — — comitative — lanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lanasi lanasi accusative nom. lanasi lanasi gen. lanasi genitive lanasi lanojesi lanaisi rare partitive lanaasi lanojasi inessive lanassasi lanoissasi elative lanastasi lanoistasi illative lanaasi lanoihisi adessive lanallasi lanoillasi ablative lanaltasi lanoiltasi allative lanallesi lanoillesi essive lananasi lanoinasi translative lanaksesi lanoiksesi abessive lanattasi lanoittasi instructive — — comitative — lanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lanamme lanamme accusative nom. lanamme lanamme gen. lanamme genitive lanamme lanojemme lanaimme rare partitive lanaamme lanojamme inessive lanassamme lanoissamme elative lanastamme lanoistamme illative lanaamme lanoihimme adessive lanallamme lanoillamme ablative lanaltamme lanoiltamme allative lanallemme lanoillemme essive lananamme lanoinamme translative lanaksemme lanoiksemme abessive lanattamme lanoittamme instructive — — comitative — lanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lananne lananne accusative nom. lananne lananne gen. lananne genitive lananne lanojenne lanainne rare partitive lanaanne lanojanne inessive lanassanne lanoissanne elative lanastanne lanoistanne illative lanaanne lanoihinne adessive lanallanne lanoillanne ablative lanaltanne lanoiltanne allative lanallenne lanoillenne essive lanananne lanoinanne translative lanaksenne lanoiksenne abessive lanattanne lanoittanne instructive — — comitative — lanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lanansa lanansa accusative nom. lanansa lanansa gen. lanansa genitive lanansa lanojensa lanainsa rare partitive lanaansa lanojaan lanojansa inessive lanassaan lanassansa lanoissaan lanoissansa elative lanastaan lanastansa lanoistaan lanoistansa illative lanaansa lanoihinsa adessive lanallaan lanallansa lanoillaan lanoillansa ablative lanaltaan lanaltansa lanoiltaan lanoiltansa allative lanalleen lanallensa lanoilleen lanoillensa essive lananaan lananansa lanoinaan lanoinansa translative lanakseen lanaksensa lanoikseen lanoiksensa abessive lanattaan lanattansa lanoittaan lanoittansa instructive — — comitative — lanoineen lanoinensa

Anagrams

• alan

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• lanna (ORB, narrow)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lāna.

Noun

lana f (plural lanes) (ORB, broad)

1. wool

References

• laine in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lana in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1077: “la lana” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[3] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 744: “laine” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lana”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 147

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/, [ˈlɐ.nə]

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Polynesian *langa.

Noun

lana

1. floating, buoyant, adrift

   lana ke koko

   high blood pressure

   (literally, “buoyant blood”)

2. calm, still (water)

Verb

lana

1. (stative) to float, drift
2. (stative, of blood) to circulate, be circulating
3. (stative) to want, have hopes
4. (stative) to be aware of sounds as one wakes up

   lana ka hiamoe

   waking from sleep

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin rāna, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries.

Noun

lana

1. frog

   Synonym: poloka

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/

Adjective

lana

1. woolen / woollen

   Synonym: lanala

Related terms

• lano

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

lana f (plural lane)

1. wool

Derived terms

• di lana caprina
• lana d'acciaio
• lana di vetro
• lanaiolo
• lanugine

 

Related terms

• lanoso

Further reading

• lana in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• lana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• lana in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• lana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• làna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• lana in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• lana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos, “wool”) and Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā, “wool”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.na/, [ˈɫ̪äːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/, [ˈläːnä]

Noun

lāna f (genitive lānae); first declension

1. wool

   Synonym: vellus

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.773–774:

     lānaque prōveniat nūllās laesūra puellās,
     mollis et ad tenerās quamlibet apta manūs.

     And may wool be produced that will not harm any girls,
     soft and suited to hands however delicate.

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.31.13:

     deleth quaesīvit lānam et līnum et operāta est cōnsiliō manuum suārum

     • Translation by Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE

       She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lāna	lānae
genitive	lānae	lānārum
dative	lānae	lānīs
accusative	lānam	lānās
ablative	lānā	lānīs
vocative	lāna	lānae

Derived terms

• de lāna caprīna
• lānārius
• lānātus
• lānerum
• lāneus
• lānificus
• lānōsus
• lānūgō

 

Related terms

• vellō (“to pluck out”)
• vellus (“wool”)

Descendants

• Aragonese: lana
• Aromanian: lãnã
• Asturian: llana, ḷḷana, chana, yana
• Catalan: llana
• Corsican: lana
• Dalmatian: luona
• Emilian: lèna
• Esperanto: lano
• Extremaduran: lana
• Franco-Provençal: lana
• French: laine
• Friulian: lane
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: lan
• Istro-Romanian: lărę, lărĕ
• Italian: lana
• Ladin: lèna
• Leonese: llana
• Lombard: lèna
• Megleno-Romanian: lǫnă
• Middle English: lana succida
• Middle French: laine
• Mirandese: lhana
• Norman: laine
• Occitan: lana
• Old French: laine
• Old Galician-Portuguese: lãa
  • Fala: lan, lana
  • Galician: la, laa, lan
  • Portuguese: lã
• Piedmontese: lana
• Romagnol: lana
• Romanian: lână
• Romansch: lana, launa
• Shona: lana
• Sicilian: lana
• Spanish: lana
• Venetan: łana
• Walloon: laînn, linne

Further reading

• “lana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil

Lindu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil (cooking)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlana]

Noun

lana

1. inflection of lan:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana

1. oil

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lana n

1. definite plural of lan

Verb

lana (present tense lanar, past tense lana, past participle lana, passive infinitive lanast, present participle lanande, imperative lana/lan)

1. Alternative form of lane

Anagrams

• Alan, Alna, anal, anla, alna, lana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Participle

lana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lany

Ponosakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña. Cognate with Mongondow lana, Tagalog lana (“sesame oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.na/, [ˈɭa.na]

Noun

lana

1. oil

Romansch

Alternative forms

• launa (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter)
• làna (Sutsilvan)
• langa (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lana f

1. (Vallader) wool

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lana

1. genitive singular of lan

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lana, from Latin lāna. Cognate with Portuguese lã, Galician la, Catalan llana, Occitan lana, French laine, Italian lana and Romanian lână.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈla.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana f (plural lanas)

1. wool

   Sin variación en los precios de las lanas de merina. ― No variation in the prices of merino wool.

2. (Mexico, colloquial) cash, money, dough

   Synonyms: dinero, plata, pasta

Derived terms

• ir por lana y volver trasquilado
• lana de acero
• lana de vidrio

 

Related terms

• lanero
• lanoso

 

Further reading

• “lana”, 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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• LAN:a

Etymology

From LAN (“LAN party”) +‎ -a.

Verb

lana (present lanar, preterite lanade, supine lanat, imperative lana)

1. to participate in a LAN party

   De lanar ― They're having a LAN party

Conjugation

Conjugation of lana (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lana		lanas
Supine	lanat		lanats
Imperative	lana		—
Imper. plural1	lanen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lanar	lanade	lanas	lanades
Ind. plural1	lana	lanade	lanas	lanades
Subjunctive2	lane	lanade	lanes	lanades
	Participles
Present participle	lanande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• lana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlana/ [ˈlaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: la‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lana (“wool”), from Latin lāna.

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. wool
2. wool cloth or garment

Adjective

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ)

1. woolen; made of wool

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ) (dialectal)

1. sesame oil

Derived terms

• lana sa noo

 

See also

• linga

Etymology 3

Noun

lana (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ) (dialectal)

1. species of small banana

Further reading

• “lana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laña”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• laan

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /lana/ [laˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧na

Noun

lana (Sulat Sūg spelling لَنَ)

1. oil (usually cooking oil)

Derived terms

• lanahan
• malana