vana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vana"

Ajië

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vana]

Verb

vana

to walk
to count

References

Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.nə]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.nə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.na]
Rhymes: -ana

Adjective

vana

feminine singular of va

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

vana

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvana]

Etymology 1

From German Wanne.

Noun

vana f (diminutive vanička)

bathtub, tub

Declension

Declension of vana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vany
genitive	vany	van
dative	vaně	vanám
accusative	vanu	vany
vocative	vano	vany
locative	vaně	vanách
instrumental	vanou	vanami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vana

masculine singular present transgressive of vanout

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vānus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvana]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: va‧na

Adjective

vana (accusative singular vanan, plural vanaj, accusative plural vanajn)

not getting desired results, useless, ineffective, fruitless, futile

Derived terms

vane (“in vain”)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha. Cognate with Finnish vanha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/

Adjective

vana (genitive vana, partitive vana, comparative vanem, superlative kõige vanem or vanim)

old

Noun

vana (genitive vana, partitive vana)

an old person
that which is old
(colloquial) guy, dude, chap

Declension

Declension of vana (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vana	vanad
accusative	nom.	vana
accusative	gen.	vana
genitive		vana	vanade
partitive		vana	vanu vanasid
illative		vanna vanasse	vanadesse vanusse
inessive		vanas	vanades vanus
elative		vanast	vanadest vanust
allative		vanale	vanadele vanule
adessive		vanal	vanadel vanul
ablative		vanalt	vanadelt vanult
translative		vanaks	vanadeks vanuks
terminative		vanani	vanadeni
essive		vanana	vanadena
abessive		vanata	vanadeta
comitative		vanaga	vanadega

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

Verb

vana

to shoot

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vana (compare Karelian vana). Possibly related to Proto-Samic *vuonë.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑnɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
Hyphenation^(key): va‧na

Noun

vana

wake, trail, track (path left behind an object that moves through a fluid)
Lentokone jätti taivaalle valkoisen vanan. ― The airplane left a white trail on the sky.
(broadly) trail, track
etanan limainen vana ― the slimy track of a snail
(botany) scape (leafless stalk ending in a flower or inflorescence)

Declension

Inflection of vana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vana	vanat
genitive		vanan	vanojen
partitive		vanaa	vanoja
illative		vanaan	vanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vana	vanat
accusative	nom.	vana	vanat
accusative	gen.	vanan	vanat
genitive		vanan	vanojen vanain ^rare
partitive		vanaa	vanoja
inessive		vanassa	vanoissa
elative		vanasta	vanoista
illative		vanaan	vanoihin
adessive		vanalla	vanoilla
ablative		vanalta	vanoilta
allative		vanalle	vanoille
essive		vanana	vanoina
translative		vanaksi	vanoiksi
abessive		vanatta	vanoitta
instructive		—	vanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vanani	vanani
accusative	nom.	vanani	vanani
accusative	gen.	vanani	vanani
genitive		vanani	vanojeni vanaini ^rare
partitive		vanaani	vanojani
inessive		vanassani	vanoissani
elative		vanastani	vanoistani
illative		vanaani	vanoihini
adessive		vanallani	vanoillani
ablative		vanaltani	vanoiltani
allative		vanalleni	vanoilleni
essive		vananani	vanoinani
translative		vanakseni	vanoikseni
abessive		vanattani	vanoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vanoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vanasi	vanasi
accusative	nom.	vanasi	vanasi
accusative	gen.	vanasi	vanasi
genitive		vanasi	vanojesi vanaisi ^rare
partitive		vanaasi	vanojasi
inessive		vanassasi	vanoissasi
elative		vanastasi	vanoistasi
illative		vanaasi	vanoihisi
adessive		vanallasi	vanoillasi
ablative		vanaltasi	vanoiltasi
allative		vanallesi	vanoillesi
essive		vananasi	vanoinasi
translative		vanaksesi	vanoiksesi
abessive		vanattasi	vanoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vanoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vanamme	vanamme
accusative	nom.	vanamme	vanamme
accusative	gen.	vanamme	vanamme
genitive		vanamme	vanojemme vanaimme ^rare
partitive		vanaamme	vanojamme
inessive		vanassamme	vanoissamme
elative		vanastamme	vanoistamme
illative		vanaamme	vanoihimme
adessive		vanallamme	vanoillamme
ablative		vanaltamme	vanoiltamme
allative		vanallemme	vanoillemme
essive		vananamme	vanoinamme
translative		vanaksemme	vanoiksemme
abessive		vanattamme	vanoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vanoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vananne	vananne
accusative	nom.	vananne	vananne
accusative	gen.	vananne	vananne
genitive		vananne	vanojenne vanainne ^rare
partitive		vanaanne	vanojanne
inessive		vanassanne	vanoissanne
elative		vanastanne	vanoistanne
illative		vanaanne	vanoihinne
adessive		vanallanne	vanoillanne
ablative		vanaltanne	vanoiltanne
allative		vanallenne	vanoillenne
essive		vanananne	vanoinanne
translative		vanaksenne	vanoiksenne
abessive		vanattanne	vanoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vanoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vanansa	vanansa
accusative	nom.	vanansa	vanansa
accusative	gen.	vanansa	vanansa
genitive		vanansa	vanojensa vanainsa ^rare
partitive		vanaansa	vanojaan vanojansa
inessive		vanassaan vanassansa	vanoissaan vanoissansa
elative		vanastaan vanastansa	vanoistaan vanoistansa
illative		vanaansa	vanoihinsa
adessive		vanallaan vanallansa	vanoillaan vanoillansa
ablative		vanaltaan vanaltansa	vanoiltaan vanoiltansa
allative		vanalleen vanallensa	vanoilleen vanoillensa
essive		vananaan vananansa	vanoinaan vanoinansa
translative		vanakseen vanaksensa	vanoikseen vanoiksensa
abessive		vanattaan vanattansa	vanoittaan vanoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	vanoineen vanoinensa

Derived terms

vanamo

compounds

Anagrams

vaan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vana, from Proto-Germanic *wanōną. More at wane.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaːna/
Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

vana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vanaði, supine vanað)

to reduce, detract from
to maim
to castrate
Synonym: gelda

Conjugation

vana — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vana
supine (sagnbót)		vanað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vanandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vana	við vönum	present (nútíð)	ég vani	við vönum
	þú vanar	þið vanið		þú vanir	þið vanið
	hann, hún, það vanar	þeir, þær, þau vana		hann, hún, það vani	þeir, þær, þau vani

past (þátíð)	ég vanaði	við vönuðum	past (þátíð)	ég vanaði	við vönuðum
	þú vanaðir	þið vönuðuð		þú vanaðir	þið vönuðuð
	hann, hún, það vanaði	þeir, þær, þau vönuðu		hann, hún, það vanaði	þeir, þær, þau vönuðu

imperative (boðháttur)	vana (þú)	vanið (þið)
	vanaðu	vaniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vanast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vanast
supine (sagnbót)		vanast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vanandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vanast	við vönumst	present (nútíð)	ég vanist	við vönumst
	þú vanast	þið vanist		þú vanist	þið vanist
	hann, hún, það vanast	þeir, þær, þau vanast		hann, hún, það vanist	þeir, þær, þau vanist

past (þátíð)	ég vanaðist	við vönuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég vanaðist	við vönuðumst
	þú vanaðist	þið vönuðust		þú vanaðist	þið vönuðust
	hann, hún, það vanaðist	þeir, þær, þau vönuðust		hann, hún, það vanaðist	þeir, þær, þau vönuðust

imperative (boðháttur)	vanast (þú)	vanist (þið)
	vanastu	vanisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vanaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vanaður	vönuð	vanað	vanaðir	vanaðar	vönuð
accusative (þolfall)	vanaðan	vanaða	vanað	vanaða	vanaðar	vönuð
dative (þágufall)	vönuðum	vanaðri	vönuðu	vönuðum	vönuðum	vönuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	vanaðs	vanaðrar	vanaðs	vanaðra	vanaðra	vanaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vanaði	vanaða	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu
accusative (þolfall)	vanaða	vönuðu	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu
dative (þágufall)	vanaða	vönuðu	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	vanaða	vönuðu	vanaða	vönuðu	vönuðu	vönuðu

Ingrian

Adjective

vana

(dialectal) Alternative spelling of vanha
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
  Yli joen langolle, vanan kylän Iljalle.
  Over the river to [my] sister's husband, the little village's Ilja.

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 57

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈva.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: và‧na

Etymology 1

Adjective

vana

feminine singular of vano

Etymology 2

Verb

vana

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

Anagrams

Nava, avan-

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.na/, [ˈu̯äːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.na/, [ˈväːnä]
(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.naː/, [ˈu̯äːnäː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.na/, [ˈväːnä]

Adjective

vāna

inflection of vānus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

vānā

ablative feminine singular of vānus

Laz

Conjunction

vana

Latin spelling of ვანა (vana)

Noun

vana

Latin spelling of ვანა (vana)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
वन (Devanagari script)
ৰন (Bengali script)
වන (Sinhalese script)
ဝန or ဝၼ (Burmese script)
วน or วะนะ (Thai script)
ᩅᨶ (Tai Tham script)
ວນ or ວະນະ (Lao script)
វន (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest”).

Noun

vana n

forest

Declension

Declension table of "vana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Accusative (second)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Instrumental (third)	vanena	vanehi or vanebhi
Dative (fourth)	vanassa or vanāya or vanatthaṃ	vanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vanasmā or vanamhā or vanā	vanehi or vanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vanassa	vanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vanasmiṃ or vanamhi or vane	vanesu
Vocative (calling)	vana	vanāni

Derived terms

vivana

Etymology 2

Formations from the root van.

Noun

vana n

desire

Declension

Declension table of "vana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Accusative (second)	vanaṃ	vanāni
Instrumental (third)	vanena	vanehi or vanebhi
Dative (fourth)	vanassa or vanāya or vanatthaṃ	vanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vanasmā or vanamhā or vanā	vanehi or vanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vanassa	vanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vanasmiṃ or vanamhi or vane	vanesu
Vocative (calling)	vana	vanāni

Verb

vana

imperative active second-person singular of vanati (“to desire”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbana/ [ˈba.na]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: va‧na

Adjective

vana

feminine singular of vano

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

vana

inflection of van:
1. definite singular
2. plural

Noun

vana

habit; a regularly done action
the state or degree of being accustomed to something (practical); experience, know-how
Synonym: erfarenhet
- 1971 February 18, Dagens Nyheter‎^[2], page 43:
  Vi söker en pizzakock med vana från pizzeria.
  We are looking for a pizza chef with experience from pizzeria.

Declension

Declension of vana

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vana	vanas
singular	definite	vanan	vanans
plural	indefinite	vanor	vanors
plural	definite	vanorna	vanornas

Derived terms

Tolai

Verb

vana

to go

Võro

Alternative forms

vahn

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha.

Adjective

vana (genitive vana, partitive vanna)

old

Inflection

Inflection of vana

	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanaq
accusative	vana	vanaq
genitive	vana	vanno
partitive	vanna	vanno
illative	vanna	vanno vannohe
inessive	vanan vanahn	vanon vannon vanohn vannohn
elative	vanast	vanost vannost
allative	vanalõ	vanolõ vannolõ
adessive	vanal	vanol vannol
ablative	vanalt	vanolt vannolt
translative	vanas	vanos vannos
terminative	vananiq	vanoniq vannoniq
abessive	vanaldaq	vanoldaq vannoldaq
comitative	vanagaq	vannogaq

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vanha.

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
Hyphenation: va‧na

Adjective

vana (comparative vanõpi, superlative kõikka vanõpi)

old
Antonyms: noori, uusi

Inflection

Declension of vana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanad
genitive	vana	vanojõ, vanoi
partitive	vanna	vanoitõ, vanoi
illative	vannasõ, vanna	vanoisõ
inessive	vanaz	vanoiz
elative	vanassõ	vanoissõ
allative	vanalõ	vanoilõ
adessive	vanallõ	vanoillõ
ablative	vanaltõ	vanoiltõ
translative	vanassi	vanoissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Noun

vana

old/elderly person

Inflection

Declension of vana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vana	vanad
genitive	vana	vanojõ, vanoi
partitive	vanna	vanoitõ, vanoi
illative	vannasõ, vanna	vanoisõ
inessive	vanaz	vanoiz
elative	vanassõ	vanoissõ
allative	vanalõ	vanoilõ
adessive	vanallõ	vanoillõ
ablative	vanaltõ	vanoiltõ
translative	vanassi	vanoissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

vana

Ajië

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

See also

Estonian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Declension

Fijian

Etymology

Verb

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Ingrian

Adjective

References

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Etymology 2

Verb

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

Adjective

Laz

Conjunction

Noun

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Verb

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Declension