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

Romanization

wana

1. Romanization of ᬯᬦ

Gothic

Romanization

wana

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰

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, 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

Lindu

Noun

wana

1. jungle; forest

Old English

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

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

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: ꦮꦤ (wana) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: wana
• → Balinese: ᬯᬦ (wana)

Etymology 2

Noun

wana

1. Alternative spelling 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

Romanization

wana

1. Romanization of ᮝᮔ (“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