-ana

-ana Meanings:

• A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc
• a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, etc. Synonyms: -ia, -ica
• (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈ-a.nə/
• (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation). tanít (“to teach”) → tanítana (“he/she would teach”)
• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants: -na is added to most back vowel verbs vár (“to wait”) → várna (“he/she would wait”) -ne is added to most front vowel verbs kér (“to ask”) → kérne (“he/she would ask”) -ana is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát) mond (“to say something”) → mondana (“he/she would say something”) tanít (“to teach”) → tanítana (“he/she would teach”) -ene is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t fest (“to paint”) → festene (“he/she would paint”) segít (“to help”) → segítene (“he/she would help”)
• -āna: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.na/,
• -āna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.na/,
• -ānā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.naː/,
• -ānā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.na/,
• inflection of -ānus: nominative/vocative feminine singular
• Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
• Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".
• Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a place where an action occurs, relatives or to form a proper name.
• each other; reciprocal suffix ‎-ona (“to see”) + ‎-ana → ‎-onana (“to see each other”)
• One or more of the participants of the reciprocal action can be treated like an object introduced with the preposition na:
• In verbs ending in -i or -u, the appropriate applicative suffix is added before the reciprocal suffix, even when an applicative meaning is not intended or when an applicative form does not exist: ‎-sahau (“to forget”) + ‎-lia + ‎-ana → ‎-sahauliana (“to forget each other”) ‎-fahamu (“to know”) + ‎-ia + ‎-ana → ‎-fahamiana (“to know each other”)
• feminine of -ano ‎probinsiya (“province”) + ‎-ana → ‎probinsiyana (“female provincial”) ‎Korea (“Korea”) + ‎-ana → ‎Koreana (“female Korean”) ‎Amerika (“America”) + ‎-ana → ‎Amerikana (“female American”) ‎Italya (“Italy”) + ‎-ana → ‎Italyana (“female Italian”) ‎Cebu (“Cebu”) + ‎-ana → ‎Cebuana (“female person from Cebu”) ‎Bikol (“Bicol”) + ‎-ana → ‎Bikolana (“female person from Bikol region”) ‎Ilokos (“Ilocos”) + ‎-ana → ‎Ilokana (“female person from Ilocos region”)