chana

See also: Chana, chànà, and chaná

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चना (canā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌnə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑːnə/

Noun

chana (usually uncountable, plural chanas)

  1. (India, cooking) A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
  2. (India) Chickpeas.
    Synonym: kadala

Derived terms

Translations

Aka-Bea

Noun

chana

  1. woman; (before a name) Mrs

Garo

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chana (transitive)

  1. to put on the fire, have on the fire (of a cooking pot)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chana (transitive)

  1. to count
  2. to track, follow the tracks (as when hunting animals)

Irish

Noun

chana m sg

  1. lenited form of cana

Verb

chana

  1. lenited form of cana

Middle Irish

Noun

chana m

  1. lenited form of cana

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: cha‧na

Noun

chana m

  1. genitive singular of chan
  2. accusative singular of chan

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: cha‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chokwe [Term?][1]

Noun

chana f (plural chanas)

  1. (Angola, geography) savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)
    Synonyms: savana, (Angola) anhara

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

chana f (plural chanas)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

References

  1. ^ “chana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃana/ [ˈt͡ʃa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: cha‧na

Noun

chana f (plural chanas)

  1. (Chile, slang) Term applied to a lower‐class woman not desired for a longer relationship

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cana, from Common Bantu *-càna. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsana and Giryama -tsana (“to slit”).

Pronunciation

Verb

-chana (infinitive kuchana)

  1. to tear, to separate
  2. to comb

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chana
Positive present -nachana
Subjunctive -chane
Negative -chani
Imperative singular chana
Infinitives
Positive kuchana
Negative kutochana
Imperatives
Singular chana
Plural chaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachana/nachana tunachana
2nd person unachana mnachana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachana wanachana
other classes positive subject concord + -nachana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chani)
Singular Plural
1st person sichani hatuchani
2nd person huchani hamchani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachani hawachani
other classes negative subject concord + -chani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chane)
Singular Plural
1st person nichane tuchane
2nd person uchane mchane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achane wachane
other classes positive subject concord + -chane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achana)
Singular Plural
1st person nachana twachana
2nd person wachana mwachana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achana wachana
m-mi(III/IV) wachana yachana
ji-ma(V/VI) lachana yachana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachana vyachana
n(IX/X) yachana zachana
u(XI) wachana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachana
pa(XVI) pachana
mu(XVIII) mwachana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochana
Consecutive kachana / positive subject concord + -kachana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichana -tuchana
2nd person -kuchana -wachana/-kuchaneni/-wachaneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchana -wachana
m-mi(III/IV) -uchana -ichana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichana -yachana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichana -vichana
n(IX/X) -ichana -zichana
u(XI) -uchana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchana
pa(XVI) -pachana
mu(XVIII) -muchana
Reflexive -jichana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chanaye -chanao
m-mi(III/IV) -chanao -chanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chanalo -chanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chanacho -chanavyo
n(IX/X) -chanayo -chanazo
u(XI) -chanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chanako
pa(XVI) -chanapo
mu(XVIII) -chanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechana -ochana
m-mi(III/IV) -ochana -yochana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochana -yochana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochana -vyochana
n(IX/X) -yochana -zochana
u(XI) -ochana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochana
pa(XVI) -pochana
mu(XVIII) -mochana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

  • Nominal derivations:

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

chana

  1. aspirate mutation of cana

Mutation

Mutated forms of cana
radical soft nasal aspirate
cana gana nghana chana

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-châna

  1. (transitive) to recognize
  2. to hit the mark

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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