zanana
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zəˈnɑːnə/
Noun
zanana (plural zananas)
- Alternative spelling of zenana.
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
Noun
zanana (plural zanana dem, quantified zanana)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French ananas. In French, the plural word ananas is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, ananas was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.
Noun
zanana
References
- Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN
Romanian
Noun
zanana f (plural zananale)
- alternative form of zenana
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | zanana | zananaua | zananale | zananalele | |
| genitive-dative | zananale | zananalei | zananale | zananalelor | |
| vocative | zanana | zananalelor | |||
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French ananas. In French, the plural word ananas is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, ananas was reanalyzed in Seychellois Creole as beginning with /z/.
Noun
zanana
References
- D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN