amana

See also: amâna, amaña, and amañá

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.máː.nàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.máː.nàː]

Noun

àmānā̀ f (possessed form àmānàr̃)

1. trust, mutual respect
2. honesty, reliability
3. alliance

Māori

Noun

amana

1. almond

   Synonym: aramona

Murui Huitoto

amana
Root	Classifier
amana-	—

Amana.

Etymology

Related to Bora amána.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamana]
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧na

Noun

amana

1. dolphin

Declension

Declension of amana

	singular	plural
absolutive	amana	amanaɨaɨ
nominative	amanadɨ	amanaɨaɨdɨ
accusative	amanana	amanaɨaɨna
dative/locative	amanamo	amanaɨaɨmo
ablative	amanamona	amanaɨaɨmona
instrumental	amanado	amanaɨaɨdo
causal	amanari	amanaɨaɨri
privative	amananino	amanaɨaɨnino
sequential	amananona	amanaɨaɨnona

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983), “amana”, in Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 25
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 113

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑ.nɑ/

Verb

āmana

1. singular imperative of āmanian

Old Tupi

amana

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
VLB (1622)	amãna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amana/, [ãˈmãnə]
• Rhymes: -ana

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aman, from Proto-Tupian *aman.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani ama.

Noun

amana (?)

1. rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Escampar a chuua”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 122; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Opigc amana.

     [Opyk amana.]

     The rain ceased.

2. rainwater (water sourced from rain)
   • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brasílica Language]‎^[3] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 48:

     Açape monhang amana

     [Asapemonhang amana]

     I make a path for the rainwater

Derived terms

• amana 'ara
• amanarypy'oka
• amanusu
• amanybá
• amãberaba
• amãpytuna
• amãsununga

Descendants

• Nheengatu: amana
• → Portuguese: amana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

amana (possessable)

1. gerund of aman (“to encircle”)
   • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Na Aldeia de Guaraparim] [In the Village of Guaraparim]” (chapter LXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Guarapari, page 149v, column 2, lines 161–163; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 283:

     Jndi cori tiaço, / Temimino repenhana / aunhenhe cetama amana

     [I ndi kori t'îasó, / Temiminõ repenhana / aûnhenhẽ setama amana]

     Let's go with him today, attack the Temiminó, immediatly encircling their land.

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “amana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 29, column 1

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَمُنَ (ʔamuna)

Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna)bor.

Swahili amana

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

amana

1. deposit