ná

See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of ná – see 哪 (“which; what; any; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 哪).

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

ná

  1. (transitive, with dative) to reach (a place)
  2. (transitive, with dative) to get, catch, apprehend (a physical object)
  3. (transitive, with dative) to reach, attain (a goal)
    Ég mun ná heimsyfirráðum!
    I will attain world domination!

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ná.

Particle

ná

  1. don’t (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    Ná déan sin.
    Don’t do that.
    Ná habair é.
    Don’t mention it.
  2. may...not (particle used with raibh, the present subjunctive of bí, to introduce a negative wish)
    Dealbh ná raibh tú.
    May you never be destitute.
  3. (Munster) Alternative form of nach (“not”) (in questions; triggers h-prothesis; used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)
    Ná fuil ocras ort?
    Are you not hungry?
    Chonac í, ná facas?
    I saw her, didn’t I?

Conjunction

ná (triggers h-prothesis, used with the dependent form of an irregular verb if there is one)

  1. (Munster) Alternative form of nach (“that...not”)
    Dúirt sé ná raibh carr aige.
    He said that he didn’t have a car.

Conjunction

ná

  1. nor
    Níl deartháir ná deirfiúr agam.
    I have neither brother nor sister.
  2. used between two identical or similar words to intensify a negative
    Ní fhaca sí solas ná solas.
    She saw no light whatsoever.
    (literally, “She didn’t see light or light).”)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish indás (“than (it) is”).

Alternative forms

Conjunction

ná (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. than
    Is airde Máire ná Peadar.
    Mary is taller than Peter.
  2. but (used rhetorically in direct and indirect questions)
    Cé a bhí ina shuí ann ná m’athair féin?
    Who was sitting there but my own father?
  3. used to connect a predicate noun to its subject in a cleft sentence introduced by a copular form
    Is é a dúirt sé ná gur dhíol sé a ríomhaire lena chara.
    What he said was that he sold his computer to his friend.
    • 1907, Peadar Ua Laoghaire, Séadna, page 6:
      Bhí fear ann fad ó agus isé ainim a bhí air ’ná Séadna.
      Once upon a time there was a man and the name that he had was Séadna.
Derived terms
  • ná go, ná gur (“but that”)

Further reading

Lashi

Etymology

Related to nang.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ná

  1. thy, your (singular)

Synonyms

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • na — nonstandard

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Romanization

ná (na2, Zhuyin ㄋㄚˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗱
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拏/拿
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拿
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訣/诀
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誽/𰵵
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎿/镎
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镎

Postposition

ná

  1. for you, for your sake
  2. in your favor
    ná yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for you
    ná áshłééh ― I’m making it for you

Inflection

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Adverb

ná

  1. so, thus, in this way

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne. The vowel was originally short.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈aː/

Particle

ná

  1. don’t, let…not (particle used to introduce a negative imperative; triggers /h/-prothesis of a following vowel)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b26
      Ná bíth i cobadlus doïb, ar atá torad la gnímu soilse .i. praemia aeterna ní ḟil immurgu acht infructuosa.
      Do not be in fellowship with them, for there is fruit with works of light, i.e. praemia aeterna. There is nothing [with works of darkness], however, save infructuosa.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25c6
      Hóre ammi maicc laí et soilse, ná seichem nahísiu.
      Since we are children of day and light, let us not follow these things.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55a1
      Ná déne ainmnit.
      Do not show patience.
      (literally, “Do not do patience.”)

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ne, *ni, *nī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwāną, related to (or derived from) Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz (“near”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Verb

ná (singular past indicative náði, plural past indicative náðu, past participle nát)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to get hold of, reach, overtake
  2. to get, obtain
  3. (with infinitive) to be able to, to be allowed to

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ná
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nå
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: nå
  • Swedish: nå
  • Danish: nå

References

  • ná in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Interjection

ná

  1. Eye dialect spelling of não.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna/ [ˈna]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ná

Pronoun

ná

  1. (informal) Apocopic form of nada
    no pasa ná ― nothing happens

Tày

Pronunciation

Adverb

ná

  1. not (negates meaning of verb)
    ná chin ― not eat
    ná chắc ― not know
    slon lụ ná ― study or not

Adjective

ná

  1. brassy; obstinate
    ná dú rườn hâu ― to stay at their house

Verb

ná

  1. to be blocked
    Slủng ná đạn.
    The gun was clogged.

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *s-naːʔ (“crossbow”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ (“crossbow”). Cognate with Thavung ซะน่า, Khmer ស្នា (snaa), Koho söna. Doublet of nỏ.

Pain (2020) tentatively considered this to be a Chinese loan, from 弩 (OC *C.nˤaʔ) (B-S) (SV: nỗ), into Austroasiatic and Tai languages, likely through proto-Vietic.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) ná • (𫸶)

  1. (dialectal, weaponry) Synonym of nỏ (“crossbow”)
  2. (weaponry) slingshot

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • chạc ná
  • chạng ná
  • giàn ná

References

Anagrams

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