nā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaː/

Etymology 1

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

Article

nā

  1. plural definite article; the

Etymology 2

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

Verb

nā

  1. (stative) calm, pacified

Hokkien
For pronunciation and definitions of nā – see 若 (“like; as if”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 若).

Kunigami

Romanization

nā

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なー

Mandarin

Alternative forms
  • na — nonstandard

Romanization

nā (na1, Zhuyin ㄋㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 那
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 南

Namuyi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [naː˨˨˦]

Adjective

nā

  1. good

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ना (Devanagari script)
  • না (Bengali script)
  • නා (Sinhalese script)
  • နာ or ၼႃ (Burmese script)
  • นา (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນາ (Lao script)
  • នា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Synchronically, feminine pronoun from the demonstrative na (“that”).

Pronoun

nā f

  1. that

Declension
Declension table of "nā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingular
Accusative (second)naṃ

Tokelauan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnaː]
  • Hyphenation: nā

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋa. Cognates include Hawaiian nā and Tuvaluan gaa. The change from *ŋ to n is irregular.

Article

nā

  1. Plural definite article; the
    • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:
      Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
      This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
See also
Tokelauan articles
Impersonal
singular plural
Definite te nā
Indefinite he ni
Personal
Nominal Pronominal
Simple ia
After i/ki a a te
After mai ia te

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *naqa. Cognates include Tongan naʻa and Samoan ne'i.

Particle

nā

  1. Introduces a subordinate clause; lest, in case

Particle

nā

  1. Expresses exclusiveness of the following nominal; only, just

Etymology 4

From Proto-Polynesian *naqa. Cognates include Hawaiian nā and Samoan nā.

Verb

nā

  1. (intransitive) to stop crying

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 247
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