ana-

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.

ana-

1. up, above, upward

   e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph

2. again

   e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic

3. backward in direction, reversed

   e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase

4. thoroughly

   e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy

5. against

   e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin

6. distal, away from

   e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic

7. to grow or change in place; functionally similar

   e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch

• (up): supra-
• (again): re-
• (reversed): un-
• (thoroughly): per-, pur-
• (against): contra-, counter-
• (distal): disto-, extra-
• (functionally similar): quasi-

• (antonym(s) of “up”): cata-
• (antonym(s) of “again”): removal of prefix
• (antonym(s) of “distal”): cata-, proxi-

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

ana-

1. ana-

ana-

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰-

From English ana-, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]
• Hyphenation: ana

ana-

1. up

   e.g. anatomi

2. again

   e.g. analogi

• an-

• “ana-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠə/

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-).

ana-

1. ana-

• anai- (before slender consonants)

ana-

1. Munster form of an- (“very, great”)

Triggers lenition of a following consonant. The variant an- is used before vowels instead.

• ana-bheag

  very small

• an- (used before a vowel in Munster; used in all positions in Connacht and Ulster)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Feminine form of Latin -anus

ana-

1. ana- (almost always words of Greek origin)
2. (chemistry) ana- (derived from naphthalene or quinoline)(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Alternative form of a- before a vowel

From Proto-West Germanic *ana- (“on”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

ana-

1. Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.

   anawerpan "to throw upon"

2. in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation

   anagiboran "inborn"

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-). Doublet of na-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧na

ana-

1. ana-

   ‎ana- + ‎faza → ‎anafaza

Feminine form of Latin -anus

ana-

1. ana- (up; upwards)

ana-

1. Alternative form of an-

• ana-blasta
• ana-caitheamh
• ana-gaisgeach
• ana-cothrom
• ana-miann
• ola ana-chuileag

ana-

1. ana-

• “ana-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014