naná

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"

Hungarian

Etymology

From na +‎ ná, both from Yiddish.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nɒˈnaː] (exceptionally stressed on its last syllable)
  • Hyphenation: na‧ná
  • Rhymes: -naː

Interjection

naná!

  1. (colloquial) sure, sure thing, sure enough, for shizzle, you bet, deffo, definitely, certainly, of course, no question
    Synonyms: hogyne, mint a huzat, mint a sicc, mint a szél, de még mennyire, még jó, még szép, persze

References
  1. naná in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • naná in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní anana.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nãˈna/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: na‧ná

Noun

naná (unpossessable)

  1. pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)
  2. pineapple; fruit of the pineapple plant
  • nanakakaba
  • naná'y

Descendants

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading
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