いな

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
否 (rare)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いな [íꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ina̠]

Interjection

いな • (ina) ^{←いな (ina)?}

1. no

   Synonyms: いいえ (īe), いいや (īya)

   いなと答(こた)える

   ina to kotaeru

   answer “no”; reply in the negative

   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":

     結(けっ)局(きょく)、行(こう)動(どう)するか否(いな)かはイスラエル人(じん)とパレスティナ人(じん)次(し)第(だい)である。

     Kekkyoku, kōdō suru ka ina ka wa Isuraeru-jin to Paresutina-jin shidai de aru.

     Now, ultimately, it is up to the Israelis and Palestinians [whether or not] to take action.

Noun

いな • (ina) 

1. nay, no

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いな – see the following entries.

【稲】S [noun] prefixal bound form of いね (ine, “rice plant”) [proper noun] a surname

【鯔】H [noun] flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus [noun] a juvenile flathead grey mullet Alternative spelling イナ

【伊南】 [proper noun] A village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan [proper noun] A river in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture

【伊奈】 [proper noun] a surname

(This term, いな (ina), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as いな, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いな.)

Etymology 3

Synonym of カワニナ (kawanina). Attested from at least the 19th century.

Noun

いな • (ina) 

1. (uncommon, perhaps archaic) a river snail

See also

• 異(い)な (i na, “strange”)