aanaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aana, from Proto-Eskimo *ana.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aanaa/, [aː.nəː]

Noun

aanaa (plural aanaat)

1. grandmother, gran
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 118:

     Nukappiaq ammalortumik niaqulik sanioqquppaa oqartoq: "Aanaa, narasiutiga kataqqippara." - "Aaja, Neville," arnaq utoqqaq anersaaruluttoq tusaavaa.

     He passed a round-faced boy who was saying, "Gran, I've lost my toad again." - "Oh, Neville," he heard the old woman sigh.

2. absolutive single-possession of aanaq

Declension

Declension of aanaa

	singular	plural
absolutive	aanaa	aanaat
ergative	aanaap	aanaat
allative	aanaamut	aanaanut
ablative	aanaamit	aanaanit
prosecutive	aanaakkut	aanaatigut
locative	aanaami	aanaani
instrumental	aanaamik	aanaanik
equative	aanaatut	aanaatut

Synonyms

• aanaq

References

• aanaa in Katersat

Oromo

Noun

aanaa

1. district