banna

See also: Banna

English

Etymology 1

Noun

banna

1. plural of bannum

Etymology 2

Noun

banna (plural bannas)

1. (Guyana) A young male friend; mate, buddy.

Anagrams

• Banan, banan, naban

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *kʷaCna. Compare Choctaw banna, Alabama banna, Koasati bannalaho̱.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.na/

Verb

banna

1. (stative, transitive, nominal object) to want

   Holisso sabanna. ― I want a book.

2. (stative, intransitive, + unsuffixed same-subject verbal complement) to want to

   Iskannoꞌsi sabanna.

   I want to be small.

3. (stative, intransitive, preceded by different-subject verb + -aꞌni) to want (an event or state)

   Chiskannoꞌsaꞌni banna.

   She wants you to be small.

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	sabanna sa-banna	pobanna po-banna	hapobanna hapo-banna
2nd-person (you, you all)	chibanna chi-banna	hachibanna hachi-banna
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	banna	(hoo)banna (hoo-)banna

Derived terms

• aabanna
• bahá̱nna
• bannachi
• bannakat yawoolínchi
• báhhanna
• báyyaꞌnna
• bá̱ꞌnna
• báꞌnna
• ikbanno
• imaabanna
• ishbanna
• ishtilibanna
• ittímmayyaꞌchi banna
• nakniꞌ banna
• ímmayya banna

Descendants

• Mobilian: bana

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse banna, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanːa/

Verb

banna (third person singular past indicative bannaði, third person plural past indicative bannað, supine bannað)

1. to curse, to swear
2. to forbid
   • Faðir mín bannaði mær at eta søtur

     My father forbade me to eat sweets

Conjugation

Conjugation of banna (group v-30)

infinitive	banna
supine	bannað
	present	past
first singular	banni	bannaði
second singular	bannar	bannaði
third singular	bannar	bannaði
plural	banna	bannaðu
participle (a6)1	bannandi	bannaður
	imperative
singular	banna!
plural	bannið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse banna, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Verb

banna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bannaði, supine bannað)

1. to ban
2. to forbid, to prohibit

   Ég banna þér það.

   I forbid you to do it.

Conjugation

banna – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að banna
supine sagnbót		bannað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bannandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	banna	bannaði		banni	bannaði
	þú	bannar	bannaðir		bannir	bannaðir
	hann, hún, það	bannar	bannaði		banni	bannaði
plural	við	bönnum	bönnuðum		bönnum	bönnuðum
	þið	bannið	bönnuðuð		bannið	bönnuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	banna	bönnuðu		banni	bönnuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	banna (þú), bannaðu
plural	þið	bannið (þið), banniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bannast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bannast
supine sagnbót		bannast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bannandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	bannast	bannaðist		bannist	bannaðist
	þú	bannast	bannaðist		bannist	bannaðist
	hann, hún, það	bannast	bannaðist		bannist	bannaðist
plural	við	bönnumst	bönnuðumst		bönnumst	bönnuðumst
	þið	bannist	bönnuðust		bannist	bönnuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	bannast	bönnuðust		bannist	bönnuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	bannast (þú), bannastu
plural	þið	bannist (þið), bannisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bannaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bannaður	bönnuð	bannað	bannaðir	bannaðar	bönnuð
accusative (þolfall)	bannaðan	bannaða	bannað	bannaða	bannaðar	bönnuð
dative (þágufall)	bönnuðum	bannaðri	bönnuðu	bönnuðum	bönnuðum	bönnuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	bannaðs	bannaðrar	bannaðs	bannaðra	bannaðra	bannaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bannaði	bannaða	bannaða	bönnuðu	bönnuðu	bönnuðu
accusative (þolfall)	bannaða	bönnuðu	bannaða	bönnuðu	bönnuðu	bönnuðu
dative (þágufall)	bannaða	bönnuðu	bannaða	bönnuðu	bönnuðu	bönnuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	bannaða	bönnuðu	bannaða	bönnuðu	bönnuðu	bönnuðu

Etymology 2

Noun

banna n

1. indefinite genitive plural of bann

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old French bande, of Germanic origins.

Noun

banna m (genitive singular banna, nominative plural bannaí)

1. (music) band
2. Alternative form of banda (“band”)

Derived terms

• banna fífeanna (“fife band”)
• banna míleata (“military band”)
• banna píob (“pipe band”)
• banna práis (“brass band”)
• fear banna (“bandsman”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠanˠə/

Noun

banna m (genitive singular banna, nominative plural bannaí)

1. bond
   1. binding
2. guarantee
3. (formal) hostage
4. (in the plural) bail
5. (in the plural) banns

Synonyms

• (hostage): geall

Derived terms

• banna cláraithe (“registered bond”)
• banna morgáiste (“mortgage bond”)
• banna riaracháin (“administrative bond”)
• banna seachadóra (“bearer bond”)
• banna stáit (“government bond”)
• banna-pháipéar (“bond paper, bonded paper”)
• bannaí pósta (“marriage banns”)
• cúirtbhanna (“recognizance”)
• fo-bhanna (“subsidiary bond”)
• trádstóras banna (“bonded warehouse”)

Descendants

• → Yola: bunnyane

Declension

Declension of banna (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banna bannaí vocative a bhanna a bhannaí genitive banna bannaí dative banna bannaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an banna na bannaí genitive an bhanna na mbannaí dative leis an mbanna don bhanna leis na bannaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of banna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banna	bhanna	mbanna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Italian

Verb

banna

1. inflection of bannare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Noun

banna

1. nominative plural of bannum, alternative form of bannus
2. vocative plural of bannum, alternative form of bannus

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

banna

1. genitive singular of bann

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• bbanna

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Occitan banda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.na/
• Hyphenation: bàn‧na

Noun

banna f

1. side
2. place, zone

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse banna, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Verb

banna (present bannar, preterite bannade, supine bannat, imperative banna)

1. (Internet, slang) to ban
2. (dated) to scold, to chide
3. (uncommon) to curse (utter expletives)

   svära och banna

   swear and curse

Conjugation

Conjugation of banna (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	banna		bannas
supine	bannat		bannats
imperative	banna		—
imper. plural1	bannen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bannar	bannade	bannas	bannades
ind. plural1	banna	bannade	bannas	bannades
subjunctive2	banne	bannade	bannes	bannades
present participle		bannande
past participle		bannad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• banne mig

Related terms

• förbanna
• förbannelse

Etymology 2

Noun

banna c

1. (dated) rebuke

Declension

Declension of banna

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	banna	bannas
	definite	bannan	bannans
plural	indefinite	bannor	bannors
	definite	bannorna	bannornas

Further reading

• banna in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• banan

Tswana

Noun

banna class 2

1. plural of monna