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naná

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From na +‎ ná, both from Yiddish.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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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

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  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

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  • 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

Nheengatu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    naná (plural naná-itá)

    1. pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)
      Synonym: awakaxí
    2. pineapple fruit
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    References

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    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “naná”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 563

    Old Tupi

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã.

      Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní anana.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [nãˈna]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Hyphenation: na‧ná

      Noun

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      naná (unpossessable)

      1. pineapple plant (Ananas comosus)[1]
      2. pineapple fruit[2]
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      Descendants

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      • Nheengatu: naná, ananá, nanã
      • → Portuguese: ananás (see there for further descendants)

      References

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      1. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 46, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 89: “Nana [Naná]”
      2. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book I, chapter XVI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 33: “Nana [Naná]”
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