amana

See also: amâna, amaña, and amañá

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.máː.nàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.máː.nàː]

Noun

àmānā̀ f (possessed form àmānàr̃)

1. trust, mutual respect
2. honesty, reliability
3. alliance

Maori

Noun

amana

1. almond

   Synonym: aramona

Old Tupi

amana

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aman, from Proto-Tupian *aman.

Cognate with Guaraní ama. Unrelated to Japanese 雨 (ame).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ãˈmã.na]
• Rhymes: -ãna
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧na

Noun

amana (?)

1. rain
2. rainwater

Derived terms

• amanarypy'oka
• amanusu
• amanybá
• amãberaba
• amãpytuna
• amãsununga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: amana

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “amana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 29, column 1

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).

Pronunciation

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Noun

amana

1. deposit