liana

See also: Liana and Liāna

English

Etymology

From French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”). The word comes from the western dialects of West Indian French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːˈɑːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

liana (plural lianas)

1. (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
   • 1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter II, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

     Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.

   • 1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,^[1]

     Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.

   • 1943 April 4, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, page 6:

     Allow friendly natives to walk in front of you on the track. They have sharp eyes for pitfalls, snakes, hornets, and stinging plants. They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers. They like to do it.

   • 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3:

     They left the drive and stood among the wild tannia under the saman tree. Mrs Tulsi held a liana and offered it to Mr Biswas. While he felt it, she held a thinner liana and pulled it down. ‘As strong as rope,’ she said. ‘The children could skip with this.’

Translations

climbing woody vine

• Bulgarian: лиана f (liana)
• Catalan: liana f
• Danish: lian (da) c
• Dutch: liaan (nl) c
• Esperanto: liano (eo)
• Finnish: liaani (fi)
• German: Liane (de) f
• Greek: λιάνα (el) f (liána)
• Hungarian: lián (hu)
• Ido: liano (io)
• Indonesian: liana (id)
• Italian: liana (it) f
• Khmer: លតា (km) (lea’daa)
• Korean: 덩굴나무 (deonggullamu)
• Marathi: महालता (mahāltā), काष्ठलता (kāṣṭhaltā), महावेल f (mahāvel)
• Polish: liana (pl) f
• Portuguese: cipó (pt) m, liana (pt) f
• Romanian: liană (ro) f
• Russian: лиа́на (ru) f (liána)
• Sranan Tongo: busititei
• Swedish: lian (sv) c
• Tagalog: dakbaging, baging
• Tocharian B: laitke
• Ukrainian: ліа́на f (liána)

See also

• climber
• rattan
• scrambler
• twiner
• vine

Anagrams

• Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Lanai, lanai

Indonesian

Etymology

From English liana, from French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlia̯na/
• Hyphenation: lia‧na

Noun

liana (first-person possessive lianaku, second-person possessive lianamu, third-person possessive liananya)

1. (botany) liana: a climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

Further reading

• “liana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlja.na/, (traditional) /liˈa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: lià‧na, (traditional) li‧à‧na

Noun

liana f (plural liane)

1. liana (vine)
2. plot (complicated)

Anagrams

• Alina, alani, anali, inala

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French liane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlja.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: lia‧na

Noun

liana f

1. liana

Declension

Declension of liana

	singular	plural
nominative	liana	liany
genitive	liany	lian
dative	lianie	lianom
accusative	lianę	liany
instrumental	lianą	lianami
locative	lianie	lianach
vocative	liano	liany

Further reading

• liana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• liana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [lɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [lɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɐ.na/ [lɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈljɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈljɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlja.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: li‧a‧na

Noun

liana f (plural lianas)

1. liana (climbing woody vine)

   Synonym: cipó

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French liane, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljana/ [ˈlja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: lia‧na

Noun

liana f (plural lianas)

1. liana

   Synonyms: bejuco, guaco

Further reading

• “liana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-liana (infinitive kuliana)

1. Reciprocal form of -lia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -liana
Positive present -naliana Subjunctive -liane Negative -liani Imperative singular liana
Infinitives
Positive kuliana Negative kutoliana
Imperatives
Singular liana Plural lianeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huliana Positive past positive subject concord + -liliana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuliana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliana) Singular Plural 1st person ninaliana/naliana tunaliana 2nd person unaliana mnaliana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analiana wanaliana other classes positive subject concord + -naliana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -liani) Singular Plural 1st person siliani hatuliani 2nd person huliani hamliani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haliani hawaliani other classes negative subject concord + -liani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taliana Negative future negative subject concord + -taliana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -liane) Singular Plural 1st person niliane tuliane 2nd person uliane mliane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliane waliane other classes positive subject concord + -liane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siliane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeliana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeliana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliliana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliliana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aliana) Singular Plural 1st person naliana twaliana 2nd person waliana mwaliana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliana waliana m-mi(III/IV) waliana yaliana ji-ma(V/VI) laliana yaliana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaliana vyaliana n(IX/X) yaliana zaliana u(XI) waliana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaliana pa(XVI) paliana mu(XVIII) mwaliana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meliana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaliana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaliana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiliana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoliana Consecutive kaliana / positive subject concord + -kaliana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaliane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -liana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lianaye -lianao m-mi(III/IV) -lianao -lianayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lianalo -lianayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lianacho -lianavyo n(IX/X) -lianayo -lianazo u(XI) -lianao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lianako pa(XVI) -lianapo mu(XVIII) -lianamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -liana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeliana -oliana m-mi(III/IV) -oliana -yoliana ji-ma(V/VI) -loliana -yoliana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choliana -vyoliana n(IX/X) -yoliana -zoliana u(XI) -oliana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koliana pa(XVI) -poliana mu(XVIII) -moliana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.