see|Appendix:Variations of "na"

English

Etymology 1
From term|ne||not + term|a|�|ever.

Adverb
en-adv|-

1. colloquial not|Not.
2. colloquial no|No.

Etymology 2
Development of Etymology 1, above; compare term|nah.

Interjection
en-intj

1. Geordie Used to show disagreement or negation.

#: "Na, yor wrang."
#: "Na, ye cannet watch telly"

1. Used to show agreement with a negative question.

#:"Divn�t yee like milk?" "'Na" (i.e., "No, I don�t like milk.")

1. colloquial no|No.

References
R:New Geordie Dictionary 1987
R:Northeast Dialect 2005

Etymology 3
Abbreviations.

initialism
na

1. linguistics noun animate|Noun animate.

Symbol
na

1. nanoamp

See also
nad
ni
nid
nah

Category:English two-letter words

Bosnian

Preposition
infl|bs|preposition

1. to

Croatian

Preposition
infl|hr|preposition

1. to

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-na.ogg|audio

Preposition
cs-prep

1. on (location)
2. for (purpose)
3. here you are (thing)
4. at (in the direction of)

#: Nek�i� na m�. -- Don't shout at me.

Dutch

Preposition
infl|nl|preposition

1. after

Derived terms
navolgen, navolging

German

Interjection
infl|de|interjection

1. well!

Irish

Article
infl|ga|article|definite article

1. the i|nominative plural
2. the i|genitive feminine singular
3. the i|genitive plural
4. the i|dative plural

Latin

Verb form
infl|la|verb form

1. form of|Singular imperative|nare|notdot=1, swim!

Lojban

Cmavo
na

1. Indicates the negation of a sentence.

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Mandarin

Pinyin
cmn-alt-pinyin|na|na0|na5

1. �: which? where? how?

Pinyin syllable
na

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, n�, ná, n�, or nà.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Ojibwe

Particle
infl|oj|particle

1. Question marker for yes/no questions. It is always placed after the first word in the sentence. If the first word ends in a vowel, use the particle na; if it ends in a consonant, use ina#Ojibwe|ina.

#:*minikwe|Giminikwe na? � Are you drinking?
#:*Gigii-anokii na bijiinaago? � Did you work yesterday?
#:*but: wiisini|Giwiisin ina#Ojibwe|ina? � Are you eating?

Synonyms
ina#Ojibwe|ina

Polish

Pronunciation
IPA|/na/

Preposition
infl|pl|preposition|+ locative

1. on, in

infl|pl|preposition|+ accusative

1. for, by (a time, date etc.)

Romani

Adverb
infl|rom|adverb

1. not

Scottish Gaelic

Particle
infl|gd|particle

1. the i|nominative plural
2. the i|genitive feminine singular
3. the i|genitive plural
4. the i|dative plural

Serbian

Preposition
infl|sr|preposition

1. to

Cyrillic spelling
на

Sicilian

Article
infl|scn|article|gender=f|indefinite, singular

1. a, an

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| un#Sicilian|un, nu#Sicilian|nu
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Slovak

Preposition
infl|sk|preposition|followed by locative|šiesty pád

1. on i|location

infl|sk|preposition|followed by accusative|štvrtý pád

1. for i|purpose

Swahili

Conjunction
infl|sw|conjunction

1. and

Swedish

Etymology
From Old Swedish hana, accusative form of hon#Swedish|hon. In standard Swedish the corresponding dative form (henne, in Old Norse: hænni) instead has taken its place.<ref>Hellqvist, ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok''</ref>

Pronoun
infl|sv|pronoun

1. context|w:Småland|Småland|strongly colloquial her; form of|accusative and dative|hon#Swedish|hon

#:Jo, ja' gav'<b>na</b> brevet.
#:Yes, I gave her the letter.

Synonyms
henne

Usage notes
Often merged with previous word. Rarely in written form unless supposed to imitate (dialectal) speech.

See also
en

Tok Pisin

Conjunction
infl|tpi|conjunction

1. and

Vietnamese

Noun
infl|vi|noun

1. custard apple

ar:na
br:na
ca:na
cs:na
de:na
el:na
es:na
fr:na
gl:na
id:na
it:na
csb:na
ku:na
la:na
hu:na
nl:na
ja:na
pl:na
pt:na
ru:na
scn:na
sk:na
sl:na
fi:na
sv:na
vi:na
tr:na
vo:na
zh:na

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