nagana

See also: naganą and nagȧna

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu ulunakane, unakane.

Noun

nagana (uncountable)

  1. (veterinary medicine) A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 460:
      In 1894 Major David Bruce was sent to Zululand to investigate the cattle disease nagana.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From English nagana, from Zulu ulunakane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑɡɑnɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝ɡɑ̝nɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): na‧ga‧na

Noun

nagana

  1. (pathology) nagana (sleeping disease occurring in animals)

Declension

Inflection of nagana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative nagana
genitive naganan
partitive naganaa
illative naganaan
singular plural
nominative nagana
accusative nom. nagana
gen. naganan
genitive naganan
partitive naganaa
inessive naganassa
elative naganasta
illative naganaan
adessive naganalla
ablative naganalta
allative naganalle
essive naganana
translative naganaksi
abessive naganatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nagana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative naganani
accusative nom. naganani
gen. naganani
genitive naganani
partitive naganaani
inessive naganassani
elative naganastani
illative naganaani
adessive naganallani
ablative naganaltani
allative naganalleni
essive nagananani
translative naganakseni
abessive naganattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative naganasi
accusative nom. naganasi
gen. naganasi
genitive naganasi
partitive naganaasi
inessive naganassasi
elative naganastasi
illative naganaasi
adessive naganallasi
ablative naganaltasi
allative naganallesi
essive nagananasi
translative naganaksesi
abessive naganattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative naganamme
accusative nom. naganamme
gen. naganamme
genitive naganamme
partitive naganaamme
inessive naganassamme
elative naganastamme
illative naganaamme
adessive naganallamme
ablative naganaltamme
allative naganallemme
essive nagananamme
translative naganaksemme
abessive naganattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nagananne
accusative nom. nagananne
gen. nagananne
genitive nagananne
partitive naganaanne
inessive naganassanne
elative naganastanne
illative naganaanne
adessive naganallanne
ablative naganaltanne
allative naganallenne
essive naganananne
translative naganaksenne
abessive naganattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative naganansa
accusative nom. naganansa
gen. naganansa
genitive naganansa
partitive naganaansa
inessive naganassaan
naganassansa
elative naganastaan
naganastansa
illative naganaansa
adessive naganallaan
naganallansa
ablative naganaltaan
naganaltansa
allative naganalleen
naganallensa
essive nagananaan
nagananansa
translative naganakseen
naganaksensa
abessive naganattaan
naganattansa
instructive
comitative

Italian

Alternative forms

Noun

nagana f (invariable)

  1. (pathology, veterinary medicine) nagana or n'gana (cattle desease caused by Trypanosoma brucei via tse-tse fly)

Northern Sotho

Verb

nagana

  1. to think

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈɡa.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: na‧ga‧na

Noun

nagana f

  1. reprimand
Declension
adjective
noun

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nagana m

  1. genitive singular of nagan

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.