akana

From Proto-Finnic *akana, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aganō (“chaff”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā. Cognates include Karelian and Votic akanõ, Veps and Estonian agan, Livonian agān, and German Agen and Ahne. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (16th century).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈɑ̝kɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑnɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): aka‧na

akana

1. husk (of a grain); (in the plural) chaff (inedible parts of a plant whose seeds are eaten as grain).

   Akanoiden erottamiseksi varhaisissa kulttuureissa heitettiin viljaa ilmaan ja annettiin tuulen puhaltaa pois kevyemmät akanat.

   To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.

• erottaa jyvät akanoista

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.

• “akana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Kaana, kanaa

From Proto-Finnic *akana. Cognates include Finnish akana and Estonian agan.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈɑkɑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkɑːnɑ/, [ˈɑkˑɑːnɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkɑːnɑ/, [ˈɑkːɑːnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑn, -ɑkɑːnɑ
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧na

akana

1. husk (of grain)

Declension of akana (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	akana	akanat
genitive	akanan	akanoin
partitive	akanaa	akanoja
illative	akanaa	akanoihe
inessive	akanaas	akanois
elative	akanast	akanoist
allative	akanalle	akanoille
adessive	akanaal	akanoil
ablative	akanalt	akanoilt
translative	akanaks	akanoiks
essive	akananna, akanaan	akanoinna, akanoin
exessive1)	akanant	akanoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18

akana

1. now

• "Curs de limba rromani" by Gheorghe Sarău

Variant orthographies

ALIV	akana
Brazilian standard	akaana
New Tribes	acaana

• IPA^(key): [akaːna]

akana

1. plain (flat land)

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “akana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon