Faroese

Proper noun

Sanna f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Sanna: Sonnuson or Sannuson
• daughter of Sanna: Sonnudóttir or Sannudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Medieval short form of Susanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: San‧na

Proper noun

Sanna

1. A female given name.
   • 1894 Santeri Alkio, Puukkojunkkarit, WSOY (1981), ISBN 951-0-10746-8, page 217:

     Komea se olikin, tuo Sanna, varteva, uljas ja rivakka. Silmäin loiste rohkea ja tulinen, varsi jäykkä ja voimakas.

   • 1971 Aila Meriluoto, Peter-Peter, WSOY (1997), ISBN 978-951-0-36294-5, page 123:

     Oletko huomannut, että Sanna (ruotsalaisittain ajateltuna) ja Vera ovat itse asiassa sama nimi. Entäpä jos olemmekin saman perustyypin kaksi versiota.

   • 1986 Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät, Otava (2010), ISBN 978-951-1-24849-1, page 130:

     Sä tiedät kyllä, sen Sannan kanssa. Sen nimikin on semmoinen pehmonen...

Declension

Usage notes

• The most popular name of women born in Finland in 1976-1978.

Anagrams

• ansan, sanan

Swedish

Proper noun

Sanna

1. A female given name, diminutive of Susanna.

English

Noun

sanna ‎(plural sannas)

1. A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanːa/

Pronoun

sanna (demonstrative) (plural sakku)

1. down distal absolutive; that down a long distance, he/she/it down there.

Declension

See also

• manna - this here
• una - that nearby
• innga - that yonder
• kanna - that down a medial distance
• pinnga - that up a medial distance
• panna - that up a long distance
• qanna - that in there/out there
• anna - that in the north
• kinnga - that in the south/that outside
• inna - that which is invisible

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anːa

Verb

sanna

1. to prove

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.na/, [ˈs̪än̺n̺ä]
• Hyphenation: sàn‧na

Noun

sanna f ‎(plural sanne)

1. Archaic form of zanna.
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VI, p.90, vv. 22-23:

     Quando ci scorse Cerbero, il gran vermo, ¶ le bocche aperse e mostrocci le sanne;

     When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, ¶ his mouths he opened, and displayed his tusks;

Latin

Etymology

Noun

sanna f ‎(genitive sannae); first declension

1. A grimace, especially in mockery

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• sannātor
• sanniō
• sannō

References

• sanna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sanna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Old Frisian

Verb

sanna

1. to contradict

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sanna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną.

Verb

sanna

1. to prove true, show to be true

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: sanna

Swedish

Adjective

sanna

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of sann.