inna

See also: Inna, -inna, inná, innā, inną, and inña

English

Contraction

inna

1. (colloquial) In the.
   • 1991, The Beat:

     In state-of-the-art dance hall, the bass booms like electrified tympani, the snare gets busy inna quasimilitary techno stylee […]

   • 1999, SPIN, volume 15, number 8, page 155:

     Thrill as Babyface protégé Jon B sings "Pride & Joy" inna ragga stylee, and keep in mind that hardcore reggae (see last year's blockbuster "Who Am I") makes the best crossover.

See also

• onna

Anagrams

• NINA, Nina, nina, Nain, nani

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinːa/ [ˈʔɪnːʌ]
• Hyphenation: in‧na

Noun

ínna m 

1. likeness

Usage notes

• inna is a dependent noun. This means that it cannot be used on its own and has to be preceded by a qualifier.

Declension

Declension of ínna
absolutive	ínna
predicative	ínna
subjective	inní
genitive	inní
Postpositioned forms l-case ínnal k-case ínnak t-case ínnat h-case ínnah

Derived terms

• -ínnah

 

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...ìnna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Gothic

Romanization

inna

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri yìnná (“aunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔín.nà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ́n.nə̀]

Noun

innà f (possessed form innàr̃)

1. mother
2. maternal aunt
3. A polite term of address for any older woman.
4. (Hausa animistic religion) royal priestess
5. polio

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Hungarian

Etymology

iszik +‎ -na

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈinːɒ]
• Hyphenation: in‧na

Verb

inna

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of iszik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse inna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Verb

inna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative innti, supine innt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to do, to accomplish
2. (transitive, with accusative) to tell

Conjugation

inna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að inna
supine (sagnbót)		innt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		innandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég inni	við innum	present (nútíð)	ég inni	við innum
	þú innir	þið innið		þú innir	þið innið
	hann, hún, það innir	þeir, þær, þau inna		hann, hún, það inni	þeir, þær, þau inni
past (þátíð)	ég innti	við inntum	past (þátíð)	ég innti	við inntum
	þú inntir	þið inntuð		þú inntir	þið inntuð
	hann, hún, það innti	þeir, þær, þau inntu		hann, hún, það innti	þeir, þær, þau inntu
imperative (boðháttur)	inn (þú)	innið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	inntu	inniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

inntur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	inntur	innt	innt		inntir	inntar	innt
accusative (þolfall)	inntan	innta	innt		innta	inntar	innt
dative (þágufall)	inntum	inntri	inntu		inntum	inntum	inntum
genitive (eignarfall)	innts	inntrar	innts		inntra	inntra	inntra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	innti	innta	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu
accusative (þolfall)	innta	inntu	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu
dative (þágufall)	innta	inntu	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu
genitive (eignarfall)	innta	inntu	innta		inntu	inntu	inntu

Derived terms

• inna af hendi (“to get done, to accomplish”)
• inna eftir (“to ask about”)

Kavalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 印仔 (ìn-á, “stamp”).

Noun

inna

1. stamp

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• na

Article

inna

1. genitive singular feminine of in (triggers /h/-prothesis before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21^c3

     In tan téte a laithe di chiunn cosnaib gnimaib ⁊ cosnaib imnedaib gniter and, do·tét iarum imthánud aidche tara hæsi, co ndermanammar-ni inna imned sin i mbiam isind laithiu tri chumsanad inna aidche dod·iarmorat.

     When the day passes away with the deeds and the troubles that are done therein, then comes the alternation of night after it that we may forget those troubles in which we are in the day through the repose of the night that follows it.

2. nominative plural feminine/neuter of in (triggers /h/-prothesis before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^b15

     Inna ancride inna fochaide do·bertar forsin n-aís noib, ad·cobrat-sidi cumscugud fercæ Dǽ do thabairt díglae tara n-ési.

     The cruelties of the afflictions that are wrought on the saints desire the stirring of the anger of God to inflict vengeance on their behalf.

3. accusative plural of all genders of in (triggers /h/-prothesis before a vowel)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21^c3

     In tan téte a laithe di chiunn cosnaib gnimaib ⁊ cosnaib imnedaib gniter and, do·tét iarum imthánud aidche tara hæsi, co ndermanammar-ni inna imned sin i mbiam isind laithiu tri chumsanad inna aidche dod·iarmorat.

     When the day passes away with the deeds and the troubles that are done therein, then comes the alternation of night after it that we may forget those troubles in which we are in the day through the repose of the night that follows it.

4. genitive plural of all genders of in (triggers eclipsis)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^b15

     Inna ancride inna fochaide do·bertar forsin n-aís noib, ad·cobrat-sidi cumscugud fercæ Dǽ do thabairt díglae tara n-ési.

     The cruelties of the afflictions that are wrought on the saints desire the stirring of the anger of God to inflict vengeance on their behalf.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of hi (“in”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

inna (‘his’/‘its’ triggers lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. in his/her/its/their
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^a4

     Rethit huili, et is oínḟer gaibes búaid diib inna chomalnad.

     All run, and it is one man of them who gets victory for completing it

     (literally, “in its completion).”)

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13^a12

     Má beid ní di rúnaib do·théi ar menmuin ind ḟir bíis inna ṡuidiu et ad·reig.

     If there are any of the mysteries that may come upon the mind of the man who is sitting, and he rises.

     (literally, “who is in his sitting”)

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 42^a4

     Ní·guid dígail du thabairt foraib, acht corru·anat inna arrad.

     He prays not that punishment should be inflicted on them, but that they may remain in his company.

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

inna

1. to accomplish

Conjugation

Conjugation of inna — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	inna
present participle	innandi
past participle	inntr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	inni	innta
2nd-person singular	innir	inntir
3rd-person singular	innir	innti
1st-person plural	innum	inntum
2nd-person plural	innið	inntuð
3rd-person plural	inna	inntu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	inna	innta
2nd-person singular	innir	inntir
3rd-person singular	inni	innti
1st-person plural	innim	inntim
2nd-person plural	innið	inntið
3rd-person plural	inni	innti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	inn, inni
1st-person plural	innum
2nd-person plural	innið

Conjugation of inna — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	innask
present participle	innandisk
past participle	innzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	innumk	inntumk
2nd-person singular	innisk	inntisk
3rd-person singular	innisk	inntisk
1st-person plural	innumsk	inntumsk
2nd-person plural	innizk	inntuzk
3rd-person plural	innask	inntusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	innumk	inntumk
2nd-person singular	innisk	inntisk
3rd-person singular	innisk	inntisk
1st-person plural	innimsk	inntimsk
2nd-person plural	innizk	inntizk
3rd-person plural	innisk	inntisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	innsk, innisk
1st-person plural	innumsk
2nd-person plural	innizk

Synonyms

• fremja
• vinna

Descendants

• Icelandic: inna
• Faroese: inna
• Old Danish: innæ
• Old Swedish: inna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “inna” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• “inna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *innai.

Adverb

inna

1. inside
2. indoors

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inna
• Syllabification: in‧na

Pronoun

inna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of inny