いな

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
否

Pronunciation

Interjection

いな • (ina) ←いな (ina)?

  1. no
    Synonyms: いいえ (īe), いいや (īya)
    いなと答(こた)える
    ina to kotaeru
    answer “no”; reply in the negative
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      結(けっ)局(きょく)、行(こう)動(どう)するか否(いな)かはイスラエル人(じん)とパレスティナ人(じん)次(し)第(だい)である。
      Kekkyoku, kōdō suru ka ina ka wa Isuraeru-jin to Paresutina-jin shidai de aru.
      Now, ultimately, it is up to the Israelis and Palestinians [whether or not] to take action.

Noun

いな • (ina) 

  1. nay, no

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of いな – see the following entries.
【稲】S
[noun] prefixal bound form of いね (ine, “rice plant”)
[proper noun] a surname
【鯔】H
[noun] flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus
[noun] a juvenile flathead grey mullet
Alternative spelling
イナ
【伊南】
[proper noun] A village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
[proper noun] A river in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture
【伊奈】
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, いな, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いな, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いな.)

Etymology 3

Synonym of カワニナ (kawanina). Attested from at least the 19th century.[3]

Noun

いな • (ina) 

  1. (uncommon, perhaps archaic) a river snail

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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