patana

See also: Patana

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpætənə/

Noun

patana (plural patanas)

  1. A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
    • 1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19:
      A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

patana

  1. essive singular of pata

Anagrams

Occitan

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

patana f (plural patanas)

  1. (Solanum tuberosum L.)[1] potato

Synonyms

References
  1. Gui Benoèt (2008) Las plantas, Toulouse: IEO Edicions, →ISBN, p. 313.

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈtana/ [paˈt̪a.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: pa‧ta‧na

Noun

patana f (plural patanas)

  1. (Dominican Republic) tractor-trailer

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-patana (infinitive kupatana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -pata

Conjugation
Conjugation of -patana
Positive present -napatana
Subjunctive -patane
Negative -patani
Imperative singular patana
Infinitives
Positive kupatana
Negative kutopatana
Imperatives
Singular patana
Plural pataneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupatana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipatana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupatana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napatana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapatana/napatana tunapatana
2nd person unapatana mnapatana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapatana wanapatana
other classes positive subject concord + -napatana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -patani)
Singular Plural
1st person sipatani hatupatani
2nd person hupatani hampatani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapatani hawapatani
other classes negative subject concord + -patani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapatana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapatana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -patane)
Singular Plural
1st person nipatane tupatane
2nd person upatane mpatane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatane wapatane
other classes positive subject concord + -patane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipatane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepatana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepatana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipatana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipatana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apatana)
Singular Plural
1st person napatana twapatana
2nd person wapatana mwapatana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apatana wapatana
m-mi(III/IV) wapatana yapatana
ji-ma(V/VI) lapatana yapatana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapatana vyapatana
n(IX/X) yapatana zapatana
u(XI) wapatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapatana
pa(XVI) papatana
mu(XVIII) mwapatana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepatana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapatana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japatana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipatana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopatana
Consecutive kapatana / positive subject concord + -kapatana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapatane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -patana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -patanaye -patanao
m-mi(III/IV) -patanao -patanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -patanalo -patanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -patanacho -patanavyo
n(IX/X) -patanayo -patanazo
u(XI) -patanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -patanako
pa(XVI) -patanapo
mu(XVIII) -patanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -patana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepatana -opatana
m-mi(III/IV) -opatana -yopatana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopatana -yopatana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopatana -vyopatana
n(IX/X) -yopatana -zopatana
u(XI) -opatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopatana
pa(XVI) -popatana
mu(XVIII) -mopatana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms
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