gna

See also: GNA, gnà, Gná, and gną

English

Contraction

gna

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of gonna.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡna/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gna

Verb

gna

1. third-person singular present of gnać

Sicilian

Etymology

From Spanish ña, abbreviation of señora, ultimately from Late Latin seniora. Doublet of signura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲa/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: gnà

Noun

gna f

1. (dated) A title of address for women
   • 1881, Giovanni Verga, “Capitolo IV”, in I Malavoglia (overall work in Italian):

     […] compar Alfio Mosca era venuto con una gallina per mano. — Prendete queste qua, gnà Mena, — diceva, […]

     Alfio Mosca came with a chicken in each hand. — Take these, Mena, — he said,

Derived terms

• gna Lora
• gna Rusina

 

Related terms

• abbinidica
• binidica
• cummari
• cumpari
• don
• donna
• massara
• massaru
• salutamu
• signura
• signuri
• vuscenza
• vussìa

 

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnaː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Verb

gna

1. first-person singular future colloquial of gwneud

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gna	na	ngna	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.