ñaña

== Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲaɲa/ [ˈɲa.ɲa] Rhymes: -aɲa Syllabification: ña‧ña === Adjective === ñaña feminine singular of ñañu == Chayuco Mixtec == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === ñàñà bobcat (Lynx rufus) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974), Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 97 == Quechua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲa.ɲa/ === Noun === ñaña sister of a woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: ñaña == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲaɲa/ [ˈɲa.ɲa] Rhymes: -aɲa Syllabification: ña‧ña === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Quechua ñaña. Most senses likely influenced by nana. ==== Noun ==== ñaña f (plural ñañas) (colloquial, Andes, Colombia, of a woman) sister, especially a liked one (colloquial, informal, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru) sister (colloquial, Ecuador, Chile) older sister (colloquial, Ecuador) a female relative, such as a cousin or aunt, with whom one has a close affective relationship (Latin America, dated) nursemaid, wet nurse (Spain, rare, informal, dated) maternal grandmother === Etymology 2 === Likely a babble word of separate origins. ==== Noun ==== ñaña f (countable and uncountable, plural ñañas) (colloquial, Rioplatense, offensive) ailment (especially when exaggerated or simulated) (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, rustic) feces === Further reading === “ñaña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Edwin B. Williams (1968), The New College Spanish and English Dictionary, United States: Amsco School Publications == Teposcolula Mixtec == === Etymology === Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñàñà (“bobcat”). === Noun === ñaña fox cat (Felis silvestris catus) Synonyms: quete cau, misto ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Alvarado, Francisco de (1593), Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 115r: “Gato. ñaña,quete cau,miſto.” Alvarado, Francisco de (1593), Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli: “rapoſo,animal. ñaña.”