🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
やな【嫌な】 : yana | define meaning
yana
Pronunciation: [jana]
Definition
Prefix
- Bad; unpleasant; foul; evil
- Undesirable; ugly
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese いやな【嫌な・厭な】 iyana "unpleasant" and its variant やな yana.
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Bad man. Yáwna moon, or Yánna choo" and "Weather, foul or bad. Yanna tinsee, or tinchee".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 嫌な |
| Kana | やな |
| Romanization | yana |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [jana] |
意味：わる・あく【悪】、わるい【悪い】、いやな【嫌な】
嫌な
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, November 23). やな【嫌な】 : yana | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7953/yana/.