"nannu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /ˈnan.nu/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian nannu. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|mt|scn|nannu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sicilian nannu, {{bor+|mt|scn|nannu}} Borrowed from Sicilian nannu Head templates: {{mt-noun|f=nanna|g=m|p=nanniet|p2=nannujiet|p3=nannijiet}} nannu m (plural nanniet or nannujiet or nannijiet, feminine nanna) Inflection templates: {{mt-infl-noun|nannuwi|nannuk|nannuh|nannuha|nannuna|nannukom|nannuhom}} Forms: nanniet [plural], nannujiet [plural], nannijiet [plural], nanna [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], nannuwi [first-person, singular], nannuna [first-person, plural], nannuk [second-person, singular], nannukom [plural, second-person], nannuh [masculine, singular, third-person], nannuha [feminine, singular, third-person], nannuhom [plural, third-person]
  1. grandfather Tags: masculine Synonyms: ġidd
    Sense id: en-nannu-mt-noun-ercEmXNZ
  2. Used to show respect when addressing old men. Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-nannu-mt-noun-5MEW7pPk Disambiguation of Family: 0 100 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bużnannu, nannakola

Noun [Sicilian]

Forms: nanni [plural], nanna [feminine]
Etymology: Compare Italian nonno. Etymology templates: {{cog|it|nonno}} Italian nonno Head templates: {{head|scn|noun|plural|nanni|feminine|nanna|g=m}} nannu m (plural nanni, feminine nanna)
  1. grandfather Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-nannu-scn-noun-ercEmXNZ Categories (other): Sicilian terms with collocations
  2. Local folkloric figure personification of Carnival, a dummy resembling a devil that is lit up at the end of the festivities. Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Characters from folklore, Personifications
    Sense id: en-nannu-scn-noun-scn:Carnival Categories (other): Sicilian terms with collocations, Sicilian usage examples with omitted translation
  3. (colloquial) Term to address old men. grandpa, gramps Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-nannu-scn-noun-N8QNmo8m Categories (other): Sicilian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sicilian entries with incorrect language header: 14 36 50

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.