bana

Swedish

/ˈbɑːˌna/

noun
Definitions
  • a path, a race, a track
  • a track, a railroad
  • a track, a career track, a career, a life

Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German bāne derived from Old Saxon *bana derived from Proto-Germanic *banō (clearing, battlefield, path, track, cleared way) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰen-

Gloss

kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji

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