Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "ana" ya dogara ne akan mahallin da aka yi amfani da shi, domin yana iya samun ma'anoni daban-daban. koma zuwa tarin bayanai ko abubuwa, yawanci a cikin nau'in anthology, compendium, ko narke. Hakanan tana iya nufin mutumin da ke ba da sharhi kan ayyukan adabi, musamman a yanayin adabin Jafananci. . Misali, “anabolic” na nufin tsarin gina kwayoyin halitta, yayin da “anatomy” ke nufin nazarin tsarin halittu masu rai. " na iya zama sunan da aka ba mace, wanda zai iya samun ma'anoni daban-daban dangane da harshe da al'ada." the American Numismatic Association or the Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous organisation. A cikin amfani da harshe, "ana" kuma tana iya komawa ga maganin Anorectic, wanda ake amfani da shi don hana ci da rage kiba. , sau da yawa ta hanyar rashin lafiya da haɗari.