Save Gender Feminine Usage Quechua, Spanish Pronounced Pron. [ɟʝa.ˈnaj](Spanish) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Quechua yanay meaning "my beloved", from yana "lover" and -y, possesive suffix. It can also mean "my blackness" or figuratively "my dark-skinned girl", as yana means "black" in Quechua too.