benna
See also: Benna
English edit
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Noun edit
benna (uncountable)
- (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.
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Gaulish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *bennā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Welsh ben, men (“cart”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bennā f
Declension edit
declension of benna (Transalpine)
Descendants edit
- French: benne
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin benna (“carriage”), from Gaulish benna (“carriage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
benna f (plural benne)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
benna f (genitive bennae); first declension
- kind of carriage
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | benna | bennae |
| Genitive | bennae | bennārum |
| Dative | bennae | bennīs |
| Accusative | bennam | bennās |
| Ablative | bennā | bennīs |
| Vocative | benna | bennae |
References edit
- “benna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- benna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- benna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “benna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “benna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “benna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| b-n-n |
| 4 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
benna f (plural benniet)