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kena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kena"

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

kena (plural kenas)

  1. Alternative form of quena (“traditional flute of the Andes”)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to be struck, hit, affected by”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kena (indeclinable)

(Manglish, Singlish)

  1. To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).
    He kena fine $10.
  2. (auxiliary) Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
    My job application kena rejected.

See also edit

  • tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)

Anagrams edit

Estonian edit

Adjective edit

kena (genitive kena, partitive kena, comparative kenam, superlative kõige kenam)

  1. nice, kind
  2. pretty

Declension edit

Declension of kena (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kena kenad
accusative nom.
gen. kena
genitive kenade
partitive kena keni
kenasid
illative kenna
kenasse 		kenadesse
kenisse
inessive kenas kenades
kenis
elative kenast kenadest
kenist
allative kenale kenadele
kenile
adessive kenal kenadel
kenil
ablative kenalt kenadelt
kenilt
translative kenaks kenadeks
keniks
terminative kenani kenadeni
essive kenana kenadena
abessive kenata kenadeta
comitative kenaga kenadega

Descendants edit

  • → Ingrian: kena

Garo edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

Verb edit

kena

  1. to be afraid, to fear

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Malay kena, from Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kəˈna]
  • Hyphenation: kê‧na

Verb edit

kena (base)

  1. to hit
  2. to touch
  3. to strike
  4. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
    Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat
  5. to be affected
  6. -able
    kena pajak ― taxable

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of kena (meng-, intransitive)
Root kena
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mengena terkena dikena kena kenalah
Locative mengenai terkenai dikenai kenai kenailah
Causative / Applicative1 mengenakan terkenakan dikenakan kenakan kenakanlah
Causative
Active memperkena terperkena diperkena perkena perkenalah
Locative memperkenai terperkenai diperkenai perkenai perkenailah
Causative / Applicative1 memperkenakan terperkenakan diperkenakan perkenakan perkenakanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

kena

  1. (in compound) -able
    kena pajak ― taxable

Further reading edit

Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kena

  1. beautiful, pretty
  2. skilled, skillful

Declension edit

Declension of kena (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kena kenat
genitive kenan kennoin
partitive kennaa kenoja
illative kennaa kennoi
inessive kenas kenois
elative kenast kenoist
allative kenalle kenoille
adessive kenal kenoil
ablative kenalt kenoilt
translative kenaks kenoiks
essive kenanna, kennaan kenoinna, kennoin
exessive1) kenant kenoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 153

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

kena

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kena (infinitive gũkena)

  1. to be glad[1][2]

Derived terms edit

(Nouns)

References edit

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ^ “kena” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Anagrams edit

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

  • kene (slang, informal)

Etymology edit

From Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kena (Jawi spelling کنا)

  1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
  2. to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
  3. to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
  4. to have to do, to need to do, to need
    Synonyms: perlu, harus
  5. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
    Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

Derived terms edit

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English Gehenna, from ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɛːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [kɛ nʲɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kɛjnʲæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {keynah}

Noun edit

kena

  1. Gehenna; hell

References edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Pronoun edit

kena

  1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ka

Rwanda-Rundi edit

Verb edit

-kena (infinitive gukena, perfective -kennye)

  1. to be poor, be destitute
    Antonyms: -kira, -tunga

Derived terms edit

Sotho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

Verb edit

kena

  1. to enter
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