yena
Ibanag edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina .
Noun edit
yena
Coordinate terms edit
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun edit
yená
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Adverb edit
yena
- where
- 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[1], page 88:
- 11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත්තු වෙදෙහිපුත්තො යාවතිකා නාගස්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන්ත්වා නාගා පච්චොරොහිත්වා පත්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ්ඩලමාළස්ස ද්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ්කමි.
- 11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
- 11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.
Usage notes edit
A noun phrase denoting location or destination may be wrapped in the pair yena....tena and put in the nominative, as opposed to simply being put in the locative or accusative, as in:
2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[2], page 88:
- 11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත්තු වෙදෙහිපුත්තො යාවතිකා නාගස්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන්ත්වා නාගා පච්චොරොහිත්වා පත්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ්ඩලමාළස්ස ද්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ්කමි.
- 11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
- 11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.
Pronoun edit
yena
- masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ya (“who (relative)”)
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun edit
yená
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun edit
yená
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun edit
yená
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hiena (“hyena”), from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yena (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜈ)
Further reading edit
- “yena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tsonga edit
Pronoun edit
yena
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun edit
yená
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
yená
Inflection edit
Stem -ye, poss. stem -khé | ||
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Full form | yená | |
Locative | kúye | |
Full form | yená | |
Locative | kúye | |
Copulative | ngúye | |
Possessive forms | ||
Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wâkhe | ówâkhe |
Class 2 | bâkhe | ábâkhe |
Class 3 | wâkhe | ówâkhe |
Class 4 | yâkhe | éyâkhe |
Class 5 | lâkhe | élâkhe |
Class 6 | âkhe | áwâkhe |
Class 7 | sâkhe | ésâkhe |
Class 8 | zâkhe | ézâkhe |
Class 9 | yâkhe | éyâkhe |
Class 10 | zâkhe | ézâkhe |
Class 11 | lwâkhe | ólwâkhe |
Class 14 | bâkhe | óbâkhe |
Class 15 | kwâkhe | ókwâkhe |
Class 17 | kwâkhe | ókwâkhe |
References edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “yena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yena (6.3)”