Sena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sena"

English

Proper noun

Sena

1. A language spoken in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sena terms

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sean, eans, nase, sane, sean

Catalan

Proper noun

Sena m

1. Seine

Japanese

Romanization

Sena

1. Rōmaji transcription of せな

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/, [ˈs̠ɛnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/, [ˈsɛːnä]

Etymology 1

From Gaulish Senōnēs, a local tribe from antiquity.

Proper noun

Sena f sg (genitive Senae); first declension

1. A city in interior Etruria, now Siena

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sena
Genitive	Senae
Dative	Senae
Accusative	Senam
Ablative	Senā
Vocative	Sena
Locative	Senae

Derived terms

• Senēnsis

Descendants

• Italian: Siena
• Sicilian: Sena

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sēna m sg (genitive Sēnae); first declension

1. A small river in Picenum, now Nevola

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sēna
Genitive	Sēnae
Dative	Sēnae
Accusative	Sēnam
Ablative	Sēnā
Vocative	Sēna

References

• Sena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sena”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.nɐ/

• Homophone: cena
• Hyphenation: Se‧na

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sena m

1. Seine (a river in northern France)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Sena.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• sena

Noun

Sena m or f by sense (plural Senas or Sena)

1. a member of the Sena people of Mozambique

Noun

Sena m (uncountable)

1. Sena (a Bantu language of Mozambique)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Sȅna f (Cyrillic spelling Се̏на)

1. the Seine

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /séːna/

Proper noun

Sẹ̑na f

1. the Seine

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Séna
genitive	Séne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Séna
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Séni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Séno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsena/ [ˈse.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: Se‧na
• Homophones: sena, (Latin America) cena

Proper noun

Sena m

1. Seine (French river)