benna

See also: Benna and bənna

English

Alternative forms

• bennah

Noun

benna (uncountable)

1. (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.

Synonyms

• ditti

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Middle Welsh benn (“cart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benːaː/

Noun

bennā f

1. carriage

Declension

    declension of benna (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative bennā bennās Vocative bennā bennās Accusative bennan1, bennim2 bennās Genitive bennās1, benniās2 bennanom Dative bennī bennābo Instrumental bennia1, bennī2 bennābi Locative bennī bennābo 1 early forms, 2 late forms

Descendants

• → Latin: benna
  • French: benne
  • Italian: benna
  • Sicilian: benna

Italian

Etymology

From Latin benna (“carriage”), from Gaulish benna (“carriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Hyphenation: bèn‧na

Noun

benna f (plural benne)

1. bucket, grab

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish benna.

Noun

benna f (genitive bennae); first declension

1. kind of carriage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	benna	bennae
Genitive	bennae	bennārum
Dative	bennae	bennīs
Accusative	bennam	bennās
Ablative	bennā	bennīs
Vocative	benna	bennae

Descendants

• French: benne
• Italian: benna
• Sicilian: benna

References

• “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 et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Root
b-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.na/

Noun

benna f (plural benniet)

1. flavour

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈben.num/

Noun

benna

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of benn