lena
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lena"
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).[1]
Noun edit
lena
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Tyron, Darell (1994), “Oceanic plant names”, in A.K. Pawley and M.D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 492-3
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- le n-a (superseded)
Etymology edit
Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.
Particle edit
lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)
- with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)
- an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair
- an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)
Usage notes edit
"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:
- an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis ― the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
- an bhean a dúirt sé léi é ― the woman that he told it to [her]
Contraction edit
lena
- Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).
- ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir ― with his brother
- ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair ― with her father
- ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháir ― with their brother
Related terms edit
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
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an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
de (“from”) | den | de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
*Dialectal. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lena”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lena f (plural lene)
- (literary) breath
- Synonym: respiro
- 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno[2], lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata[3], 2nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:
- E come quei che con lena affannata, ¶ uscito fuor del pelago a la riva, ¶ si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata, […]
- And even as he, who, with distressful breath, ¶ Forth issued from the sea upon the shore, ¶ Turns to the water perilous and gazes; […]
- (figurative) force, energy, vigour
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ lena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- léna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.na/, [ˈɫ̪eːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.na/, [ˈlɛːnä]
Noun edit
lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lēna | lēnae |
Genitive | lēnae | lēnārum |
Dative | lēnae | lēnīs |
Accusative | lēnam | lēnās |
Ablative | lēnā | lēnīs |
Vocative | lēna | lēnae |
References edit
- “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lena 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)
- lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Malagasy edit
Adjective edit
lena
Serbo-Croatian edit
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Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
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Noun edit
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