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lena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lena"

Franco-Provençal

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lūna.

Noun

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lena f (plural lenes) (ORB, broad)

  1. moon
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References

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  • lune in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • lena in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).[1]

Noun

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lena

  1. turmeric

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ “Renga”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2022
  • 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, pages 492-3

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.

Particle

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lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)

  1. 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

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"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

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lena

  1. 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
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Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
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.

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Italian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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lena f (plural lene)

  1. (literary) breath
    Synonym: respiro
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[2], lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[3], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. 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; […]
  2. (figurative) force, energy, vigour
    Synonyms: forza, vigore
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References

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  1. ^ lena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • léna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).

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Noun

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lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension

  1. (slang) a procuress, bawd, madame, seductress, enticer

Declension

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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

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  • “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

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Adjective

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lena

  1. wet; moist
    Antonym: maina

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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lena

  1. inflection of len:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lena

  1. inflection of len:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

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lena

  1. (slang) tramadol
    Synonym: tram

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