HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

lena

  1. turmeric

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “Renga”, in Te Māra Reo[1], 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, page 492-3

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ParticleEdit

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 chathaoirthe sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair
    an bhean lena dúirt sé éthe woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)

Usage notesEdit

"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 leisthe sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
  • an bhean a dúirt sé léi éthe woman that he told it to [her]

ContractionEdit

lena

  1. Contraction of le (with) + a (various meanings).
    ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháirwith his brother
    ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathairwith her father
    ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháirwith their brother

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lena f (plural lene)

  1. (literary) breath
    Synonym: respiro
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 22–24:
      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

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

Further readingEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Feminization of lēnō (pimp).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension

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

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēna lēnae
Genitive lēnae lēnārum
Dative lēnae lēnīs
Accusative lēnam lēnās
Ablative lēnā lēnīs
Vocative lēna lēnae

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

MalagasyEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lena

  1. wet; moist
    Antonym: maina

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

AdjectiveEdit

lena

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of len.

NounEdit

lena

  1. (slang) tramadol
    Synonym: tram

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