quena

English

Alternative forms

• kena

Etymology

Spanish quena

Noun

quena (plural quenas)

1. (music) A traditional flute of the Andes.

   Coordinate term: charango

   • 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.

   • 2013 December 31, William Neuman, “Headbanging in Bolivia to the Flutes of Yore”, in The New York Times‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     As the band’s traditional instrumentalist, Yuri Callisaya, shrilled on the quena, the band’s fans sang along with Mr. Méndez: “Ama sua, ama llulla, ama quella,” which translates as, “Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t be lazy.”

Related terms

• quenacho

Further reading

• quena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• quean

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Particle

quena

1. yes, positive response.

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.

Noun

quena f

1. woman
2. wife
3. queen

Declension

Declension of quen (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	quen	queni
accusative	quen	queni
genitive	queni	queno
dative	queni	quenen

Declension of quena (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	quena	quenun
accusative	quenūn	quenun
genitive	quenūn	quenōno
dative	quenūn	quenōm

Descendants

• Middle High German: kone, kan, kun, quëne
  • German: Kon

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Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua qina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkena/, [ˈke.na]

Noun

quena f (plural quenas)

1. a type of reed flute from Peru
2. (Latin America) pan flute

   Synonym: zampoña

Derived terms

• quenista
• quenístico

Further reading

• “quena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• quena on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es