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wena

Fanagalo

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Etymology

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From Zulu wena.

Pronoun

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wena

  1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

Northern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

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wená

  1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Northern Sotho

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Pronoun

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wena

  1. you

Old English

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Etymology

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Related to wēnan and wēn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wēna m

  1. opinion
  2. imagination
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
      Þa ðe ne gelyfað ðurh agenne cyre hí scoriað, na ðurh gewyrd, forðan ðe gewyrd nis nan ðing buton leas wēna; ne nan ðing soðlice be gewyrde ne gewyrð, ac ealle ðing þurh Godes dom beoð geendebyrde, seðe cwæð þurh his witegan, "Ic afandige manna heortan, and heora lendena, and ælcum sylle æfter his færelde, and æfter his agenre afundennysse.""
      Those who believe not through their own choice perish, not through destiny, for destiny is nothing but a false imagination; for nothing takes place by destiny, but all things are ordered by the doom of God, who said through his prophet, "I try the hearts of men, and their loins, and give to everyone according to his course, and according to his own invention."

Declension

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Declension of wēna (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wēna wēnan
accusative wēnan wēnan
genitive wēnan wēnena
dative wēnan wēnum

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognates include Old English wēnan and Old Saxon wānian and Old Dutch wānen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wena

  1. (intransitive) to think
  2. (intransitive) to hope, ween

References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Phuthi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

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wená

  1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin vena.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: we‧na

Noun

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wena f

  1. afflatus, inspiration
    Synonyms: natchnienie, inspiracja

Declension

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Declension of wena
singular
nominative wena
genitive weny
dative wenie
accusative wenę
instrumental weną
locative wenie
vocative weno

Further reading

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  • wena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pukapukan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fana, from Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

Noun

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wena

  1. home-made speargun (made of rubber band and steel wire)
    Aumai loa koe tau wená, kē wano ake ai au wenawena.
    Will you give me your spear so that I can go spear-fishing?
  2. bow
    Taku wena nei na māni ki te lākau wetau.
    My bow is made of wetau wood.

Verb

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wena

  1. to shoot an arrow or spear
    Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.
    The pig I tied to that coconut tree was shot with an arrow by someone and it died.

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Sotho

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Pronoun

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wena

  1. you

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

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wená

  1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Spanish

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Adjective

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wena

  1. feminine singular of weno

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

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wená

  1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Tsonga

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Pronoun

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wena

  1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *wená.

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wená

  1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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wená

  1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Inflection

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Stem -we, poss. stem -kho
Full form wená
Locative kúwe
Full form wená
Locative kúwe
Copulative ngúwe
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wákho ówákho
Class 2 bákho ábákho
Class 3 wákho ówákho
Class 4 yákho éyákho
Class 5 lákho élákho
Class 6 ákho áwákho
Class 7 sákho ésákho
Class 8 zákho ézákho
Class 9 yákho éyákho
Class 10 zákho ézákho
Class 11 lwákho ólwákho
Class 14 bákho óbákho
Class 15 kwákho ókwákho
Class 17 kwákho ókwákho

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