yena

Franco-Provençal

Numeral

yena

1. feminine of yon

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina .

Noun

yena

1. mother

Coordinate terms

• yama

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• येन (Devanagari script)
• যেন (Bengali script)
• යෙන (Sinhalese script)
• ယေန or ယေၼ (Burmese script)
• เยน or เยนะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍນ or ເຍນະ or ເຢນະ (Lao script)
• យេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adverb

yena

1. where
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[1], page 88:

     11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.

     11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.

     11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Usage notes

A noun phrase denoting location or destination may be wrapped in the pair yena....tena and put in the nominative, as opposed to simply being put in the locative or accusative, as in:

2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[2], page 88:

11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.

11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.

11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Pronoun

yena

1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ya (“who (relative)”)

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hiyena

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hiena (“hyena”), from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjena/ [ˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ye‧na

Noun

yena (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜈ)

1. hyena

Further reading

• “yena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tsonga

Pronoun

yena

1. he, she, him, her, it; third-person singular pronoun.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːná/

Pronoun

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -ye, poss. stem -khé
Full form	yená
Locative	kúye
Full form	yená
Locative	kúye
Copulative	ngúye
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâkhe	ówâkhe
Class 2	bâkhe	ábâkhe
Class 3	wâkhe	ówâkhe
Class 4	yâkhe	éyâkhe
Class 5	lâkhe	élâkhe
Class 6	âkhe	áwâkhe
Class 7	sâkhe	ésâkhe
Class 8	zâkhe	ézâkhe
Class 9	yâkhe	éyâkhe
Class 10	zâkhe	ézâkhe
Class 11	lwâkhe	ólwâkhe
Class 14	bâkhe	óbâkhe
Class 15	kwâkhe	ókwâkhe
Class 17	kwâkhe	ókwâkhe

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “yena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yena (6.3)”