enja

Albanian

Noun

enja

  1. inflection of enjë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Kalo Finnish Romani

Kalo Finnish Romani numbers (edit)
90
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    Cardinal: enja
    Ordinal: enjato

Etymology

From Greek εννιά (enniá), from Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), from Proto-Hellenic *ennéwə, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Hindi नौ (nau).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈenja/

Numeral

enja

  1. nine

Kikuyu

FWOTD – 22 April 2020

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛᶮdʑa/

Etymology 1

Hinde (1904) records kuenja as an equivalent of English dig in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba kuendzema and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kuenza as its equivalents.[1]

Verb

enja (infinitive kwenja)

  1. to dig[2]
    kwenja marimato dig holes

Etymology 2

Hinde (1904) records kuinja as an equivalent of English shave in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gumwendza as its equivalent.[3]

Verb

enja (infinitive kwenja)

  1. to shave[2]
    kwenja nderuto shave beards
Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • mwenji class 1

(Proverbs)

  • kĩongo kĩenjagwo mwene oiga

(Nouns)

  • rwenji class 11

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 18–19. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 228.
  3. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 52–53. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, pp. 360–361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).