enye

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ/ñ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔin̪.je]
  • Hyphenation: en‧ye

Noun

enye

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ.

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Particle

-enye

  1. The ornative particle: having, possessing, with.
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
      Taa zenye nuru kali, moja kwa juu mwisho wa ngazi, na moja kwa chini mwanzo wa ngazi []
      Lamps shining with an intense light, one on top at the end of the stairs and one below at the beginning of the stairs, []

Inflection

Inflected forms of -enye
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mwenye wenye
m-mi class(III/IV) wenye yenye
ji-ma class(V/VI) lenye yenye
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) chenye vyenye
n class(IX/X) yenye zenye
u class(XI) wenye see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) penye
ku class(XVII) kwenye
mu class(XVIII) mwenye

See also

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ / ñ.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛː.ɲɛ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛn̪.jɛ]
  • Rhymes: -enje
  • Syllabification: en‧ye

Noun

enye (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Abecedario) eñe
  2. (historical) alternative form of eñe

See also

Further reading

  • enye”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018