hena
See also: heña
Chipewyan
Adjective
hena
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
hena
Malagasy
Pronunciation
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Noun
hena
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| h-n-j |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic هَناء (hanāʔ, “happiness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛː.na/
- Homophone: għenha (except archaically)
Noun
hena f
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ). Doublet of henê.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈχẽ.nɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.na/ [ˈhe.na]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.nɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽnɐ, (Portugal) -ɛnɐ
- Homophone: (Brazil) rena
- Hyphenation: he‧na
Noun
hena f (plural henas)
- henna (Lawsonia inermis, a shrub)
- henna (dye made from the leaves of the henna shrub)
Further reading
- “hena”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “hena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Teop
Noun
hena
References
- Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar
Tetum
Noun
hena
Walloon
Noun
hena
- drinking glass.