lena
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lena"
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
- luna (ORB)
Etymology
Noun
lena f (plural lenes) (ORB, broad)
Related terms
References
- lune in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- lena in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 361: “la luna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 788: “lune” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lūna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 446
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈle.na/, [ˈlɛ.nə]
Noun
lena
Synonyms
References
- Tyron, Darell (1994) “Oceanic plant names”, in A.K. Pawley and M.D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 492-3
Irish
Alternative forms
- le n-a (superseded)
Etymology
Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.
Particle
lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)
- with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)
- an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair
- an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)
Usage notes
"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:
- an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis ― the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
- an bhean a dúirt sé léi é ― the woman that he told it to [her]
Contraction
lena
- contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).
- ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir ― with his brother
- ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair ― with her father
- ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháir ― with their brother
Related terms
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
de (“from”) | den | de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
*Dialectal. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lena”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From alenare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈle.na/, /ˈlɛ.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ena, -ɛna
- Hyphenation: lé‧na, lè‧na
Noun
lena f (plural lene)
- (literary) breath
- Synonym: respiro
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- E come quei che con lena affannata, ¶ uscito fuor del pelago a la riva, ¶ si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata, […]
- And even as he, who, with distressful breath, ¶ Forth issued from the sea upon the shore, ¶ Turns to the water perilous and gazes; […]
- (figurative) force, energy, vigour
Related terms
References
- ^ lena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- léna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.na]
Noun
lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension
- (slang) a procuress, bawd, madame, seductress, enticer
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lēna | lēnae |
genitive | lēnae | lēnārum |
dative | lēnae | lēnīs |
accusative | lēnam | lēnās |
ablative | lēnā | lēnīs |
vocative | lēna | lēnae |
References
- “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "lena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Malagasy
Adjective
lena
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
lena (Cyrillic spelling лена)
- inflection of len:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
- indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Adjective
lena
- inflection of len:
- definite singular
- plural
Noun
lena