xen

• xenu, axen, axenu, cãsen, cãsenu

From Greek ξένος (xénos).

xen m (feminine xeanã, masculine plural xenj, feminine plural xeani or xeane)

1. foreign

• xinãtor
• striin

• xeanã
• xinit
• pataxen
• xinumsescu
• xenu-

xen m (plural xenj, feminine equivalent xeanã)

1. foreigner

• xinãtor
• striin

• IPA^(key): /xen/

xen

1. to eat

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

xen

1. alternative form of xem (“two”)

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), page 128 (notes that this form, and xem, is used in both Timote and Cuica)

Possibly from a proto-form whose *-r- infixed instrumental derivative gave rise to chèn (see also such pairs as chèo and xeo as well as chày and xay).

Both xen and chèn may also be related to chen.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˧˧]

xen • (偏, 扦, 𦍫)

1. to edge oneself; to insert; to come between
2. (colloquial) to interfere; to meddle; to intervene

• chen