yena
Franco-Provençal
Numeral
yena
- feminine of yon
Ibanag
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina .
Noun
yena
Coordinate terms
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun
yená
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Adverb
yena
- where
- 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[1], page 88:
- 11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත්තු වෙදෙහිපුත්තො යාවතිකා නාගස්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන්ත්වා නාගා පච්චොරොහිත්වා පත්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ්ඩලමාළස්ස ද්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ්කමි.
- 11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
- 11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.
Usage notes
A noun phrase denoting location or destination may be wrapped in the pair yena....tena and put in the nominative, as opposed to simply being put in the locative or accusative, as in:
2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[2], page 88:
- 11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත්තු වෙදෙහිපුත්තො යාවතිකා නාගස්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන්ත්වා නාගා පච්චොරොහිත්වා පත්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ්ඩලමාළස්ස ද්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ්කමි.
- 11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
- 11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.
Pronoun
yena
- masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ya (“who (relative)”)
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun
yená
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun
yená
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun
yená
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- hiyena
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hiena (“hyena”), from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjena/ [ˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: ye‧na
Noun
yena (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜈ)
Further reading
- “yena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tsonga
Pronoun
yena
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronoun
yená
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *yená.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeːná/
Pronoun
yená
Inflection
full form | yená | |
---|---|---|
locative | kúye | |
copulative | ngúye | |
Possessive forms | ||
modifier | substantive | |
class 1 | wâkhe | ówâkhe |
class 2 | bâkhe | ábâkhe |
class 3 | wâkhe | ówâkhe |
class 4 | yâkhe | éyâkhe |
class 5 | lâkhe | élâkhe |
class 6 | âkhe | áwâkhe |
class 7 | sâkhe | ésâkhe |
class 8 | zâkhe | ézâkhe |
class 9 | yâkhe | éyâkhe |
class 10 | zâkhe | ézâkhe |
class 11 | lwâkhe | ólwâkhe |
class 14 | bâkhe | óbâkhe |
class 15 | kwâkhe | ókwâkhe |
class 17 | kwâkhe | ókwâkhe |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “yena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yena (6.3)”