wena
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Northern Sotho
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweː.nɑ/
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognates include Old English wēnan and Old Saxon wānian and Old Dutch wānen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːna/
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
- Syllabification: we‧na
Declension
Pukapukan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fana, from Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.
Noun
wena
Verb
wena
- to shoot an arrow or spear
- Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.
- The pig I tied to that coconut tree was shot with an arrow by someone and it died.
- Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.
Derived terms
- wenawena
Further reading
Sotho
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Spanish
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Tsonga
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /weːná/
Inflection
Stem -we, poss. stem -kho | ||
---|---|---|
Full form | wená | |
Locative | kúwe | |
Full form | wená | |
Locative | kúwe | |
Copulative | ngúwe | |
Possessive forms | ||
Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wákho | ówákho |
Class 2 | bákho | ábákho |
Class 3 | wákho | ówákho |
Class 4 | yákho | éyákho |
Class 5 | lákho | élákho |
Class 6 | ákho | áwákho |
Class 7 | sákho | ésákho |
Class 8 | zákho | ézákho |
Class 9 | yákho | éyákho |
Class 10 | zákho | ézákho |
Class 11 | lwákho | ólwákho |
Class 14 | bákho | óbákho |
Class 15 | kwákho | ókwákho |
Class 17 | kwákho | ókwákho |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “wena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wena (6.3)”
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