benna

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English

Alternative forms

Noun

benna (uncountable)

  1. (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.

Synonyms

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bennā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Welsh ben, men (“cart”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /benːaː/

Noun

bennā f

  1. carriage

Declension

    declension of benna (Transalpine)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative bennā bennās
Vocative bennā bennās
Accusative bennan1, bennim2 bennās
Genitive bennās1, benniās2 bennanom
Dative bennī bennābo
Instrumental bennia1, bennī2 bennābi
Locative bennī bennābo
1 early forms, 2 late forms

Descendants

  • French: benne

Italian

Etymology

From Latin benna (“carriage”), from Gaulish benna (“carriage”).

Pronunciation

Noun

benna f (plural benne)

  1. bucket, grab

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish benna.

Noun

benna f (genitive bennae); first declension

  1. kind of carriage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative benna bennae
Genitive bennae bennārum
Dative bennae bennīs
Accusative bennam bennās
Ablative bennā bennīs
Vocative benna bennae

References

  • “benna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • benna 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)
  • benna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “benna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “benna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “benna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Root
b-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).

Pronunciation

Noun

benna f (plural benniet)

  1. flavour
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