kena

kena (plural kenas)

1. Alternative form of quena (“traditional flute of the Andes”)

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to be struck, hit, affected by”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈkəna/, /ˈkana/,
• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈkənə/, /ˈkəna/

kena (invariable)

(Manglish, Singlish)

1. To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).

   Synonym: got

   He kena fine $10.

2. (auxiliary) Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.

   Synonym: got

   My job application kena rejected.

• kena sai

• tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)

• Kane, Kean, aken, enka, kaen, nake

kena (genitive kena, partitive kena, comparative kenam, superlative kõige kenam)

1. nice, kind
2. pretty

• → Ingrian: kena

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

kena

1. to be afraid, to fear

Inherited from Malay kena, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can, allowed; succeed”, literally “hit, struck”) for sense related to agreement, approval; pleasure.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kê‧na

kena (base)

1. to hit
2. to touch
3. to strike
4. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise

   Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

5. to be affected

kena

1. (in compound) -able

   kena pajak ― taxable

• “kena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkenɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkenɑ/,
• Rhymes: -enɑ
• Hyphenation: ke‧na

kena

1. beautiful, pretty
2. skilled, skillful

• (beautiful): See Thesaurus:käppiä

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 153

kena

1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

• IPA^(key): /kɛna/

kena (infinitive gũkena)

1. to be glad^[1][2]

(Nouns)

• gĩkeno class 7

• nake

• kene (slang, informal)

From Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

• IPA^(key): /kəna/
• Rhymes: -əna, -na, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):

kena (Jawi spelling کنا)

1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
2. to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
3. to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
4. to have to do, to need to do, to need

   Synonyms: perlu, harus

5. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise

   Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

• → English: kena
• Indonesian: kena

• “kena” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary -*keNa

Borrowed from English Gehenna, from ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): , (enunciated)
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kɛjnʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {keynah}

kena

1. Gehenna; hell

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

kena

1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ka

-kena (infinitive gukena, perfective -kennye)

1. to be poor, be destitute

   Antonyms: -kira, -tunga

• umukene

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

kena

1. to enter