kena

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

kena (plural kenas)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Verb

kena (indeclinable)

(Manglish, Singlish)

  1. To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).
    He kena fine $10.
  2. (auxiliary) Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
    My job application kena rejected.

See also

  • tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)

Anagrams

Estonian

Adjective

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

  1. nice, kind
  2. pretty

Declension

Declension of kena (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kena kenad
accusative nom.
gen. kena
genitive kenade
partitive kena keni
kenasid
illative kenna
kenasse 		kenadesse
kenisse
inessive kenas kenades
kenis
elative kenast kenadest
kenist
allative kenale kenadele
kenile
adessive kenal kenadel
kenil
ablative kenalt kenadelt
kenilt
translative kenaks kenadeks
keniks
terminative kenani kenadeni
essive kenana kenadena
abessive kenata kenadeta
comitative kenaga kenadega

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: kena

Garo

Etymology

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

Verb

kena

  1. to be afraid, to fear

Indonesian

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay kena, 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kê‧na

Verb

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
  6. -able
    kena pajak ― taxable

Conjugation

Conjugation of kena (meng-, intransitive)
Root kena
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mengena terkena dikena kena kenalah
Locative mengenai terkenai dikenai kenai kenailah
Causative / Applicative1 mengenakan terkenakan dikenakan kenakan kenakanlah
Causative
Active memperkena terperkena diperkena perkena perkenalah
Locative memperkenai terperkenai diperkenai perkenai perkenailah
Causative / Applicative1 memperkenakan terperkenakan diperkenakan perkenakan perkenakanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Noun

kena

  1. (in compound) -able
    kena pajak ― taxable

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

kena

  1. beautiful, pretty
  2. skilled, skillful

Declension

Declension of kena (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kena kenat
genitive kenan kennoin
partitive kennaa kenoja
illative kennaa kennoi
inessive kenas kenois
elative kenast kenoist
allative kenalle kenoille
adessive kenal kenoil
ablative kenalt kenoilt
translative kenaks kenoiks
essive kenanna, kennaan kenoinna, kennoin
exessive1) kenant kenoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

References

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

Javanese

Romanization

kena

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

kena (infinitive gũkena)

  1. to be glad

Derived terms

(Nouns)

References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ^ “kena” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Anagrams

Malay

Alternative forms

  • kene (slang, informal)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

Further reading

Marshallese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kena

  1. Gehenna; hell

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Pronoun

kena

  1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ka

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kena (infinitive gukena, perfective -kennye)

  1. to be poor, be destitute
    Antonyms: -kira, -tunga

Derived terms

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

Verb

kena

  1. to enter
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