reyna

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See also: Reyna and røyna

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾejna/,
  • Hyphenation: rey‧na

Noun

réyna (Basahan spelling ᜍᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ)

  1. queen
    Coordinate term: hadi

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

reyna f (plural reynes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of reina (queen)
    • 1906, Emili Vilanova i March, Gent de casa, page 36:
      — Bésam lo peu; — li contesta la seva dòna alsantse y anantsen al seu quarto ab tota la magestat d'una reyna agraviada.
      "Kiss my foot," his wife replies, rising and going to her room with all the majesty of an insulted queen.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse reyna.

Pronunciation

Verb

reyna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reyndi, supine reynt)

  1. to try, attempt
  2. to experience

Conjugation

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raunijaną. Compare Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ (raunijaʀ, tester; spear name), direct ancestor of reynir.

Verb

reyna (singular past indicative reyndi, plural past indicative reyndu, past participle reyndr)

  1. to try (out), prove
  2. to experience

Conjugation

Related terms

  • raun f (test, trial; experience)
  • reynir (tester; friend)

Descendants

References

  • reyna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rēgīna, from rēx (king).

Pronunciation

Noun

reyna f (plural reynas)

  1. queen
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82v:
      Alli delãt gazar baptizo ſãt felip al rẏc õe q̃ era de cãdace la reẏna. ⁊ el era de ethiopia e veno a iħrꝉm al tenple orar. […]
      There, before Gaza, Saint Philip baptized the rich man who was of Candace, the queen. He was from Ethiopia and had come to Jerusalem to pray at the temple.
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1v:
      […] quiſo dios que uinieſſe a manos del noble Rey don alfonſo fijo del muy noble Rey don ferrando ⁊ dela reyna donna beatriz […]
      God wanted it to come to the hands of the noble king don Alfonso, son of the very noble king don Ferdinand and the queen, lady Beatrice

Related terms

  • rey (king)

Descendants

  • Spanish: reina (see there for further descendants)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reina (queen).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: rey‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾejna/,

Noun

reyna (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ)

  1. queen; queen consort (wife of a king)
    Synonym: (neologism) hariginang
  2. queen; female monarch
    Synonyms: haribini, (obsolete) haring babae
  3. (by extension) important woman in an event (such as in a festival, party, etc.)
  4. (card games) queen
  5. (chess) queen
  6. (biology) queen (reproductive female insect in a hive)
  7. (colloquial) effeminate man

Coordinate terms

  • (queen consort; female monarch): hari
  • (chesspiece):
Chess pieces in Tagalog · mga piyesa sa ahedres (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
hari reyna tore obispo/alpil kabayo peon
  • (playing card):
Playing cards in Tagalog · baraha (layout · text)
alas dos tres kuwatro singko seis siyete
otso nuwebe diyes kabayo, sota reyna hari diyoker, payaso

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • reyna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018