yena

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Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina .

Noun

yena

  1. mother

Coordinate terms

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Pali

Alternative forms

Adverb

yena

  1. where
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 88:
      11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.
      11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
      11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Usage notes

A noun phrase denoting location or destination may be wrapped in the pair yena....tena and put in the nominative, as opposed to simply being put in the locative or accusative, as in:

2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 88:
11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.
11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Pronoun

yena

  1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ya (who (relative))

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hiena (hyena), from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ye‧na
  • IPA(key): /ˈjena/,

Noun

yena (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜈ)

  1. hyena

Further reading

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

Tsonga

Pronoun

yena

  1. he, she, him, her, it; third-person singular pronoun.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronoun

yená

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

yená

  1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -ye, poss. stem -khé
Full form yená
Locative kúye
Full form yená
Locative kúye
Copulative ngúye
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wâkhe ówâkhe
Class 2 bâkhe ábâkhe
Class 3 wâkhe ówâkhe
Class 4 yâkhe éyâkhe
Class 5 lâkhe élâkhe
Class 6 âkhe áwâkhe
Class 7 sâkhe ésâkhe
Class 8 zâkhe ézâkhe
Class 9 yâkhe éyâkhe
Class 10 zâkhe ézâkhe
Class 11 lwâkhe ólwâkhe
Class 14 bâkhe óbâkhe
Class 15 kwâkhe ókwâkhe
Class 17 kwâkhe ókwâkhe

References