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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ena f (plural enes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Cavineña

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Etymology

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The e- is an obligatory dummy prefix taken by some nouns (namely, those in the e-class) in Cavineña.

Noun

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ena

  1. water
    • 2008, Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña, →ISBN:
      Roberto-ra e-na taru-ya.
      Roberto-ERG NPF-water stir-IMPFV
      Roberto is stirring the water.

References

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  • Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

Chuukese

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Determiner

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ena (plural ekkana)

  1. that

Creek

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ena

  1. his/her body

Inflection

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References

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  • J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 27
  • J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

Ese Ejja

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Noun

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ena

  1. water

References

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  • José Alvarez Fernández, Vocabulario español-huarayo (2008), page 94

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From en (in, within, inside) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

Adjective

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ena (accusative singular enan, plural enaj, accusative plural enajn)

  1. interior, internal, inner

Antonyms

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin hebdomas. Compare Romansch emna.

Noun

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ena f (plural enes)

  1. week

Synonyms

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French il y en a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ena (medial form ena)

  1. to have
  2. (impersonal) there is; there are

Nupe

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Etymology 1

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Compare Yoruba iná, uná and Igala úná.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ena (plural enazhì)

  1. fire
  2. light

Etymology 2

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Compare with Gbari ena (goat), perhaps related to Yoruba ẹran (animal, meat)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ena (plural enazhì)

  1. mammal

Etymology 3

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Compare Yoruba ọnà.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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enà (plural enàzhì)

  1. artistic design; embroidery; engraving

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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ena

  1. this

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • enā (this one)

Pronoun

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ena m

  1. this

Declension

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Pronoun

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ena n

  1. this

Declension

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Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *e-na. Cognates include Tahitian enā and Maori ēnā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈe.na/
  • Hyphenation: e‧na

Determiner

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ena

  1. this, that (near the spoken to)
    Te vaka ena.That canoe (near you).
  2. next, following
    Matahiti ena.Next year.

See also

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References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 194

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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êna

  1. one

Usage notes

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This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ena. Cognate with Danish ene, Norwegian Bokmål ene, Norwegian Nynorsk eine, eina, German einen. Equivalent to en (one) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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ena

  1. one; definite of en
    Jag måste välja den ena eller den andra.
    I must choose one or the other.
  2. (dialectal) ones; plural form of en
    Ni var ena lustiga ena!
    You are some funny ones!

Verb

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ena (present enar, preterite enade, supine enat, imperative ena)

  1. to unite (bring about agreement among the members of a group)
    Han enade det splittrade landet
    He united the divided country

Usage notes

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  • See also enas, which is a separate deponent verb (though with a meaning very close to the expected one): "De enades" means "they came to an agreement" rather than "they were united (by some third party)."
  • For uniting separate entities, see förena.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ena (subject clitic i, possessive prefix ma, Jawi اين)

  1. (for non-human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they

See also

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References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh