wena
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Northern Sotho
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweː.nɑ/
Noun
wēna m
- opinion
- imagination
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
- Þa ðe ne gelyfað ðurh agenne cyre hí scoriað, na ðurh gewyrd, forðan ðe gewyrd nis nan ðing buton leas wēna; ne nan ðing soðlice be gewyrde ne gewyrð, ac ealle ðing þurh Godes dom beoð geendebyrde, seðe cwæð þurh his witegan, "Ic afandige manna heortan, and heora lendena, and ælcum sylle æfter his færelde, and æfter his agenre afundennysse.""
- Those who believe not through their own choice perish, not through destiny, for destiny is nothing but a false imagination; for nothing takes place by destiny, but all things are ordered by the doom of God, who said through his prophet, "I try the hearts of men, and their loins, and give to everyone according to his course, and according to his own invention."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognates include Old English wēnan and Old Saxon wānian and Old Dutch wānen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːna/
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
- Syllabification: we‧na
Declension
Pukapukan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fana, from Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.
Noun
wena
Verb
wena
- to shoot an arrow or spear
- Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.
- The pig I tied to that coconut tree was shot with an arrow by someone and it died.
Derived terms
- wenawena
Further reading
Sotho
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Spanish
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Tsonga
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *wená.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /weːná/
Inflection
Stem -we, poss. stem -kho | ||
---|---|---|
Full form | wená | |
Locative | kúwe | |
Full form | wená | |
Locative | kúwe | |
Copulative | ngúwe | |
Possessive forms | ||
Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wákho | ówákho |
Class 2 | bákho | ábákho |
Class 3 | wákho | ówákho |
Class 4 | yákho | éyákho |
Class 5 | lákho | élákho |
Class 6 | ákho | áwákho |
Class 7 | sákho | ésákho |
Class 8 | zákho | ézákho |
Class 9 | yákho | éyákho |
Class 10 | zákho | ézákho |
Class 11 | lwákho | ólwákho |
Class 14 | bákho | óbákho |
Class 15 | kwákho | ókwákho |
Class 17 | kwákho | ókwákho |
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “wena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wena (6.3)”
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