xen

• xenu, axen, axenu, cãsen, cãsenu

From Greek ξένος (xénos).

xen m (feminine xeanã, masculine plural xenj, feminine plural xeani or xeane)

1. foreign

• xinãtor
• striin

• xeanã
• xinit
• pataxen
• xinumsescu
• xenu-

xen m (plural xenj, feminine equivalent xeanã)

1. foreigner

• xinãtor
• striin

• IPA^(key): /xen/

xen

1. to eat

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

xen

1. Alternative form of xem (“two”)

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), page 128 (notes that this form, and xem, is used in both Timote and Cuica)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˧˧]

xen • (偏, 扦, 𦍫)

1. to edge oneself; to insert; to come between
2. (colloquial) to interfere; to meddle; to intervene

• chen