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ena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"

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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Noun

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ena

  1. his/her body

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of ena (inalienable)
Singular Plural
First person cvna pona
Second person cena
Third person ena
Indefinite estena

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

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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

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French il y en a.

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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.

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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”)

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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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Alternative scripts

Adjective

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ena

  1. this

Declension

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Declension table of "ena" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingular
Accusative (second)enaṃ
Declension table of "enā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingular
Accusative (second)enaṃ
Declension table of "ena" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingular
Accusative (second)enaṃ

Derived terms

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  • enā (“this one”)

Pronoun

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ena m

  1. this

Declension

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Declension table of "ena" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingular
Accusative (second)enaṃ

Pronoun

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ena n

  1. this

Declension

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Declension table of "ena" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingular
Accusative (second)enaṃ

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.

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Rapa Nui demonstratives
Demonstrative determiners
Neutral Proximal Medial Distal
tū, hū1) nei, nī2) nā rā
Postnuclear demonstratives
Neutral Proximal Medial Distal
— nei ena era
Demonstrative pronouns
Neutral Proximal Medial Distal
ira nei nā rā
Demonstrative locationals
Neutral Proximal Medial Distal
— nei nā rā
1) Emphatic
2) Rare

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.

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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

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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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Conjugation of ena (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ena enas
Supine enat enats
Imperative ena —
Imper. plural1 enen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative enar enade enas enades
Ind. plural1 ena enade enas enades
Subjunctive2 ene enade enes enades
Participles
Present participle enande
Past participle enad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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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

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Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
Informal Formal
1st person singular ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person singular ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person singular unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person plural exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 mi mi, mia
2nd person plural ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person plural anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

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
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