ena
See also: ENA, Ena, enä, enǎ, èna, ēna, ēnā, ẹna, -ena, -eña, and -eņa
Catalan
Alternative forms
- en
- ene (Valencian)
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈə.nə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈe.na/
Noun
ena f (plural enes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter N.
Cavineña
Etymology
The e- is an obligatory dummy prefix taken by some nouns (namely, those in the e-class) in Cavineña.
Noun
ena
- 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.
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References
- Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN
Chuukese
Determiner
ena (plural ekkana)
- that
Ese Ejja
Noun
ena
- water
References
- José Alvarez Fernández, Vocabulario español-huarayo (2008), page 94
Esperanto
Etymology
From en (“in, within, inside”) + -a (adjectival ending).
Adjective
ena (accusative singular enan, plural enaj, accusative plural enajn)
- interior, internal, inner
Antonyms
- ekstera
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin hebdomas. Compare Romansch emna.
Noun
ena f (plural enes)
- week
Synonyms
- setemena
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French il y en a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ena/
Verb
ena (medial form ena)
- to have
- (impersonal) there is; there are
Nupe
Etymology 1
Compare Yoruba iná, uná and Igala úná.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.nã̄/
Noun
ena (plural enazhì)
- fire
- light
Etymology 2
Compare with Gbari ena (“goat”), perhaps related to Yoruba ẹran (“animal, meat”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.nã̄/
Noun
ena (plural enazhì)
- mammal
Etymology 3
Compare Yoruba ọnà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.nã̀/
Noun
enà (plural enàzhì)
- artistic design; embroidery; engraving
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀏𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- एन (Devanagari script)
- এন (Bengali script)
- එන (Sinhalese script)
- ဧန or ဨန or ဢေၼ (Burmese script)
- เอน or เอนะ (Thai script)
- ᩑᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ເອນ or ເອນະ (Lao script)
- ឯន (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)
Adjective
ena
- this
Declension
Declension table of "ena" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | enaṃ |
Declension table of "enā" (feminine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | enaṃ |
Declension table of "ena" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | enaṃ |
Derived terms
- enā (“this one”)
Pronoun
ena m
- this
Declension
Declension table of "ena" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | enaṃ |
Pronoun
ena n
- this
Declension
Declension table of "ena" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | enaṃ |
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *e-na. Cognates include Tahitian enā and Maori ēnā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.na/
- Hyphenation: e‧na
Determiner
ena
- this, that (near the spoken to)
- Te vaka ena. ― That canoe (near you).
- next, following
- Matahiti ena. ― Next year.
See also
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
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 194
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̀ːna/
Numeral
êna
- one
Usage notes
This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ena. Cognate with Danish ene, Norwegian Bokmål ene, Norwegian Nynorsk eine, eina, German einen. Equivalent to en (“one”) + -a.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
ena
- one; definite of en
- Jag måste välja den ena eller den andra.
- I must choose one or the other.
- (dialectal) ones; plural form of en
- Ni var ena lustiga ena!
- You are some funny ones!
Verb
ena (present enar, preterite enade, supine enat, imperative ena)
- to unite (bring about agreement among the members of a group)
- Han enade det splittrade landet
- He united the divided country
Usage notes
- 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
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. | ||||
Related terms
- enad
- enas
- enig
- förena
Further reading
- ena in Svensk ordbok.
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈe.na]
Pronoun
ena (subject clitic i, possessive prefix ma, Jawi اين)
- (for non-human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they
See also
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
- 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