hiena
See also: hienă, hiéna, hiëna, and híena
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hiena, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iena/, [i.e̞.na]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /hiena/, [ɦi.e̞.na]
Audio (file)
Noun
hiena anim
- hyena
Declension
| Declension of hiena (animate, ending in -a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | hiena | hiena | hienak |
| ergative | hienak | hienak | hienek |
| dative | hienari | hienari | hienei |
| genitive | hienaren | hienaren | hienen |
| comitative | hienarekin | hienarekin | hienekin |
| causative | hienarengatik | hienarengatik | hienengatik |
| benefactive | hienarentzat | hienarentzat | hienentzat |
| instrumental | hienaz | hienaz | hienez |
| inessive | hienarengan | hienarengan | hienengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | hienarengana | hienarengana | hienengana |
| terminative | hienarenganaino | hienarenganaino | hienenganaino |
| directive | hienarenganantz | hienarenganantz | hienenganantz |
| destinative | hienarenganako | hienarenganako | hienenganako |
| ablative | hienarengandik | hienarengandik | hienengandik |
| partitive | hienarik | — | — |
| prolative | hienatzat | — | — |
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈje.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈje.na/
Audio (file)
Noun
hiena f (plural hienes)
- hyena
Galician
Noun
hiena f (plural hienas)
- hyena
Italian
Noun
hiena f (plural hiene)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iena
Kashubian
Hiena (Crocuta crocuta)
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish hiena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxjɛna/
- Hyphenation: hie‧na
Noun
hiena f
- hyena (carnivore of the family Hyaenidae)
References
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “hiena”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Lithuanian
Noun
hienà f (plural hiènos) stress pattern 2
- hyena
Declension
declension of hiena
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | hienà | hiènos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | hiènos | hiènų |
| dative (naudininkas) | hiènai | hiènoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | hièną | hienàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | hienà | hiènomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | hiènoje | hiènose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | hièna | hiènos |
Middle English
Noun
hiena
- Alternative form of hiene
Polish
hiena (Crocuta crocuta)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxjɛ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
- Syllabification: hie‧na
Noun
hiena f
- hyena
Declension
Declension of hiena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiena | hieny |
| genitive | hieny | hien |
| dative | hienie | hienom |
| accusative | hienę | hieny |
| instrumental | hieną | hienami |
| locative | hienie | hienach |
| vocative | hieno | hieny |
Derived terms
- hieni
Descendants
- → Kashubian: hiena
Further reading
- hiena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hiena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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hienas (Crocuta crocuta)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈjẽ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈje.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈje.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: hi‧e‧na
Noun
hiena f (plural hienas)
- hyena
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hiˈena]
Noun
hiena f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of hienă
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝena/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.na]
- IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjena/ [ˈje.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: hie‧na
Noun
hiena f (plural hienas)
- hyena
Further reading
- “hiena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014