prena
See also: preña and preñá
Middle Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *prɨnad, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrinati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrinéh₂ti ~ *kʷrinh₂énti.
Verb
prena
- to buy
Descendants
- Cornish: perna
Neapolitan
Adjective
prena f (feminine plural prene)
- pregnant
- Giambattista Basile, Lo cunto de li cunti
- Na femmena prena se magna li petrosine de l’uorto de n’orca.
- A pregnant woman eats parsleys from the garden of an ogre.
- Na femmena prena se magna li petrosine de l’uorto de n’orca.
- Giambattista Basile, Lo cunto de li cunti