siena
See also: si̋eną, Siena, and sienā
Finnish
Alternative forms
- sienna
Etymology
Internationalism (compare English sienna), ultimately from Italian terra di Siena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsie̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯nɑ]
- Rhymes: -ienɑ
- Syllabification(key): sie‧na
Noun
siena
- sienna (pigment, color)
Declension
| Inflection of siena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | siena | sienat | |
| genitive | sienan | sienojen | |
| partitive | sienaa | sienoja | |
| illative | sienaan | sienoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | siena | sienat | |
| accusative | nom. | siena | sienat |
| gen. | sienan | ||
| genitive | sienan | sienojen sienainrare | |
| partitive | sienaa | sienoja | |
| inessive | sienassa | sienoissa | |
| elative | sienasta | sienoista | |
| illative | sienaan | sienoihin | |
| adessive | sienalla | sienoilla | |
| ablative | sienalta | sienoilta | |
| allative | sienalle | sienoille | |
| essive | sienana | sienoina | |
| translative | sienaksi | sienoiksi | |
| instructive | — | sienoin | |
| abessive | sienatta | sienoitta | |
| comitative | — | sienoineen | |
| Possessive forms of siena (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sienani | sienamme |
| 2nd person | sienasi | sienanne |
| 3rd person | sienansa | |
Latvian
Etymology 1
See siens.
Noun
siena m
- genitive singular form of siens
Etymology 2
Mājas siena (1)
Pilsētas siena (2)
Alas sienas (4)
Cognate with Lithuanian síena (“wall, border”). Derived from verb siet (“to tie, bind”) in its older meaning “to braid, to weave” (see etymology of siet), which suggests that the original meaning of siena was “wicker-work”; compare cognates Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬥𐬎 (hinu, “ties, bonds, hobble, chain”), Old Irish sin (“chain, necktie”). The current meaning suggests that house walls were originally woven with branches and twigs, and then probably covered with mud (compare with German Wand (“wall”), winden (“wind, twist, weave”)); some evidence from old folk songs supports this idea.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [siêna]
Noun
siena f (4th declension)
- wall (structure (made of wood, masonry, etc.) that limits a building, a room, etc.)
- mājas, istabas, šķūna sienas ― house, room, barn walls
- mūra, koka, baļķu siena ― masonry, wooden, log wall
- krāsota, balsināta, tapsēta siena ― painted, plastered, papered wall
- krāsot sienu ― to pain the wall
- līmēt tapetes uz sienas ― to paper (lit. paste paper on) the wall
- sienas pulkstenis, lampa ― wall clock, lamp
- iesist naglu sienā ― to drive a nail into the wall
- pakārt gleznu pie sienas ― to hang a painting on the wall
- wall, rampart (a high enclosure, especially for protection)
- Kremļa sienas ― Kremlin walls
- cietokšņa sienas ― fortress walls
- pilsētas sienas ― city walls
- something that encloses, also metaphorically
- dūmu, liesmu, uguns, miglas siena ― a smoke, flame, fire, fog wall
- naida siena ― hatred wall
- external side of a container, box, cavity, body organ, etc.
- skapja sienas ― cabinet walls
- alas, bedres sienas ― cave, pit walls
- tvaika katla sienas ― boiler walls
- kuņģa siena ― stomach wall
- artērijas siena ― artery wall
Declension
Declension of siena (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | siena | sienas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sienu | sienas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sienas | sienu |
| dative (datīvs) | sienai | sienām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sienu | sienām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sienā | sienās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | siena | sienas |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “siena”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Etymology
- Compare Latvian siena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈs̪ʲɪ́ən̪ɐ]
Noun
síena f (plural síenos) stress pattern 1 [1]
- wall[2]
- border, boundary
Declension
declension of siena
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | síena | síenos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | síenos | síenų |
| dative (naudininkas) | síenai | síenoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | síeną | síenas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | síena | síenomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | síenoje | síenose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | síena | síenos |
Synonyms
- (wall): mūras
- (border): riba, ežia
Derived terms
- (Noun) užsienis m
References
- “siena” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- “siena” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
siena f (Cyrillic spelling сиена)
- Obsolete spelling of sjena