wena

wena

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu wena.

Pronoun

wena

1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Northern Sotho

Pronoun

wena

1. you

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Old English

Etymology

Related to wēnan and wēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweː.nɑ/

Noun

wēna m

1. opinion

Declension

Declension of wena (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wēna	wēnan
accusative	wēnan	wēnan
genitive	wēnan	wēnena
dative	wēnan	wēnum

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognates include Old English wēnan and Old Saxon wānian and Old Dutch wānen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːna/

Verb

wena

1. (intransitive) to think
2. (intransitive) to hope, ween

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: we‧na

Noun

wena f

1. afflatus, inspiration

   Synonyms: natchnienie, inspiracja

Declension

Declension of wena

	singular
nominative	wena
genitive	weny
dative	wenie
accusative	wenę
instrumental	weną
locative	wenie
vocative	weno

Further reading

• wena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fana, from Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

Noun

wena

1. home-made speargun (made of rubber band and steel wire)

   Aumai loa koe tau wená, kē wano ake ai au wenawena.

   Will you give me your spear so that I can go spear-fishing?

2. bow

   Taku wena nei na māni ki te lākau wetau.

   My bow is made of wetau wood.

Verb

wena

1. to shoot an arrow or spear

   Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.

   The pig I tied to that coconut tree was shot with an arrow by someone and it died.

Derived terms

• wenawena

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

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Sotho

Pronoun

wena

1. you

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Spanish

Adjective

wena

1. feminine singular of weno

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Tsonga

Pronoun

wena

1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [weːná]

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weːná/

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -we, poss. stem -kho
Full form	wená
Locative	kúwe
Full form	wená
Locative	kúwe
Copulative	ngúwe
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wákho	ówákho
Class 2	bákho	ábákho
Class 3	wákho	ówákho
Class 4	yákho	éyákho
Class 5	lákho	élákho
Class 6	ákho	áwákho
Class 7	sákho	ésákho
Class 8	zákho	ézákho
Class 9	yákho	éyákho
Class 10	zákho	ézákho
Class 11	lwákho	ólwákho
Class 14	bákho	óbákho
Class 15	kwákho	ókwákho
Class 17	kwákho	ókwákho

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “wena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wena (6.3)”