bena

bena

See also: béna and Bena

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bena f (plural benas)

1. vein

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “bena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

---

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *binda (compare German Binde), from *bindan (“to bind”). Doublet of banda, a loanword through French.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈbə.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.na/

Noun

bena f (plural benes)

1. bandage

Derived terms

• embenar

Further reading

• “bena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

---

Gaulish

FWOTD – 17 June 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Akin to Old Irish ben (Irish bean (“woman”)), Welsh benyw (“woman”), Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female, wife”) (Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka, “woman, wife”), English -gyny), Old English cwene (“woman”) (English queen), Old East Slavic жена (žena, “woman, wife”) (Russian жена (žena)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /benaː/

Noun

benā f

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

    declension of bena (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative benā bnās Vocative benā bnās Accusative benan1, benim2 bnās Genitive benās1, beniās2 bnanom Dative benī bnābo Instrumental benia1, benī2 bnābi Locative benī bnābo 1 early forms, 2 late forms

References

• Xavier Delamarre (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 72
• Ranko Matasović (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, →ISBN, page 61

---

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *peanëk.

Noun

bena

1. dog

Inflection

Odd, dn-n gradation
Nominative	bena
Genitive	bednaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bena	bednaga
Accusative	bednagav	bednagijt
Genitive	bednaga	bednagij
Illative	bednagij	bednagijda
Inessive	bednagin	bednagijn
Elative	bednagis	bednagijs
Comitative	bednagijn	bednagij
Abessive	bednagadagá bednagadagi	bednagijdagá bednagijdagi
Essive	benan bednagin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bednagim bednagam bednagimme bednagimme 2nd person bednagit bednagat bednagihtte bednagihtte 3rd person bednagis bednagiska bednagisá

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

---

Maltese

Root
b-n-j
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَى‎ (banā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.na/

Verb

bena (imperfect jibni, past participle mibni)

1. to build
2. to set up, to stack
3. to compose (music)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bena
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bnejt	bnejt	bena		bnejna	bnejtu	bnew
	f			bniet
imperfect	m	nibni	tibni	jibni		nibnu	tibnu	jibnu
	f			tibni
imperative			ibni				ibnu

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• benene

Noun

bena n

1. definite plural of ben

---

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.nɑ/

Noun

bēna m (nominative plural bēnan)

1. petitioner, requester

Declension

Declension of bena (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bēna	bēnan
accusative	bēnan	bēnan
genitive	bēnan	bēnena
dative	bēnan	bēnum

---

Swedish

A "bena" passing over the middle of the skull, also known as a "mittbena"

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bena c

1. parting, a way of combing hair in which a line is formed, the hair to the right of which is combed to the right, and the hair to the left is combed to the left; the line so formed

Declension

Declension of bena
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bena	benan	benor	benorna
Genitive	benas	benans	benors	benornas

Derived terms

• mittbena

Verb

bena (present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

1. to part the hair

Etymology 2

From ben (“bone”).

Verb

bena (present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

1. (followed by ur) to debone a fish which is to be eaten
2. (followed by ut) to attack a problem; to start to untangle a logical mess

Conjugation

Conjugation of bena (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bena		benas
Supine	benat		benats
Imperative	bena		—
Imper. plural1	benen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	benar	benade	benas	benades
Ind. plural1	bena	benade	benas	benades
Subjunctive2	bene	benade	benes	benades
	Participles
Present participle	benande
Past participle	benad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

bena

1. (dialectal) definite plural of ben

Anagrams

• bane