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kena (plural kenas)

  1. Alternative form of quena (“traditional flute of the Andes”)

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to be struck, hit, affected by”).

kena (invariable)

(Manglish, Singlish)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).
    Synonym: got

    He kena fine $10.

    If they ever catch you jaywalking, you will kena.

  2. (auxiliary) Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
    Synonym: got

    My job application kena rejected.

  • tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)

kena (genitive kena, partitive kena, comparative kenam, superlative kõige kenam)

  1. nice, kind
  2. pretty
Declension of kena (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kena kenad
accusative nom.
gen. kena
genitive kenade
partitive kena keni
kenasid
illative kenna
kenasse 		kenadesse
kenisse
inessive kenas kenades
kenis
elative kenast kenadest
kenist
allative kenale kenadele
kenile
adessive kenal kenadel
kenil
ablative kenalt kenadelt
kenilt
translative kenaks kenadeks
keniks
terminative kenani kenadeni
essive kenana kenadena
abessive kenata kenadeta
comitative kenaga kenadega

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

kena

  1. to be afraid, to fear

Inherited from Malay kena, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

  • IPA(key): [kəˈna]
  • Hyphenation: kê‧na

kena (base)

  1. to hit
  2. to touch
  3. to strike
  4. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
    Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat
  5. to be affected

kena

  1. (in compound) -able
    kena pajak ― taxable

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

kena

  1. beautiful, pretty
  2. skilled, skillful
Declension of kena (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kena kenat
genitive kenan kennoin
partitive kennaa kenoja
illative kennaa kennoi
inessive kenas kenois
elative kenast kenoist
allative kenalle kenoille
adessive kenal kenoil
ablative kenalt kenoilt
translative kenaks kenoiks
essive kenanna, kennaan kenoinna, kennoin
exessive1) kenant kenoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 153

kena

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

kena (infinitive gũkena)

  1. to be glad[1][2]

(Nouns)

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. ^ “kena” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • kene (slang, informal)

From Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

kena (Jawi spelling کنا)

  1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
  2. to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
  3. to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
  4. to have to do, to need to do, to need
    Synonyms: perlu, harus
  5. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
    Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

Borrowed from English Gehenna, from ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɛːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [kɛ nʲɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kɛjnʲæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {keynah}

kena

  1. Gehenna; hell

Alternative scripts

kena

  1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ka

-kena (infinitive gukena, perfective -kennye)

  1. to be poor, be destitute
    Antonyms: -kira, -tunga

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

kena

  1. to enter