benna

See also: Benna and bənna

English

Alternative forms

bennah

Noun

benna (uncountable)

(music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.

Synonyms

ditti

Gaulish

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Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Middle Welsh benn (“cart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /benːaː/

Noun

bennā f

carriage

Declension

Declension of **benna (Transalpine)**
	singular	plural
nominative	bennā	bennās
vocative	bennā	bennās
accusative	bennan¹, bennim²	bennās
genitive	bennās¹, benniās²	bennanom
dative	bennī¹, bennia²	bennābo
instrumental	bennī	bennābi
locative	bennī	bennābo

¹ early form
² late form

Descendants

→ Latin: benna
- ⇒ Asturian: baniella
- French: benne
- Italian: benna
- Sicilian: benna

Italian

Etymology

From Latin benna (“carriage”), from Gaulish benna (“carriage”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.na/
Rhymes: -ɛnna
Hyphenation: bèn‧na

Noun

benna f (plural benne)

bucket, grab

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish benna.

Noun

benna f (genitive bennae); first declension

kind of carriage

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	benna	bennae
genitive	bennae	bennārum
dative	bennae	bennīs
accusative	bennam	bennās
ablative	bennā	bennīs
vocative	benna	bennae

Descendants

⇒ Asturian: baniella
French: benne
Italian: benna
Sicilian: benna

References

“benna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"benna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“benna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“benna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“benna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Root
b-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛn.na/
Rhymes: -ɛnna

Noun

benna f (plural benniet)

flavour

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈben.num/

Noun

benna

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of benn