enea

See also: Enea, énea, and ênea

Basque

Noun

enea

1. absolutive singular of ene

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ne.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛnea
• Hyphenation: è‧ne‧a

Adjective

enea f sg

1. feminine singular of eneo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnea/ [eˈne.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: e‧ne‧a

Noun

enea f (plural eneas)

1. cattail

Further reading

• “enea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-genela, inherited through a Northern dialect. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -enea and Giryama -jenera.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-enea (infinitive kuenea)

1. to spread out or extend over
2. to be sufficient or full

Conjugation

Conjugation of -enea
Positive present -naenea Subjunctive -enee Negative -enei Imperative singular enea
Infinitives
Positive kuenea Negative kutoenea
Imperatives
Singular enea Plural eneeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huenea Positive past positive subject concord + -lienea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuenea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naenea) Singular Plural 1st person ninaenea/naenea tunaenea 2nd person unaenea mnaenea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaenea wanaenea other classes positive subject concord + -naenea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -enei) Singular Plural 1st person sienei hatuenei 2nd person huenei hamwenei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haenei hawaenei other classes negative subject concord + -enei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taenea Negative future negative subject concord + -taenea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -enee) Singular Plural 1st person nienee tuenee 2nd person uenee mwenee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aenee waenee other classes positive subject concord + -enee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sienee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeenea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeenea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalienea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalienea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aenea) Singular Plural 1st person naenea twaenea 2nd person waenea mwaenea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aenea waenea m-mi(III/IV) waenea yaenea ji-ma(V/VI) laenea yaenea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaenea vyaenea n(IX/X) yaenea zaenea u(XI) waenea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaenea pa(XVI) paenea mu(XVIII) mwaenea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meenea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaenea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaenea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kienea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoenea Consecutive kaenea / positive subject concord + -kaenea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaenee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nienea -tuenea 2nd person -kuenea -waenea/-kueneeni/-waeneeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwenea -waenea m-mi(III/IV) -uenea -ienea ji-ma(V/VI) -lienea -yaenea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kienea -vienea n(IX/X) -ienea -zienea u(XI) -uenea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuenea pa(XVI) -paenea mu(XVIII) -muenea Reflexive -jienea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -enea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -eneaye -eneao m-mi(III/IV) -eneao -eneayo ji-ma(V/VI) -enealo -eneayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -eneacho -eneavyo n(IX/X) -eneayo -eneazo u(XI) -eneao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -eneako pa(XVI) -eneapo mu(XVIII) -eneamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -enea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeenea -oenea m-mi(III/IV) -oenea -yoenea ji-ma(V/VI) -loenea -yoenea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choenea -vyoenea n(IX/X) -yoenea -zoenea u(XI) -oenea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koenea pa(XVI) -poenea mu(XVIII) -moenea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -eneza

• Nominal derivations:
  • uenezi (“distribution”)

Descendants

• → Giryama (E72a): -enea