kenna

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Bavarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰenɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ken‧na

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan. Cognate with German können, English can, Dutch kan.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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kenna (past participle kenna)

  1. (auxiliary) can, to be able to
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennan, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (to know), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (to know), a causative form of *kunnaną formed with the suffix *-janą. Cognate with German kennen, Dutch kennen, Scots and English ken (to know).

Verb

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kenna (past participle kennt)

  1. (transitive) to know, to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
    Des Biachl kenn i scho.I know this book already.
  2. (transitive) to recognize, perceive
    Se häd mi fåst ned kennt mit der neichn Frisur.She almost didn't recognize me with my new hairstyle.
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Estonian

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Adjective

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kenna

  1. illative singular of kena

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.

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Verb

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kenna (third person singular past indicative kendi, third person plural past indicative kent, supine kent)

  1. to know
  2. to feel
  3. to teach

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kenna (group v-8)
infinitive kenna
supine kent
participle (a7)1 kennandi kendur
present past
first singular kenni kendi
second singular kennir kendi
third singular kennir kendi
plural kenna kendu
imperative
singular kenna!
plural kennið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.

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Verb

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kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)

  1. to teach, to tutor
    • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
      Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
      A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
  2. to instruct
  3. (dated) to ascribe
  4. (archaic, poetic) to know a person
  5. to feel

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Synonyms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- (to know).

Verb

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kenna

  1. to know (a person)
  2. to feel
  3. to teach someone [with dative]

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kenna
  • Faroese: kenna
  • Norn: kenna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjenna
  • Elfdalian: kenna
  • Old Swedish: kænna
  • Old Danish: kænnæ
  • Gutnish: känne

References

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  • kenna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ken +‎ -na

Contraction

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kenna

  1. do not know
    • 1822, John Galt, chapter XCIX, in Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk:
      I kenna how it was, that at the time I didna experience such a sorrow as I should have felt.
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    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      'Stop!' says he, — 'stop, Laird Heriotside! I kenna what your errand is, but it is to no holy purpose that ye're out on Beltane E'en. D' ye no hear the warring o' the waters?'
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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.

Verb

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kenna

  1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Yakan

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Noun

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kenna

  1. fish

Verb

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kenna

  1. to fish