nena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nena"

Albanian

Noun

nena

1. inflection of nenë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Catalan

Alternative forms

• nina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈne.na]

Noun

nena f (plural nenes)

1. female equivalent of nen: girl, female child

Further reading

• “nena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

nena

1. mother (term of reference)

Synonyms

• hena

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese neno, nena (“young, tender”), from Vulgar Latin *ninnus, probably imitative of infantile language. Cognate with Spanish niña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.na/

• Audio:

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Noun

nena f (plural nenas)

1. child (female), especially before puberty

   Synonyms: cativa, meniña, rapariga, rapaza

2. girl; young woman
   • 1403, M. M .Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Estudios Mindonienses, page 237:

     Item mando que den aa nena que mora en na casa duas trases et hun tornes et huna camisa et duas sauaas

     Item, I order that they give to the girl that lives at the house two trases [?] and a solidus from Tours and a shirt and two sheets

   Synonyms: meniña, moza

Related terms

• neno

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “neno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nena”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nena”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “neno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Laz

Noun

nena

1. Latin spelling of ნენა (nena)

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From the root no (“to be depleted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nənæ/

Verb

nena

1. they are dying one by one

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 330

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

Noun

nena

1. nose

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ننه (Turkish nene).

Noun

nena f (Cyrillic spelling нена)

1. grandmother
2. grandma
3. granny
4. old woman

Synonyms

• baka, baba, nona

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine form of nene (“kid, baby”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnena/ [ˈne.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ne‧na

Noun

nena f (plural nenas)

1. female equivalent of nene: baby girl

   Coordinate term: niña

2. (colloquial) babe, dear (term of endearment to a woman or girl)
   • 1978, “¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?”, performed by Burning:

     Los años te delatan, nena, / estás fuera de sitio

     The years give you away, babe / you're out of place

   • 1999, Marc Anthony, Cory Rooney, “Dímelo”, in Marc Anthony‎^[1], performed by Marc Anthony:

     No me dejes solo con mi corazón
     que está enloquecido con esta pasión
     Si es que me deseas, nena, dímelo
     porque por tu amor estoy muriendo yo
     Ay dímelo, ven dímelo
     porque por tu amor estoy muriendo yo
     Ay dímelo, ven dímelo
     porque por tu amor estoy muriendo yo

     Don’t leave me alone with my heart driven crazy with this passion
     If it’s true that you want me, baby, tell me, because I am dying for your love
     Oh, tell me, come on and tell me, because I am dying for your love
     Oh, tell me, come on and tell me, because I am dying for your love

Derived terms

• nenita

Further reading

• “nene”, 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-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-nena (infinitive kunena)

1. to say

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nena
Positive present -nanena Subjunctive -nene Negative -neni Imperative singular nena
Infinitives
Positive kunena Negative kutonena
Imperatives
Singular nena Plural neneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunena Positive past positive subject concord + -linena Negative past negative subject concord + -kunena
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanena) Singular Plural 1st person ninanena/nanena tunanena 2nd person unanena mnanena 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananena wananena other classes positive subject concord + -nanena
Negative present (negative subject concord + -neni) Singular Plural 1st person sineni hatuneni 2nd person huneni hamneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haneni hawaneni other classes negative subject concord + -neni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanena Negative future negative subject concord + -tanena
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nene) Singular Plural 1st person ninene tunene 2nd person unene mnene 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anene wanene other classes positive subject concord + -nene
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinene Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenena Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenena Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinena Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinena
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anena) Singular Plural 1st person nanena twanena 2nd person wanena mwanena 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anena wanena m-mi(III/IV) wanena yanena ji-ma(V/VI) lanena yanena ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanena vyanena n(IX/X) yanena zanena u(XI) wanena see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanena pa(XVI) panena mu(XVIII) mwanena
Perfect positive subject concord + -menena "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanena "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janena "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinena "If not" positive subject concord + -siponena Consecutive kanena / positive subject concord + -kanena Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanene
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninena -tunena 2nd person -kunena -wanena/-kuneneni/-waneneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnena -wanena m-mi(III/IV) -unena -inena ji-ma(V/VI) -linena -yanena ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinena -vinena n(IX/X) -inena -zinena u(XI) -unena see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunena pa(XVI) -panena mu(XVIII) -munena Reflexive -jinena
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nena- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nenaye -nenao m-mi(III/IV) -nenao -nenayo ji-ma(V/VI) -nenalo -nenayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nenacho -nenavyo n(IX/X) -nenayo -nenazo u(XI) -nenao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -nenako pa(XVI) -nenapo mu(XVIII) -nenamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nena) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenena -onena m-mi(III/IV) -onena -yonena ji-ma(V/VI) -lonena -yonena ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonena -vyonena n(IX/X) -yonena -zonena u(XI) -onena see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konena pa(XVI) -ponena mu(XVIII) -monena
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mnenaji (“speaker”)
  • neno (“word”)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

Noun

nena

1. nose (on face)
2. nose (of a shoe)

Inflection

Inflection of nena (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	nena
genitive sing.	nenan
partitive sing.	nenad
partitive plur.	nenoid
	singular	plural
nominative	nena	nenad
accusative	nenan	nenad
genitive	nenan	nenoiden
partitive	nenad	nenoid
essive-instructive	nenan	nenoin
translative	nenaks	nenoikš
inessive	nenas	nenoiš
elative	nenaspäi	nenoišpäi
illative	nenaha	nenoihe
adessive	nenal	nenoil
ablative	nenalpäi	nenoilpäi
allative	nenale	nenoile
abessive	nenata	nenoita
comitative	nenanke	nenoidenke
prolative	nenadme	nenoidme
approximative I	nenanno	nenoidenno
approximative II	nenannoks	nenoidennoks
egressive	nenannopäi	nenoidennopäi
terminative I	nenahasai	nenoihesai
terminative II	nenalesai	nenoilesai
terminative III	nenassai	—
additive I	nenahapäi	nenoihepäi
additive II	nenalepäi	nenoilepäi

Derived terms

• nenasälʹgmed
• nenanjurʹ

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “нос, носок”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika