wena

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Northern Sotho

Pronoun

wena

1. you

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Sotho

Pronoun

wena

1. you

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Spanish

Adjective

wena

1. Feminine singular of adjective weno.

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Tsonga

Pronoun

wena

1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [weːná]

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weːná/

Pronoun

wená

1. you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -we, poss. stem -kho
Full form	wená
Locative	kúwe
Full form	wená
Locative	kúwe
Copulative	ngúwe
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wákho	ówákho
Class 2	bákho	ábákho
Class 3	wákho	ówákho
Class 4	yákho	éyákho
Class 5	lákho	élákho
Class 6	ákho	áwákho
Class 7	sákho	ésákho
Class 8	zákho	ézákho
Class 9	yákho	éyákho
Class 10	zákho	ézákho
Class 11	lwákho	ólwákho
Class 14	bákho	óbákho
Class 15	kwákho	ókwákho
Class 17	kwákho	ókwákho

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “wena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “wena (6.3)”