wena

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu wena.

Pronoun

wena

1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

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

Northern Sotho

Pronoun

wena

1. you

Old English

Etymology

Related to wēnan and wēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweː.nɑ/

Noun

wēna m

1. opinion
2. imagination
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"

     Þa ðe ne gelyfað ðurh agenne cyre hí scoriað, na ðurh gewyrd, forðan ðe gewyrd nis nan ðing buton leas wēna; ne nan ðing soðlice be gewyrde ne gewyrð, ac ealle ðing þurh Godes dom beoð geendebyrde, seðe cwæð þurh his witegan, "Ic afandige manna heortan, and heora lendena, and ælcum sylle æfter his færelde, and æfter his agenre afundennysse.""

     Those who believe not through their own choice perish, not through destiny, for destiny is nothing but a false imagination; for nothing takes place by destiny, but all things are ordered by the doom of God, who said through his prophet, "I try the hearts of men, and their loins, and give to everyone according to his course, and according to his own invention."

Declension

Declension of wena (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wēna	wēnan
accusative	wēnan	wēnan
genitive	wēnan	wēnena
dative	wēnan	wēnum

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognates include Old English wēnan and Old Saxon wānian and Old Dutch wānen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːna/

Verb

wena

1. (intransitive) to think
2. (intransitive) to hope, ween

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: we‧na

Noun

wena f

1. afflatus, inspiration

   Synonyms: natchnienie, inspiracja

Declension

Declension of wena

	singular
nominative	wena
genitive	weny
dative	wenie
accusative	wenę
instrumental	weną
locative	wenie
vocative	weno

Further reading

• wena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fana, from Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

Noun

wena

1. home-made speargun (made of rubber band and steel wire)

   Aumai loa koe tau wená, kē wano ake ai au wenawena.

   Will you give me your spear so that I can go spear-fishing?

2. bow

   Taku wena nei na māni ki te lākau wetau.

   My bow is made of wetau wood.

Verb

wena

1. to shoot an arrow or spear

   Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.

   The pig I tied to that coconut tree was shot with an arrow by someone and it died.

Derived terms

• wenawena

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Sotho

Pronoun

wena

1. you

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

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

Spanish

Adjective

wena

1. feminine singular of weno

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronoun

wená

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

Tsonga

Pronoun

wena

1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [weːná]

Pronoun

wená

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

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)”