ena

Noun

ena f (plural enes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Etymology

The e- is an obligatory dummy prefix taken by some nouns (namely, those in the e-class) in Cavineña.

Noun

ena

1. water
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     Roberto-ra e-na taru-ya.

     Roberto-ERG NPF-water stir-IMPFV

     Roberto is stirring the water.

References

• Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

Determiner

ena (plural ekkana)

1. that

Noun

ena

1. water

References

• José Alvarez Fernández, Vocabulario español-huarayo (2008), page 94

Etymology

From en (“in, within, inside”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

Adjective

ena (accusative singular enan, plural enaj, accusative plural enajn)

1. interior, internal, inner

Etymology

From Latin hebdomas. Compare Romansh emna.

Noun

ena f (plural enes)

1. week

Pronoun

ena

1. that

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̀ːna/
• Tonal orthography: éna

Numeral

êna

1. one

Etymology

From Old Swedish ena. Cognate with Danish ene, Norwegian Bokmål ene, Norwegian Nynorsk eine, eina, German einen. Equivalent to en (“one”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ena

1. one; definite form of en

   Jag måste välja den ena eller den andra.

   I must choose one or the other.

2. (dialectal) ones; plural form of en

   Ni var ena lustiga ena!

   You are some funny ones!

Verb

ena (present enar, preterite enade, supine enat, imperative ena)

1. to unite, to agree

   Låt oss enas om ett pris.

   Let's negotiate a price.