morena

Etymology

Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).

Pronunciation

• (S Africa) IPA^(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/

Noun

morena (plural morenas)

1. (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 93:

     ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’

Anagrams

• Anmore, Armeno-, Mareno, Morane, Ramone, anomer, enamor, maenor, marone, menora, moaner, monera

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

Adjective

morena

1. feminine of moreno.

Noun

morena f (plural morene)

1. (geology) moraine

Anagrams

• armeno, nomare, nomerà, remano, romane, romena

Noun

morena f

1. (geology) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moraine.

Etymology 2

From moreno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ˈɾe̞.na̠]
• See also: morrena, armenio.

Etymology 1

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

Etymology 2

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

Anagrams

• monera

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

Adjective

morena

1. (of a woman) dark-skinned

Noun

morena

1. a dark-skinned woman

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈrɛna/

Noun

morêna class 1 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master King