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kena (plural kenas)

1. Alternative form of quena (“traditional flute of the Andes”).

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to be struck, hit, affected by”).

• (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈkənɑ/, /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈk˭ə˧.nä˦]
• (Malaysia) IPA(key): /ˈkənə/, /ˈkənɑ/

kena (invariable)

(Manglish, Singlish)

1. (ambitransitive) To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).
   Synonyms: (transitive) got, (intransitive) get it
   They all kena food poisoning.
   If they ever catch you jaywalking, you will kena.
2. (auxiliary) Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
   Synonym: got
   He kena fine $10.
   My job application kena rejected.

• kena sai
• tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)
• Kane, Kean, aken, enka, kaen, nake

kena (genitive **kena, partitive **kena, comparative kenam, superlative kõige kenam)

1. nice, kind
2. pretty

• → Ingrian: kena

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

kena

1. to be afraid, to fear

Inherited from Malay kena, from Classical Malay کنا (kena), from Old Malay [script needed] (knā), from Proto-Malayic *kəna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can, allowed; succeed”, literally “hit, struck”) for sense related to agreement, approval; pleasure.
• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəˈna/ [kəˈna]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ke‧na

kena

1. (transitive, intransitive when with a preposition) to touch, hit [_with_ di ‘on’; or with ke ‘to’]
   Synonyms: kenai, sentuh
   Cairan asamnya kena jas.
   The acid liquid hit the jacket.
2. (transitive, intransitive when with a preposition) to strike [_with_ di ‘on’; or with ke ‘to’]
   Tembakan tadi sangat kena sasaran!
   That shot was very on target!
3. (intransitive) to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
   Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat
4. (transitive, sometimes auxiliary) to be affected
   Synonym: terkena
   Anakku kena sengat tawon.
   My child was stung by a wasp.

kena

1. (in some compounds) -able
   kena pajak ― taxable

• berkena (“to hit on”)

• berkena-kenaan (“to hit on each other”)

• berkenaan (“to relate, be related; to agree; regarding”)

• kena-mengena (“to hit on each other; to relate, be related; to care for (each other)”)

• kenai (“to hit on, strike”)

• kenakan (“to wear”)

• mengena (“to hit on; to strike”)

• mengena-ngenakan

• mengenai (“regarding”)

• pengenaan (“wearing, imposition”)

• perkenaan

• sekenanya

• terkena (“to be hit, striked; to be affected”)

• (archaic, obsolete) kena andika (“to be punished, cursed”)

• kena apa (“why”)

• kena badan

• (archaic, obsolete) kena emas (“to be bribed”)

• kena hati (“to be affected emotionally”)

• kena jaring

• kena lotre (“to win a lottery; to get a lot of money”)

• kena pukul (“to be hit; to be hurt emotionally”)

• kena sembur

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*keNa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “kena”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkenɑ/, [ˈke̞nɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkenɑ/, [ˈke̞nɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -enɑ
• Hyphenation: ke‧na

kena

1. beautiful, pretty
2. skilled, skillful

• (beautiful): See Thesaurus:käppiä
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 153

kena

1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

• IPA(key): /kɛna/

kena (infinitive gũkena)

1. to be glad[1][2]

(Nouns)

• gĩkeno class 7

1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
2. ^ “kena” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• nake

An unusual derivation of yo (“a singular subject speaks”).

• IPA(key): /kʰənæ/

kena

1. words, instructions

• kenak (“language”)
• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 238
• kene (Standard Southern Peninsula pronunciation spelling)

Inherited from Classical Malay کنا (kena), from Old Malay [script needed] (knā), from Proto-Malayic *kəna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəna, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”)

• (Standard Literary) IPA(key): /kəˈna/ [kəˈna]
  • Rhymes: -a
• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): /kəˈnə/ [kəˈnə]
  • Rhymes: -ə
• Hyphenation: ke‧na

kena (Jawi spelling کنا)

1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
   Dia kena' denda sebab datang lambat.
   He _incurred_x a fine because he arrived late.
2. to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
   Baju saya kena cat basah.
   My shirt made contact with wet paint on it.
3. to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
   Bola itu kena kepala saya!
   The ball hit my head!
4. to have to do, must, to need to do, to need
   Synonyms: perlu, harus, mesti
   Saya kena balik rumah awal.
   I have to go home early.
5. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
   Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat
   Baju ini kena dengan saiz badan saya.
   This dress fits my body size perfectly.

• berkena

• berkena-kenaan

• berkenaan (“about; regarding; concerning”)

• dikenakan

• kena-mengena

• kenaan

• mengena

• mengena-ngenakan

• mengenai (“about”)

• mengenakan

• pengenaan

• perkenakan

• terkena

• kenapa (“why”)

• kena buat (“must do; have to do”)

• kena emas (“to be plated with gold; to be gilded”)

• kena setan (“ to be possessed or to be influenced by a demon or an evil spirit”)

• kena tali (“tied up; to be strung along or snared”)

• kena tempias (“to be indirectly affected by trouble”)

• salah kena (“to be wrongly accused; a mismatch; to hit the wrong thing”)

• > Indonesian: kena (inherited)

• → English: kena

• "kena" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [_Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)_] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary -*keNa

Borrowed from English Gehenna.

• (phonetics) IPA(key): [kɛːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [kɛ nʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA(key): /kɛjnʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {keynah}

kena

1. Gehenna; hell

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “kena”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎[1]

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• केन (Devanagari script)
• কেন (Bengali script)
• කෙන (Sinhalese script)
• ကေန or ၵေၼ (Burmese script)
• เกน or เกนะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເກນ or ເກນະ (Lao script)
• កេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

kena

1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ka

-kena (infinitive gukena, perfective -kennye)

1. to be poor, be destitute
   Antonyms: -kira, -tunga

• umukene

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

kena

1. to enter

Borrowed from Estonian kena.

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈkenɑ/, [ˈkʲenɑ]
• Rhymes: -enɑ
• Hyphenation: ke‧na

kena

1. beautiful, pretty

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kena”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn