chena

See also: Chena

Chamicuro

Noun

chena

1. stone

Franco-Provençal

Noun

chena f (plural chenes) (ORB, broad)

1. female dog

   Synonym: cagne

   Coordinate term: chin m

References

• chienne in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• chena in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1098: “la cagna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France – map 279 – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “canis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 192

Norman

Etymology

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Pronoun

chena

1. (Guernsey) that

Sardinian

Etymology 1

From Latin cena (“dinner, supper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkena/

Noun

chena f (plural chenas)

1. dinner

Derived terms

• chenare

Etymology 2

From Greek κενά (kená, “emptiness, void, vacuum”).

Preposition

chena

1. without

   Synonyms: sentza, chentza, sine, sene, chene, chentze, sena

Shona

Adjective

-chená

1. white

Inflection

Inflected forms of -chená

singular		plural
class 1	muchená	class 2	vachená
class 3	muchená	class 4	michená
class 5	jená	class 6	machená
class 7	chichená	class 8	zvichená
class 9	chená	class 10	chená
class 11	ruchená
class 12	kachená	class 13	tuchená
class 14	uchená
class 15	kuchená
locative classes
class 16	class 17	class 18
pachená	kuchená	muchená