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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kena"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kena (plural kenas)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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.
Derived terms

See also

  • tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)

Anagrams

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Estonian

Adjective

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

  1. nice, kind
  2. pretty

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation), singular ...

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: kena
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Garo

Etymology

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

Verb

kena

  1. to be afraid, to fear

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Verb

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.

Adjective

kena

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

Derived terms

  • 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

References

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

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Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

kena

  1. beautiful, pretty
  2. skilled, skillful

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination), singular ...

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 153
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Javanese

Romanization

kena

  1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

Kikuyu

Malay

Marshallese

Pali

Rwanda-Rundi

Sotho

Votic

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