kena

kena (plural kenas)

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

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

• (Singapore English) IPA^(key): /kəna/
• (Malaysian English) IPA^(key): /kənə/, /kəna/

kena (indeclinable) (Manglish, Singlish)

1. To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by

   He kena fine $10.

2. Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.

   My job application kena rejected.

• In Singlish, kena exclusively denotes negative effects. For neutral or positive effects an alternative such as tio must be used. This does not apply in Manglish.

• 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 Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“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”).

• IPA^(key): [kəˈna]
• Hyphenation: kê‧na

kena (base)

1. to hit
2. to touch
3. to strike
4. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise

   Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

5. to be affected

• “kena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

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

kena

1. beautiful, pretty
2. skilled, skillful

• (beautiful): See Thesaurus:kaunis

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

• IPA^(key): /kɛna/

kena (infinitive gũkena)

1. to be glad[1][2]

(Nouns)

• gĩkeno class 7

• nake

• kene (slang, informal)

From Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“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”).

• IPA^(key): /kəna/
• Rhymes: -əna, -na, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kənə]

kena (Jawi spelling کنا‎)

1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
2. to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
3. to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
4. to have to do, to need to do, to need

   Synonyms: perlu, harus

5. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise

   Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

• → English: kena
• Indonesian: kena

• “kena” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary -*keNa

Borrowed from English Gehenna, from ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם‎ (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

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

kena

1. Gehenna; hell

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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