quena

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Spanish quena

Noun

quena (plural quenas)

  1. (music) A traditional flute of the Andes.
    Coordinate term: charango
    • 1978 April 14, “Music: Inti‐Illimani, From the Andes”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
      One song the group performed on Thursday, “La Partida,” featured lovely bell harmonics from the guitars, a shifting pattern of cross‐rhythms on the guitar‐like charango, and a quena lead.
    • 2013 December 31, William Neuman, “Headbanging in Bolivia to the Flutes of Yore”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
      As the band’s traditional instrumentalist, Yuri Callisaya, shrilled on the quena, the band’s fans sang along with Mr. Méndez: “Ama sua, ama llulla, ama quella,” which translates as, “Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t be lazy.”

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Anagrams

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Particle

quena

  1. yes, positive response.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.

Noun

quena f

  1. woman
  2. wife
  3. queen

Declension
Declension of quena (ō-stem)
case singular plural
nominative quena quenā
accusative quena quenā
genitive quena quenōno
dative quenu quenōm
Declension of quena (feminine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative quena quenun
accusative quenūn quenun
genitive quenūn quenōno
dative quenūn quenōm

Descendants
  • Middle High German: kone, kan, kun, quëne

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua qina.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkena/ [ˈke.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: que‧na

Noun

quena f (plural quenas)

  1. a type of reed flute from Peru
  2. (Latin America) pan flute
    Synonym: zampoña

Derived terms

Further reading
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