ena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"

Catalan

Alternative forms

• en
• ene (Valencia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.na]

Noun

ena f (plural enes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Cavineña

Etymology

The e- is an obligatory dummy prefix taken by some nouns (namely, those in the e-class) in Cavineña.

Noun

ena

1. water
   • 2008, Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña, →ISBN:

     Roberto-ra e-na taru-ya.

     Roberto-ERG NPF-water stir-IMPFV

     Roberto is stirring the water.

References

• Antoine Guillaume, A Grammar of Cavineña (2008, →ISBN

Chuukese

Determiner

ena (plural ekkana)

1. that

Ese Ejja

Noun

ena

1. water

References

• José Alvarez Fernández, Vocabulario español-huarayo (2008), page 94

Esperanto

Etymology

From en (“in, within, inside”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

Adjective

ena (accusative singular enan, plural enaj, accusative plural enajn)

1. interior, internal, inner

Antonyms

• ekstera

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin hebdomas. Compare Romansch emna.

Noun

ena f (plural enes)

1. week

Synonyms

• setemena

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French il y en a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ena/

Verb

ena (medial form ena)

1. to have
2. (impersonal) there is; there are

Nupe

Etymology 1

Compare Yoruba iná, uná and Igala úná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nã̄/

Noun

ena (plural enazhì)

1. fire
2. light

Etymology 2

Compare with Gbari ena (“goat”), perhaps related to Yoruba ẹran (“animal, meat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nã̄/

Noun

ena (plural enazhì)

1. mammal

Etymology 3

Compare Yoruba ọnà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nã̀/

Noun

enà (plural enàzhì)

1. artistic design; embroidery; engraving

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀏𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• एन (Devanagari script)
• এন (Bengali script)
• එන (Sinhalese script)
• ဧန or ဨန or ဢေၼ (Burmese script)
• เอน or เอนะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອນ or ເອນະ (Lao script)
• ឯន (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ena

1. this

Declension

Declension table of "ena" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	enaṃ

Declension table of "enā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	enaṃ

Declension table of "ena" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	enaṃ

Derived terms

• enā (“this one”)

Pronoun

ena m

1. this

Declension

Declension table of "ena" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	enaṃ

Pronoun

ena n

1. this

Declension

Declension table of "ena" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	enaṃ

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *e-na. Cognates include Tahitian enā and Maori ēnā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.na/
• Hyphenation: e‧na

Determiner

ena

1. this, that (near the spoken to)

   Te vaka ena. ― That canoe (near you).

2. next, following

   Matahiti ena. ― Next year.

See also

Rapa Nui demonstratives

Demonstrative determiners
Neutral	Proximal	Medial	Distal
tū, hū1)	nei, nī2)	nā	rā
Postnuclear demonstratives
Neutral	Proximal	Medial	Distal
—	nei	ena	era
Demonstrative pronouns
Neutral	Proximal	Medial	Distal
ira	nei	nā	rā
Demonstrative locationals
Neutral	Proximal	Medial	Distal
—	nei	nā	rā
1) Emphatic 2) Rare

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 194

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀ːna/

Numeral

êna

1. one

Usage notes

This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ena. Cognate with Danish ene, Norwegian Bokmål ene, Norwegian Nynorsk eine, eina, German einen. Equivalent to en (“one”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ena

1. one; definite of en

   Jag måste välja den ena eller den andra.

   I must choose one or the other.

2. (dialectal) ones; plural form of en

   Ni var ena lustiga ena!

   You are some funny ones!

Verb

ena (present enar, preterite enade, supine enat, imperative ena)

1. to unite (bring about agreement among the members of a group)

   Han enade det splittrade landet

   He united the divided country

Usage notes

• See also enas, which is a separate deponent verb (though with a meaning very close to the expected one): "De enades" means "they came to an agreement" rather than "they were united (by some third party)."
• For uniting separate entities, see förena.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ena (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ena		enas
Supine	enat		enats
Imperative	ena		—
Imper. plural1	enen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	enar	enade	enas	enades
Ind. plural1	ena	enade	enas	enades
Subjunctive2	ene	enade	enes	enades
	Participles
Present participle	enande
Past participle	enad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• enad
• enas
• enig
• förena

Further reading

• ena in Svensk ordbok.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈe.na]

Pronoun

ena (subject clitic i, possessive prefix ma, Jawi اين)

1. (for non-human groups) third-person plural pronoun, they

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh