bena

See also:Appendix:Variations of "bena"

Aragonese

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinvēna.

Noun

benaf(pluralbenas)

1. Superseded spellingofvena.

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago(2002) “bena”, inDizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa,Zaragoza,→ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrankish*binda(compareGermanBinde), from*bindan(“to bind”).Doubletofbanda,a loanword through French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈbɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[ˈbə.nə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈbe.na]

Noun

benaf(pluralbenes)

1. bandage

Derived terms

• embenar

Further reading

• “bena”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bena”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Gaulish

FWOTD – 17 June 2016

Etymology

FromProto-Celtic*benā,fromProto-Indo-European*gʷḗn.Akin toOld Irishben(Irishbean(“woman”)),Welshbenyw(“woman”),Ancient Greekγυνή(gunḗ,“woman, female, wife”)(Greekγυναίκα(gynaíka,“woman, wife”),English-gyny),Old Englishcwene(“woman”)(Englishqueen),Old East Slavicжена(žena,“woman, wife”)(Russianжена(žena)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/benaː/

Noun

benāf

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

declension ofbena (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative benā bnās Vocative benā bnās Accusative benan1,benim2 bnās Genitive benās1,beniās2 bnanom Dative benī bnābo Instrumental benia1,benī2 bnābi Locative benī bnābo 1early forms,2late forms

References

• Xavier Delamarre (2003)Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental,→ISBN,page72
• Ranko Matasović (2009)Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic,→ISBN,page61

Lule Sami

Etymology

FromProto-Samic*peanëk.

Noun

bena

1. dog

Inflection

Odd,dn-ngradation
Nominative	bena
Genitive	bednaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bena	bednaga
Accusative	bednagav	bednagijt
Genitive	bednaga	bednagij
Illative	bednagij	bednagijda
Inessive	bednagin	bednagijn
Elative	bednagis	bednagijs
Comitative	bednagijn	bednagij
Abessive	bednagadagá bednagadagi	bednagijdagá bednagijdagi
Essive	benan bednagin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bednagim bednagam bednagimme bednagimme 2nd person bednagit bednagat bednagihtte bednagihtte 3rd person bednagis bednagiska bednagisá

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1],Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Maltese

Root
b-n-j
5 terms

Etymology

FromArabicبَنَى(banā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbɛ.na/

Verb

bena(imperfectjibni,past participlemibni)

1. tobuild
   • 2008,Trevor Żahra,Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti,Merlin Publishers,→ISBN:

     Għax meta missieri kienjibnixi gallinar, jew xi xatba, jew xi kannizzata, qatt ma kien jixtri xejn, iżda jlaqqat u jillapazza b’dak li jsib. Imma jiena ma ridtx għarix mibni bl-imbarazz, iżda kamp sabiħ u pulit u b’saħħtu.

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

2. toset up,tostack
3. tocompose(music)

Conjugation

Conjugation ofbena
		singular				plural
		1stperson	2ndperson	3rdperson		1stperson	2ndperson	3rdperson
perfect	m	bnejt	bnejt	bena		bnejna	bnejtu	bnew
	f			bniet
imperfect	m	nibni	tibni	jibni		nibnu	tibnu	jibnu
	f			tibni
imperative			ibni				ibnu

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• benene

Noun

benan

1. definitepluralofben

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbeː.nɑ/

Noun

bēnam(nominative pluralbēnan)

1. petitioner,requester

Declension

Declension ofbēna(weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bēna	bēnan
accusative	bēnan	bēnan
genitive	bēnan	bēnena
dative	bēnan	bēnum

Swedish

A "bena" passing over the middle of the skull, also known as a "mittbena"

Etymology 1

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

benac

1. parting,a way of combing hair in which a line is formed, the hair to the right of which is combed to the right, and the hair to the left is combed to the left; the line so formed; a (US)part

Declension

Declension ofbena

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bena	benas
	definite	benan	benans
plural	indefinite	benor	benors
	definite	benorna	benornas

Derived terms

• mittbena
• sidbena

Verb

bena(presentbenar,preteritebenade,supinebenat,imperativebena)

1. topartthehair

Conjugation

Conjugation ofbena(weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bena		benas
Supine	benat		benats
Imperative	bena		—
Imper. plural1	benen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	benar	benade	benas	benades
Ind. plural1	bena	benade	benas	benades
Subjunctive2	bene	benade	benes	benades
	Participles
Present participle	benande
Past participle	benad
1Archaic.2Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

Fromben(“bone”).

Verb

bena(presentbenar,preteritebenade,supinebenat,imperativebena)

1. (followed byur)todeboneafishwhich is to be eaten
2. (followed byut)to attack a problem; to start to untangle a logical mess

Conjugation

Conjugation ofbena(weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bena		benas
Supine	benat		benats
Imperative	bena		—
Imper. plural1	benen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	benar	benade	benas	benades
Ind. plural1	bena	benade	benas	benades
Subjunctive2	bene	benade	benes	benades
	Participles
Present participle	benande
Past participle	benad
1Archaic.2Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

bena

1. (dialectal)definitepluralofben

References

• benainSvensk ordbok(SO)
• benainSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• benainSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)

Anagrams

• bane