bena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bena"

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēna.

Noun

bena f (plural benas)

1. Superseded spelling of vena.

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *binda (compare German Binde), from *bindan (“to bind”). Doublet of banda, a loanword through French.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bena f (plural benes)

1. bandage

Derived terms

• embenar

Further reading

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

Gaulish

FWOTD – 17 June 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Akin to Old Irish ben (Irish bean (“woman”)), Welsh benyw (“woman”), Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female, wife”) (Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka, “woman, wife”), English -gyny), Old English cwene (“woman”) (English queen), Old East Slavic жена (žena, “woman, wife”) (Russian жена (žena)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /benaː/

Noun

benā f

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

    declension of bena (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 1 early forms, 2 late forms

References

• Xavier Delamarre (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 72
• Ranko Matasović (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, →ISBN, page 61

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *peanëk.

Noun

bena

1. dog

Inflection

Odd, dn-n gradation
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

From Arabic بَنَى (banā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.na/

Verb

bena (imperfect jibni, past participle mibni)

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

     Għax meta missieri kien jibni xi 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to set up, to stack
3. to compose (music)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bena
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
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

bena n

1. definite plural of ben

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.nɑ/

Noun

bēna m (nominative plural bēnan)

1. petitioner, requester

Declension

Weak:

	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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bena c

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 of bena

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

Derived terms

• mittbena
• sidbena

Verb

bena (present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

1. to part the hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of bena (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
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From ben (“bone”).

Verb

bena (present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

1. (followed by ur) to debone a fish which is to be eaten
2. (followed by ut) to attack a problem; to start to untangle a logical mess

Conjugation

Conjugation of bena (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
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

bena

1. (dialectal) definite plural of ben

References

• bena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bane