lena

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).[1]

lena

1. turmeric

• ʻōlena

• Tyron, Darell (1994), “Oceanic plant names”, in A.K. Pawley and M.D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 492-3

• le n-a (superseded)

Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.

lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)

1. with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)

   an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair

   an bhean lena dúirt sé é ― the woman to whom he told it (literally, “the woman with whom he said it”)

"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:

• an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis ― the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
• an bhean a dúirt sé léi é ― the woman that he told it to [her]

lena

1. Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).

   ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir ― with his brother

   ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair ― with her father

   ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháir ― with their brother

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lena”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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• IPA^(key): /ˈle.na/, /ˈlɛ.na/[1]
• Rhymes: -ena, -ɛna
• Hyphenation: lé‧na, lè‧na

lena f (plural lene)

1. (literary) breath

   Synonym: respiro

   • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno‎, lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:

     E come quei che con lena affannata, ¶ uscito fuor del pelago a la riva, ¶ si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata, […]

     And even as he, who, with distressful breath, ¶ ⁠Forth issued from the sea upon the shore, ¶ ⁠Turns to the water perilous and gazes; […]

2. (figurative) force, energy, vigour

   Synonyms: forza, vigore

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• léna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ENAL, lane

Feminization of lēnō (“pimp”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.na/, [ˈɫ̪eːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.na/, [ˈlɛːnä]

lēna f (genitive lēnae); first declension

1. (slang) a procuress, bawd, madame, seductress, enticer

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• “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

lena

1. wet; moist

   Antonym: maina

lena

1. inflection of len:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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lena

1. inflection of len:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

lena

1. (slang) tramadol

   Synonym: tram

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