# yena
## Franco-Provençal
### Numeral

yena
* feminine of yon

## Ibanag
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina .

### Noun

yena
* mother

#### Coordinate terms

* yama

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

### Pronoun

yená
* he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀬𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* येन (Devanagari script)
* যেন (Bengali script)
* යෙන (Sinhalese script)
* ယေန or ယေၼ (Burmese script)
* เยน or เยนะ (Thai script)
* ᨿᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ເຍນ or ເຍນະ or ເຢນະ (Lao script)
* យេន (Khmer script)
* 𑄠𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Adverb

yena
* where
** 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 88:11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

#### Usage notes

A noun phrase denoting location or destination may be wrapped in the pair yena....tena and put in the nominative, as opposed to simply being put in the locative or accusative, as in:
    11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

### Pronoun

yena
* masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ya (“who (relative)”)

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

### Pronoun

yená
* he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

### Pronoun

yená
* he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

### Pronoun

yená
* he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* hiyena

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hiena (“hyena”), from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈjena/ [ˈjɛː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: ye‧na

### Noun

yena (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜈ)
* hyena

### Further reading

* “yena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tsonga
### Pronoun

yena
* he, she, him, her, it; third-person singular pronoun.

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

### Pronoun

yená
* he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jeːná/

### Pronoun

yená
* he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

#### Inflection

Stem -ye, poss. stem -khé :
| Full form | yená |
| Locative | kúye |
| Full form | yená | yená |
| Locative | kúye | kúye |
| Copulative | ngúye | ngúye |
| Possessive forms |||
| | Modifier | Substantive |
| Class 1 | wâkhe | ówâkhe |
| Class 2 | bâkhe | ábâkhe |
| Class 3 | wâkhe | ówâkhe |
| Class 4 | yâkhe | éyâkhe |
| Class 5 | lâkhe | élâkhe |
| Class 6 | âkhe | áwâkhe |
| Class 7 | sâkhe | ésâkhe |
| Class 8 | zâkhe | ézâkhe |
| Class 9 | yâkhe | éyâkhe |
| Class 10 | zâkhe | ézâkhe |
| Class 11 | lwâkhe | ólwâkhe |
| Class 14 | bâkhe | óbâkhe |
| Class 15 | kwâkhe | ókwâkhe |
| Class 17 | kwâkhe | ókwâkhe |

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “yena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yena (6.3)”