# wena
## Fanagalo
### Etymology

From Zulu wena.

### Pronoun

wena
* you; second-person singular pronoun.

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

### Pronoun

wená
* you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

## Northern Sotho
### Pronoun

wena
* you

## Old English
### Etymology

Related to wēnan and wēn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈweː.nɑ/

### Noun

wēna m
* opinion
* imagination
** c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
    Þa ðe ne gelyfað ðurh agenne cyre hí scoriað, na ðurh gewyrd, forðan ðe gewyrd nis nan ðing buton leas wēna; ne nan ðing soðlice be gewyrde ne gewyrð, ac ealle ðing þurh Godes dom beoð geendebyrde, seðe cwæð þurh his witegan, "Ic afandige manna heortan, and heora lendena, and ælcum sylle æfter his færelde, and æfter his agenre afundennysse.""Those who believe not through their own choice perish, not through destiny, for destiny is nothing but a false imagination; for nothing takes place by destiny, but all things are ordered by the doom of God, who said through his prophet, "I try the hearts of men, and their loins, and give to everyone according to his course, and according to his own invention."

#### Declension
## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognates include Old English wēnan and Old Saxon wānian and Old Dutch wānen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈweːna/

### Verb

wena
* (intransitive) to think
* (intransitive) to hope, ween

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

### Pronoun

wená
* you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛna/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛna
* Syllabification: we‧na

### Noun

wena f
* afflatus, inspiration
    Synonyms: natchnienie, inspiracja

#### Declension
### Further reading

* wena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* wena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Pukapukan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fana, from Proto-Central Pacific *vana, from Proto-Oceanic *panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panaq, from Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

### Noun

wena
* home-made speargun (made of rubber band and steel wire)
    Aumai loa koe tau wená, kē wano ake ai au wenawena.Will you give me your spear so that I can go spear-fishing?
* bow
    Taku wena nei na māni ki te lākau wetau.My bow is made of wetau wood.

### Verb

wena
* to shoot an arrow or spear
    Taku puaka nā yele i te niú, na wena loa e te tangata, mate.The pig I tied to that coconut tree was shot with an arrow by someone and it died.

#### Derived terms

* wenawena

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Sotho
### Pronoun

wena
* you

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

### Pronoun

wená
* you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

## Spanish
### Adjective

wena
* feminine singular of weno

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

### Pronoun

wená
* you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

## Tsonga
### Pronoun

wena
* you; second-person singular pronoun.

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [weːná]

### Pronoun

wená
* you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *wená.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /weːná/

### Pronoun

wená
* you, thou, thee; second-person singular absolute pronoun.

#### Inflection

Stem -we, poss. stem -kho :
| Full form | wená |
| Locative | kúwe |
| Full form | wená | wená |
| Locative | kúwe | kúwe |
| Copulative | ngúwe | ngúwe |
| Possessive forms |||
| | Modifier | Substantive |
| Class 1 | wákho | ówákho |
| Class 2 | bákho | ábákho |
| Class 3 | wákho | ówákho |
| Class 4 | yákho | éyákho |
| Class 5 | lákho | élákho |
| Class 6 | ákho | áwákho |
| Class 7 | sákho | ésákho |
| Class 8 | zákho | ézákho |
| Class 9 | yákho | éyákho |
| Class 10 | zákho | ézákho |
| Class 11 | lwákho | ólwákho |
| Class 14 | bákho | óbákho |
| Class 15 | kwákho | ókwákho |
| Class 17 | kwákho | ókwákho |

### References

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