# siena
## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* sienna

### Etymology

Internationalism (compare English sienna), ultimately from Italian terra di Siena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsie̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ienɑ
* Syllabification: sie‧na

### Noun

siena
* sienna (pigment, color)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of siena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :

## Latvian
### Etymology 1

See siens.

#### Noun

siena m
* genitive singular of siens

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Lithuanian síena (“wall, border”). Derived from verb siet (“to tie, bind”) in its older meaning “to braid, to weave” (see etymology of siet), which suggests that the original meaning of siena was “wicker-work”; compare cognates Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬥𐬎 (hinu, “ties, bonds, hobble, chain”), Old Irish sin (“chain, necktie”). The current meaning suggests that house walls were originally woven with branches and twigs, and then probably covered with mud (compare with German Wand (“wall”), winden (“wind, twist, weave”)); some evidence from old folk songs supports this idea.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [siêna]
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#### Noun

siena f (4th declension)
* wall (structure (made of wood, masonry, etc.) that limits a building, a room, etc.)
    mājas, istabas, šķūna sienas ― house, room, barn walls
    mūra, koka, baļķu siena ― masonry, wooden, log wall
    krāsota, balsināta, tapsēta siena ― painted, plastered, papered wall
    krāsot sienu ― to pain the wall
    līmēt tapetes uz sienas ― to paper (lit. paste paper on) the wall
    sienas pulkstenis, lampa ― wall clock, lamp
    iesist naglu sienā ― to drive a nail into the wall
    pakārt gleznu pie sienas ― to hang a painting on the wall
* wall, rampart (a high enclosure, especially for protection)
    Kremļa sienas ― Kremlin walls
    cietokšņa sienas ― fortress walls
    pilsētas sienas ― city walls
* something that encloses, also metaphorically
    dūmu, liesmu, uguns, miglas siena ― a smoke, flame, fire, fog wall
    naida siena ― hatred wall
* external side of a container, box, cavity, body organ, etc.
    skapja sienas ― cabinet walls
    alas, bedres sienas ― cave, pit walls
    tvaika katla sienas ― boiler walls
    kuņģa siena ― stomach wall
    artērijas siena ― artery wall

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “siena”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Probably from an abstracted root *sien-, derived from siẽti (“to bind, link”). Cognate with Latvian siena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈs̪ʲɪ́ən̪ɐ]

### Noun

síena f (plural síenos) stress pattern 1
* wall
* border, boundary

#### Synonyms

* (wall): mūras
* (border): riba, ežia

#### Derived terms

* (Noun) užsienis m

### References

* ↑ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “síena”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 547
* ↑ “siena” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
* ↑ “siena” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

siena f (Cyrillic spelling сиена)
* Obsolete spelling of sjena.