# kena
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

kena (plural kenas)
* Alternative form of quena (“traditional flute of the Andes”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to be struck, hit, affected by”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈkəna/, /ˈkana/, [ˈkə˧nä˦]
* (Malaysia) IPA: /ˈkənə/, /ˈkəna/

#### Verb

kena (invariable)
(Manglish, Singlish)
* (transitive or intransitive) To experience, receive, suffer, get or be affected by (something negative).
    Synonyms: got, get it
    He kena fine $10.
    If they ever catch you jaywalking, you will kena.
* (auxiliary) Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
    Synonym: got
    My job application kena rejected.

##### Derived terms

* kena sai

#### See also

* tio (Singlish, not exclusively negative in connotation)

### Anagrams

* Kane, Kean, aken, enka, kaen, nake

## Estonian
### Adjective

kena (genitive kena, partitive kena, comparative kenam, superlative kõige kenam)
* nice, kind
* pretty

#### Descendants

* → Ingrian: kena

## Garo
### Etymology

Perhaps vaguely related to Bengali ঘেন্না (ghenna).

### Verb

kena
* to be afraid, to fear

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay kena, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ (kena, “able; can, allowed; succeed”, literally “hit, struck”) for sense related to agreement, approval; pleasure.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kəˈna]
* Hyphenation: kê‧na

### Verb

kena (base)
* to hit
* to touch
* to strike
* to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
    Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat
* to be affected

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

#### Derived terms

* berkena
* berkena-kenaan
* berkenaan
* kena-mengena
* mengena
* mengena-ngenakan
* mengenai
* mengenakan
* pengenaan
* perkenaan
* sekenanya
* terkena
* kena andika
* kena apa
* kena badan
* kena cedera
* kena dakwa
* kena emas
* kena hama
* kena hati
* kena hukum
* kena jaring
* kena lotre
* kena pukul
* kena sakal
* kena sembur

### Noun

kena
* (in compound) -able
    kena pajak ― taxable

### Further reading

* “kena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian kena (“pretty”).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkenɑ/, [ˈke̞nɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkenɑ/, [ˈke̞nɑ]
* Rhymes: -enɑ
* Hyphenation: ke‧na

### Adjective

kena
* beautiful, pretty
* skilled, skillful

#### Synonyms

* (beautiful): See Thesaurus:käppiä

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 153

## Javanese
### Romanization

kena
* Romanization of ꦏꦼꦤ

## Kikuyu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛna/

### Verb

kena (infinitive gũkena)
* to be glad

#### Derived terms

(Nouns)
* gĩkeno class 7

### References

* ↑ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
* ↑ “kena” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

### Anagrams

* nake

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* kene (slang, informal)

### Etymology

From Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *keNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəna/
* Rhymes: -əna, -na, -a
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [kənə]

### Verb

kena (Jawi spelling کنا)
* to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
* to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
* to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
* to have to do, to need to do, to need
    Synonyms: perlu, harus
* to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise
    Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* kenaan [repetition / reciprocity] (-an)
* berkenaan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
* mengenakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* dikenakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
* terkena [agentless action] (teR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* kenapa (“why”)
* kena-mengena

#### Descendants

* → English: kena
* Indonesian: kena

### Further reading

* “kena” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary -*keNa

## Marshallese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Gehenna, from ecclesiastical Latin gehenna, from Ancient Greek γέεννα (géenna), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (ge'henom, “hell”, literally “valley of Hinnom”).

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [kɛːnʲɑ], (enunciated) [kɛ nʲɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /kɛjnʲæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {keynah}

### Noun

kena
* Gehenna; hell

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* केन (Devanagari script)
* কেন (Bengali script)
* කෙන (Sinhalese script)
* ကေန or ၵေၼ (Burmese script)
* เกน or เกนะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ເກນ or ເກນະ (Lao script)
* កេន (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Pronoun

kena
* masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ka

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Verb

-kena (infinitive gukena, perfective -kennye)
* to be poor, be destitute
    Antonyms: -kira, -tunga

#### Derived terms

* umukene

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

### Verb

kena
* to enter