chena

See also: Chena

Chamicuro

Noun

chena

1. stone

Franco-Provençal

Noun

chena f (plural chenes) (ORB, broad)

1. female dog

   Synonym: cagne

   Coordinate term: chin m

References

• chienne in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• chena in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1098: “la cagna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 279: “chienne” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “canis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 192

Norman

Etymology

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Pronoun

chena

1. (Guernsey) that

Sardinian

Etymology 1

From Latin cena (“dinner, supper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkena/

Noun

chena f (plural chenas)

1. dinner

Derived terms

• chenare

Etymology 2

From Greek κενά (kená, “emptiness, void, vacuum”).

Preposition

chena

1. without

   Synonyms: sentza, chentza, sine, sene, chene, chentze, sena

Shona

Adjective

-chená

1. white

Inflection

Inflected forms of -chená

singular			plural
Class 1		muchená	Class 2		vachená
Class 3		muchená	Class 4		michená
Class 5		jená	Class 6		machená
Class 7		chichená	Class 8		zvichená
Class 9		chená	Class 10		chená
Class 11		ruchená
Class 12		kachená	Class 13		tuchená
Class 14		uchená
Class 15		kuchená
Locative classes
Class 16	pachená	Class 17	kuchená	Class 18	muchená