English

Proper noun

Bena

1. A people who live north of Lake Nyasa.
2. The Bantu language of this people.

Noun

Bena ‎(plural Benas)

1. A member of this people.

Anagrams

• bane
• bean

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Akin to Old Irish ben (Irish bean ‎(“woman”)), Welsh benyw ‎(“woman”), Ancient Greek γυνή ‎(gunḗ, “woman, female, wife”) (Greek γυναίκα ‎(gynaíka, “woman, wife”), English -gyny), Old English cwene ‎(“woman”) (English queen), Old East Slavic жена ‎(žena, “woman, wife”) (Russian жена ‎(žena)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /benaː/

Noun

benā f

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

References

• Xavier Delamarre (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, ISBN 2-87772-237-6, page 72
• Ranko Matasović (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 61

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَى ‎(banā)

Verb

bena (imperfect jibni)

1. build

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• benene

Noun

bena n

1. definite plural of ben

Old English

Noun

bēna m ‎(nominative plural bēnan)

1. petitioner, requester

Declension

Swedish

A "bena" passing over the middle of the skull, also known as a "mittbena"

Etymology 1

Noun

bena c

1. a way of combing hair in which a line is formed, the hair to the right of which is combed to the right, and the hair to the left is combed to the left; the line so formed

Declension

Derived terms

• mittbena

Verb

bena ‎(present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

1. to comb the hair into a "bena"

Etymology 2

From ben ‎(“bone”).

Verb

bena ‎(present benar, preterite benade, supine benat, imperative bena)

1. (followed by ur) remove bones from a fish which is to be eaten
2. (followed by ut) to attack a problem; to start to untangle a logical mess