English

Alternative forms

• bennah

Noun

benna ‎(uncountable)

1. (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.

Synonyms

• ditti

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bennā, related to Old Irish buinne and Welsh benn ‎(“cart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /benːaː/

Noun

bennā f

1. carriage

Declension

Descendants

• French: benne

Italian

Etymology

From Gaulish benna ‎(“carriage”).

Noun

benna f ‎(plural benne)

1. bucket, grab

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish benna.

Noun

benna f ‎(genitive bennae); first declension

1. kind of carriage

Inflection

First declension.

References

• benna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BENNA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “benna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• benna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• benna in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• benna in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin