ɛna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"

Adele

Noun

ɛna

  1. woman

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عنى (ɛna, “to concern, to mean, to care for”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ɛna (Tifinagh spelling ⵄⵏⴰ)

  1. (transitive) to take care of, to treat with respect [with zi]
    Iɛna zzay-s. ― He treated him in a dignified manner.
  2. (intransitive) to belong to a family (used to identify someone's origins or parentage)
    Min d am teɛna tenni? ― What is your relationship to that woman?
    Min yɛna? ― Who are his parents? / What is his origin?
  3. (intransitive) to refer to a time of day
    Min yɛna reḥḥu? ― What time of day is it now?

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • (adverb) blɛani (“on purpose, intentionally”)
  • (adverb) yɛni (“that is to say, meaning”)
  • řmeɛna (“adage, maxim, meaning, allusion, enigma”)
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