ꦏꦼꦤ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kĕna (“right, proper, fitting, suitable; hit by, touched by, subjected to, being the object of”), 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^(key): /kə.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -nɔ
• Hyphenation: ke‧no

Noun

ꦏꦼꦤ (kena) (ngoko)

1. hit, struck
2. succeed
3. able (to be done)
4. can, allowed.

Alternative forms

• ꦏꦼꦤꦺꦏ꧀ (kenèk) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)

Synonyms

• ꦏꦼꦤꦶꦁ (kening) (krama)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kena (semantic loan)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kena”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN