kĕna

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited 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.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: kĕ‧na

Noun

kĕna

1. right, proper, fitting, suitable
2. hit by, touched by, subjected to, being the object of

Derived terms

• aṅĕnani
• aṅĕne
• aṅĕnākĕn
• kakĕna
• kakĕnan
• kinĕnan
• kinĕnākĕn
• kumĕne
• kumĕnākĕn
• pakĕna

• salah kĕna

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦼꦤ (kena)
  • → Indonesian: kena (semantic loan)

Further reading

• "kĕna" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.