kene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kene"

English

Adjective

kene (comparative kener or more kene, superlative kenest or most kene)

1. Obsolete form of keen.

Anagrams

• Enke, Keen, keen, knee, neek

Chuukese

Etymology

ke- +‎ -ne

Pronoun

kene

1. (command) you will (soon)

Synonyms

• kopwene

Crimean Tatar

Adverb

kene

1. again

References

• “kene”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English cēne (“keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike, powerful; learned, clever, wise”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“knowledgeable, skilful, experienced, clever, capable”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeːn(ə)/

Adjective

kẹ̄ne

1. keen
   • c. 1370–1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman; published as “Passus XVII”, in Walter W[illiam] Skeat, editor, The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman, together with the Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362–1393 A.D.): Edited from Numerous Manuscripts, with Prefaces, Notes, and a Glossary, [...] In Four Parts, part III (Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman, the Whitaker Text, or Text C; Richard the Bedeles; The Crowned King), London: Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill, 1873, →OCLC, page 285, lines 82–85:

     For men knoweþ þat couetise · is of ful kene wil, / And haþ hondes and armes · of a long lengthe, / And pourte is a pety þyng · apereþ nat to hus nauele; / A loueliche laik was hit neuere · by-twyne a long and a short.

     For men know well that Covetousness has a keen will / And a very long reach of hands and arms / And Poverty's just a tiny thing, doesn't even reach his navel, / And a good bout was never between tall and short.

   • c. 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knightes Tale” from The Canterbury Tales; published in A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, volume I (Containing Chaucer, Surrey, Wyatt & Sackville), London: Printed for Iohn & Arthur Arch, 23, Gracechurch Street; Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Co., [1795], →OCLC, page 17, column 2:

     Before hire ſtood hire ſone Cupido,
     Upon his ſhoulders winges he had two,
     And blind he was, as is often ſene;
     A bow he bare and arwes bright and kene.

     Before her stood her son Cupid
     Upon his shoulders, he had two wings
     And he was blind, as is often seen
     He bore a bow, and arrows bright and keen.

Descendants

• English: keen
• Scots: keen
• Yola: keen, keéne

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kene (whence Tocharian A kaṃ), probably from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

Noun

kene m

1. melody, tune
2. (poetry) meter

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kene”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 206

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كنه (kene), from Proto-Turkic *kēne (“tick”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gənə, Kazakh кене (kene), Kyrgyz кене (kene), etc.

Noun

kene (definite accusative keneyi, plural keneler)

1. tick (arachnid)

   Synonym: sakırga

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kene
Definite accusative	keneyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kene	keneler
Definite accusative	keneyi	keneleri
Dative	keneye	kenelere
Locative	kenede	kenelerde
Ablative	keneden	kenelerden
Genitive	kenenin	kenelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kenem kenelerim 2nd singular kenen kenelerin 3rd singular kenesi keneleri 1st plural kenemiz kenelerimiz 2nd plural keneniz keneleriniz 3rd plural keneleri keneleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kenemi kenelerimi 2nd singular keneni kenelerini 3rd singular kenesini kenelerini 1st plural kenemizi kenelerimizi 2nd plural kenenizi kenelerinizi 3rd plural kenelerini kenelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular keneme kenelerime 2nd singular kenene kenelerine 3rd singular kenesine kenelerine 1st plural kenemize kenelerimize 2nd plural kenenize kenelerinize 3rd plural kenelerine kenelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kenemde kenelerimde 2nd singular kenende kenelerinde 3rd singular kenesinde kenelerinde 1st plural kenemizde kenelerimizde 2nd plural kenenizde kenelerinizde 3rd plural kenelerinde kenelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kenemden kenelerimden 2nd singular kenenden kenelerinden 3rd singular kenesinden kenelerinden 1st plural kenemizden kenelerimizden 2nd plural kenenizden kenelerinizden 3rd plural kenelerinden kenelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kenemin kenelerimin 2nd singular kenenin kenelerinin 3rd singular kenesinin kenelerinin 1st plural kenemizin kenelerimizin 2nd plural kenenizin kenelerinizin 3rd plural kenelerinin kenelerinin

Further reading

• “kene”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kene”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN