benna
English
Alternative forms
Noun
benna (uncountable)
- (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.
Synonyms
Gaulish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Middle Welsh benn (“cart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benːaː/
Noun
bennā f
Declension
declension of benna (Transalpine)
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Descendants
Italian
Etymology
From Latin benna (“carriage”), from Gaulish benna (“carriage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛnna
- Hyphenation: bèn‧na
Noun
benna f (plural benne)
Latin
Etymology
Noun
benna f (genitive bennae); first declension
- kind of carriage
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | benna | bennae |
| genitive | bennae | bennārum |
| dative | bennae | bennīs |
| accusative | bennam | bennās |
| ablative | bennā | bennīs |
| vocative | benna | bennae |
Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- benna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “benna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “benna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| b-n-n |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.na/
Noun
benna f (plural benniet)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈben.num/
Noun
benna
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural of benn