benna

See also: Benna and bənna

English

Alternative forms

Noun

benna (uncountable)

  1. (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

  1. carriage

Declension

Declension of benna (Transalpine)
singular plural
nominative bennā bennās
vocative bennā bennās
accusative bennan1, bennim2 bennās
genitive bennās1, benniās2 bennanom
dative bennī1, bennia2 bennābo
instrumental bennī bennābi
locative bennī bennābo

1 early form
2 late form

Descendants

  • Latin: benna
    • French: benne
    • Italian: benna
    • Sicilian: benna

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)

  1. bucket, grab

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish benna.

Noun

benna f (genitive bennae); first declension

  1. 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/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnna

Noun

benna f (plural benniet)

  1. flavour

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈben.num/

Noun

benna

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of benn