nena

== Albanian == === Noun === nena inflection of nenë: definite nominative singular indefinite nominative/accusative plural == Catalan == === Alternative forms === nina === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɛ.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈne.na] === Noun === nena f (plural nenes) female equivalent of nen: girl, female child === Further reading === “nena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dupaningan Agta == === Noun === nena mother (term of reference) ==== Synonyms ==== hena == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese neno, nena (“young, tender”), from Vulgar Latin *ninnus, probably imitative of infantile language. Cognate with Spanish niña. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈne.na/ === Noun === nena f (plural nenas) child (female), especially before puberty Synonyms: cativa, meniña, rapariga, rapaza girl; young woman 1403, M. M .Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Estudios Mindonienses, page 237: Item mando que den aa nena que mora en na casa duas trases et hun tornes et huna camisa et duas sauaas Item, I order that they give to the girl that lives at the house two trases [?] and a solidus from Tours and a shirt and two sheets Synonyms: meniña, moza ==== Related terms ==== neno === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “neno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nena”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nena”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “neno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Laz == === Noun === nena Latin spelling of ნენა (nena) == Ludian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *nenä. === Noun === nena nose == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ننه (Turkish nene). === Noun === nena f (Cyrillic spelling нена) grandmother grandma granny old woman ==== Synonyms ==== baka, baba, nona == Spanish == === Etymology === Feminine form of nene (“kid, baby”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnena/ [ˈne.na] Rhymes: -ena Syllabification: ne‧na === Noun === nena f (plural nenas) female equivalent of nene: baby girl Coordinate term: niña (colloquial) babe, dear (term of endearment to a woman or girl) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nene”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. === Pronunciation === === Verb === -nena (infinitive kunena) to say ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nominal derivations: mnenaji (“speaker”) neno (“word”) == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *nenä. === Noun === nena nose (on face) nose (of a shoe) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nenasälʹgmed nenanjurʹ === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “нос, носок”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika