"kena" meaning in Malay

See kena in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kəna/, [kənə] (note: Johor-Riau) Forms: کنا [Jawi], kene [alternative]
Rhymes: -əna, -na, -a Etymology: From Old Malay knā, 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”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ms-old|knā}} Old Malay knā, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*keNa|t=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}} 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”) Head templates: {{ms-verb|j=کنا}} kena (Jawi spelling کنا)
  1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely
    Sense id: en-kena-ms-verb-Fo1oPBgg Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 10 7 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 1 14 2 2 13 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 16 1 1 14 16 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 2 28 35
  2. to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off
    Sense id: en-kena-ms-verb-fn0vNK5C
  3. to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect
    Sense id: en-kena-ms-verb-PusdcCwz
  4. to have to do, to need to do, to need Synonyms: perlu, harus
    Sense id: en-kena-ms-verb-gWx0W1QT Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 10 7 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 1 14 2 2 13 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 16 1 1 14 16 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 2 28 35
  5. to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise Synonyms: cocok, patut, tepat
    Sense id: en-kena-ms-verb-S9EoTYtq Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 10 7 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 1 14 2 2 13 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 8 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 16 1 1 14 16 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 2 28 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kenaan [repetition (alt: -an), reciprocity] (-an) (alt: -an), berkenaan [stative (english: beR- + -an), habitual + repetition (english: beR- + -an), reciprocity] (english: beR- + -an), mengenakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (english: meN- + -kan), dikenakan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (english: di- + -kan), terkena [agentless action] (alt: teR-), kenapa (english: why), kena-mengena
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "-an",
      "word": "kenaan [repetition"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "-an",
      "roman": "-an",
      "word": "reciprocity]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "beR- + -an",
      "word": "berkenaan [stative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "beR- + -an",
      "word": "habitual + repetition"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "beR- + -an",
      "word": "reciprocity]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "meN- + -kan",
      "word": "mengenakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "di- + -kan",
      "word": "dikenakan [patient focus + causative benefactive]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "teR-",
      "word": "terkena [agentless action]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "why",
      "word": "kenapa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kena-mengena"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "kena"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: kena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: kena"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms-old",
        "2": "knā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Malay knā",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*keNa",
        "t": "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"
      },
      "expansion": "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”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Malay knā, 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "کنا",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "کنا"
      },
      "expansion": "kena (Jawi spelling کنا)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 1 14 2 2 13 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 8 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 16 1 1 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 2 2 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely"
      ],
      "id": "en-kena-ms-verb-Fo1oPBgg",
      "links": [
        [
          "incur",
          "incur"
        ],
        [
          "adversely",
          "adversely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off"
      ],
      "id": "en-kena-ms-verb-fn0vNK5C",
      "links": [
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect"
      ],
      "id": "en-kena-ms-verb-PusdcCwz",
      "links": [
        [
          "touch",
          "touch"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 1 14 2 2 13 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 8 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 16 1 1 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 2 2 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have to do, to need to do, to need"
      ],
      "id": "en-kena-ms-verb-gWx0W1QT",
      "links": [
        [
          "have to do",
          "have to do"
        ],
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perlu"
        },
        {
          "word": "harus"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 7 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 2 1 14 2 2 13 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 8 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 16 1 1 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 2 2 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise"
      ],
      "id": "en-kena-ms-verb-S9EoTYtq",
      "links": [
        [
          "exact",
          "exact"
        ],
        [
          "accurate",
          "accurate"
        ],
        [
          "precise",
          "precise"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cocok"
        },
        {
          "word": "patut"
        },
        {
          "word": "tepat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəna/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əna"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-na"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kənə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kena"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a",
    "Rhymes:Malay/na",
    "Rhymes:Malay/əna"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "-an",
      "word": "kenaan [repetition"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-an",
      "roman": "-an",
      "word": "reciprocity]"
    },
    {
      "english": "beR- + -an",
      "word": "berkenaan [stative"
    },
    {
      "english": "beR- + -an",
      "word": "habitual + repetition"
    },
    {
      "english": "beR- + -an",
      "word": "reciprocity]"
    },
    {
      "english": "meN- + -kan",
      "word": "mengenakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]"
    },
    {
      "english": "di- + -kan",
      "word": "dikenakan [patient focus + causative benefactive]"
    },
    {
      "alt": "teR-",
      "word": "terkena [agentless action]"
    },
    {
      "english": "why",
      "word": "kenapa"
    },
    {
      "word": "kena-mengena"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "kena"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: kena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: kena"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms-old",
        "2": "knā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Malay knā",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*keNa",
        "t": "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"
      },
      "expansion": "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”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Malay knā, 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "کنا",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "کنا"
      },
      "expansion": "kena (Jawi spelling کنا)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched adversely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incur",
          "incur"
        ],
        [
          "adversely",
          "adversely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contact, to experience, to exactly touch or hit off"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to touch, to strike, to hit, to affect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "touch",
          "touch"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have to do, to need to do, to need"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have to do",
          "have to do"
        ],
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perlu"
        },
        {
          "word": "harus"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be exact, to be accurate, to be precise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exact",
          "exact"
        ],
        [
          "accurate",
          "accurate"
        ],
        [
          "precise",
          "precise"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cocok"
        },
        {
          "word": "patut"
        },
        {
          "word": "tepat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəna/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əna"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-na"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kənə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kena"
}

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