benna

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 *bennā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Welsh benn (cart).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /benːaː/

Noun

bennā f

  1. carriage

Declension

Descendants


Italian

Etymology

From Latin benna (carriage), from Gaulish benna (carriage).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnna

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative benna bennae
Genitive bennae bennārum
Dative bennae bennīs
Accusative bennam bennās
Ablative bennā bennīs
Vocative benna bennae

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, 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, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • benna in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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