yena

From Proto-Philippine *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina .

yena

1. mother

• yama

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

yena

1. where
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 88:

     11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.

     11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.

     11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

A noun phrase denoting location or destination may be wrapped in the pair yena....tena and put in the nominative, as opposed to simply being put in the locative or accusative, as in:

yena

1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ya (“who (relative)”)

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

• hiyena

Borrowed from Spanish hiena (“hyena”), from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjena/ [ˈjɛ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ye‧na

yena (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜈ)

1. hyena

• “yena”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

yena

1. he, she, him, her, it; third-person singular pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

From Proto-Nguni *yená.

• IPA^(key): /jeːná/

yená

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 1 absolute pronoun.

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “yena”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yena (6.3)”