enye

English

Noun

enye (plural enyes)

1. Alternative form of enyay.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ/ñ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔin̪.je]
• Hyphenation: en‧ye

Noun

enye

1. The name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ.

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-enye, from Common Bantu *-jéné ~ *-jényé. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -enyi ~ -inyi and Giryama -enye.

Pronunciation

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Particle

-enye

1. The ornative particle: having, possessing, with.
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     Taa zenye nuru kali, moja kwa juu mwisho wa ngazi, na moja kwa chini mwanzo wa ngazi […]

     Lamps shining with an intense light, one on top at the end of the stairs and one below at the beginning of the stairs, […]

Inflection

Inflected forms of -enye

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mwenye	wenye
m-mi class(III/IV)	wenye	wenye
ji-ma class(V/VI)	lenye	yenye
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	chenye	vyenye
n class(IX/X)	yenye	zenye
u class(XI)	wenye	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	penye
ku class(XVII)	kwenye
mu class(XVIII)	mwenye

See also

• -a: the genitive particle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• eñe — historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ / ñ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛː.ɲɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛn̪.jɛ]
• Rhymes: -enje
• Syllabification: en‧ye

Noun

enye (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) eñe

2. (historical) alternative form of eñe

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

• “enye”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018