kena
| 14:38 May 24, 2006 |
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sweet baby (as in my sweet child) Explanation: I am not a professional translator, so I'm just trying, but here goes.. "Kena" could be derived from the older Flemish word "kindeke". If it was said in a fast way, I imagine it could have sounded like "kineke", where the first part dominate the last part (-ke). If you would write that sound in English it would be something like "kena". "Kindeke" used to be a rather sweet (and I guess common) word to address a child. I found a traditional Dutch christmas song where the word is used (see reference). Regards, Endlezz Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/avangalen/kerstliedjes/okin... |
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