qene

See also: qenë

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ge'ez ቅኔ (ḳəne).

Noun

qene (plural qenes)

1. An Ethiopian literary genre that employs double entendres.
   • 2012, Mohammed Girma, Understanding Religion and Social Change in Ethiopia: Toward a Hermeneutic of Covenant‎^[1], Springer, →ISBN:

     After undergoing extensive training on the methods of memorization and meditation, qene becomes a crucial aspect of the students' academic journey because qene gives them a chance to construe their own perception of reality using religious conviction as a foundation and individual poetic skill as a methodological device.

   • 2015, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Blue Talk and Love‎^[2], Riverdale Avenue Books LLC, →ISBN:

     This was our qene, our back-and-forth talk. […] Abeselome's qene has always been good; he is sixteen, has been growing up and learning things two years longer than me. He goes to the school and gathers new words, a new story-full every week. Then he comes home and kicks the words to me. I stop them with my eyes, turn them around in my head, kick them back. My qene is good, he tells me, and I know. My qene is from my family; they put it in my name: Meraffe, chapter. My qene goes for days and days. Back when we were children, when Azmera was still here, she joined in the qene.

   • 2023, Christine Chaillot, The Traditional Teaching of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahedo Church: Faith and Spirituality‎^[3], LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN, page 80:

     These studies in qene demand great concentration as well as a contemplative spirit.

Drehu

Alternative forms

• qana

Noun

qene

1. language

References

• Tryon, Darrell T. (1967), “qene, qana”, in Dehu-English dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; C–6)‎^[4], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 99

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɛˈnə]
• Hyphenation: qe‧ne

Noun

qene f

1. alternative form of qıne