qene
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An Ethiopian literary genre that employs double entendres.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "These studies in qene demand great concentration as well as a contemplative spirit."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
qenes (plural)