morena

Borrowed from Sotho morena, Northern Sotho morena, Tswana morena, from mo- (personal class prefix) + rena (“to be rich, to be a leader”).

• (S Africa) IPA^(key): /mɔˈɹenə/, /məˈɹenə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹeɪnə/

morena (plural morenas)

1. (South Africa) Someone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers. (Chiefly as a form of address.) [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 93:

     ‘Morena,’ said the old priest, ‘don't be angry with the boy.’

• Anmore, Armeno-, Mareno, Morane, Ramone, anomer, enamor, maenor, marone, menora, moaner, monera

Borrowed from Spanish morena, feminine singular form of moreno.

• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧na

morena

1. feminine of moreno.

morena f (plural morene)

1. (geology) moraine, glacial till, drift

• armeno, nomare, nomerà, remano, romane, romena

morena f

1. (geology) moraine (accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier)

Borrowed from French moraine.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)

• (fragments left by a glacier): moreia

From moreno.

morena f (plural morenas)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

morena

1. Feminine singular of adjective moreno.

morena class 1/2 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master, king

• → Phuthi: murena

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ˈɾe̞.na̠]
• See also: morrena, armenio.

See moreno. Ultimately related to English Moor.

morena f (plural morenas, masculine moreno, masculine plural morenos)

1. dark-skinned female, brunette

morena

1. Feminine singular of adjective moreno.

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).

morena f (plural morenas)

1. (zoology) moray

• monera

Borrowed from Spanish morena.

morena

1. (of a woman) dark-skinned

morena

1. a dark-skinned woman

• mestisa

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈrɛna/

morêna class 1 (plural barena)

1. lord, chief, master King