Common Lexeme

lena

Keywords: computers, internet

Pronunciation (IPA): 'le.na 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: skurun 
Forms: lena, lenaka, lenasyn, lenas 
Glosses: computer, compute, calculate, calculation, computation, output, computerised 

Description:

The term 'lena' is closely related to 'kue', 'reckon' in terms of how it's used, but it refers more to artificial intelligence and computation than to the more human reckoning of 'kue'.

Noun:

As a noun, 'lena' means 'computer' or 'computational device', which is its base meaning. As a rule of thumb, although Common speakers wouldnt normally think of it this way, a 'lena' is usually a device capable of being a Turing-complete computer. It is used very flexibly to describe all kinds of computing devices.

Some derived forms:

  • lenaka: a computation, output
  • lenasyn: computation in general.

Verb:

As a verb, 'lena' is a skurun verb meaning to compute, with the absoltuive object being the thing computed, often represented by a dependent clause.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'lenas' means something like 'computerised', and it can have a sense like 'artificial' in that context, e.g., in 'na Lenas Merosyn', 'artificial intelligence'.

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