Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *okẽn, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷẽn, from *ekʷ + *en. By surface analysis, oka (“house”) +‎ ena (“mouth”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani okẽ (“door”), Karitiâna akãn (“village”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈkɛ̃.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃na
• Hyphenation: o‧ke‧na

okena (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute okena, R1 rokena, R2 sokena)

1. lid (top or cover of a container)
2. door

   Synonyms: okendaba, teîkeaba

3. window

   Synonym: okendaba

• Nheengatu: ukena

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “okena”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 359, column 2