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The term 'jen' has the primary meaning of a literal head. It is often metaphorically extended to refer to things that are high up, and leaders and chiefs, and in compounds to express leadership or importance. As a verb it is a transitive skurun vern which means to lead or to boss, with an ergative subject that is the leader and an absolutive object that is the thing lead.

The derived form 'jenysyn' is a word for leadership or management.