See also: tɛni and teñí

Chamicuro edit

Noun edit

teni

  1. breast

Cora edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni.

Noun edit

teni

  1. mouth

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Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin teneō, Italian tenere and French tenir.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈteni]
  • Rhymes: -eni
  • Hyphenation: te‧ni

Verb edit

teni (present tenas, past tenis, future tenos, conditional tenus, volitive tenu)

  1. to hold, to keep (hold on to)
    • 1932, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Fabeloj de Andersen:
      “Mi faris eltrovon, la plej grandan de post jarcentoj!” li krias, “kaj de pli ol dudek jaroj oni min tenas ĉi tie enŝlositan!”
      “I made a discovery, the greatest in centuries!” he cries, “and they've kept me locked up here for more than twenty years!”
    • 1933, Vasilij Eroŝenko, El vivo de ĉukĉoj:
      En la manoj li tenas kaptoŝnuron.
      He's holding a lasso in his hands.

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Noun edit

teni

  1. accusative singular of ten
  2. third-person singular possessive of ten