tēnei
Maori edit
Etymology edit
Analyzable as te (definite article) + nei (determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker).
Determiner edit
tēnei
- this (referring to something near to the speaker)
Coordinate terms edit
Tokelauan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei. Cognates include Maori tēnei and Samoan lenei.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
tēnei
- this (near the speaker)
Determiner edit
tēnei
- this (near the speaker)
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], page 1:
- Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
See also edit
Tokelauan demonstratives
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 382