See also: tené, téne, -tene, and Tene

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun edit

tene class 14

  1. past

Adverb edit

tene

  1. early, soon
    rũcinĩ teneearly in the morning[1]
    Ũka tene.Come early.[1]

Derived terms edit

(Phrases)

(Proverbs)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 “tene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 440. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Latin edit

Verb edit

tenē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of teneō

Neapolitan edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

tene

  1. you (singular, formal, after preposition)

Coordinate terms edit

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þjóna, þéna.

Verb edit

tene (present tense tener, past tense tente, past participle tent, passive infinitive tenast, present participle tenande, imperative ten)

  1. to earn
    Om sumaren kan dei tene mykje pengar.
    During the summer, they can earn a lot of money.
  2. to serve
    Han tente landet sitt.
    He served his country.

References edit

Old Irish edit

Noun edit

tene m

  1. Alternative spelling of teine

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tene thene tene
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish tener.

Verb edit

tene

  1. to hold

Tocharian B edit

Adverb edit

tene

  1. Alternative form of tane

Turkish edit

Noun edit

tene

  1. dative singular of ten

Wolof edit

Noun edit

tene (definite form tene mi)

  1. cheetah