tene

See also: tené, téne, -tene, and Tene

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ. Cognate with Navajo atiin, Lower Tanana tena.

Noun

tene

1. (relational noun) trail

Derived terms

• cʼetsiy tene (“railroad”)
• cʼetsiy tene łoodaxi (“train”)

See also

• ti- (“trail extends”)
• ten (“have a trail”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 333

Akan

Verb

tene (Twi)

1. to ooze

   Synonyms: nwunu, sɔne

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “ooze”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀nɛ̀ꜜ/

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

Noun

tene class 14

1. past

Adverb

tene

1. early, soon

   rũcinĩ tene ― early in the morning

   Ũka tene. ― Come early.

Derived terms

• gatenange
• gatenatene
• gĩtene class 7
• ũtene class 14

(Phrases)

• tene (o) na tene

(Proverbs)

• tene nĩ tene thutha nĩ mũgiano

Latin

Verb

tenē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of teneō

Middle English

Numeral

tene

1. (especially Early Middle English) postpostive form of ten

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenə/

Pronoun

tene

1. you (singular, formal, after preposition)

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	reflexive	possessive	prepositional
singular	first person		io	me			mìo, mìa, miéje, mèje	me, méne
	second person	familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tója, tuóje, tòje	te, téne
		formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third person	n	ésso	'o (lo)	lle	se	sùjo, sója, suóje, sòje	ésso
		m	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	lle, lli			ìsso
		f	éssa	'a (la)	lle			éssa
plural	first person		nuje	nce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second person		vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third person	n	éssa (llòro)	'a (la)	lle (llòro)	se	llòro (invariable)	éssa (llòro)
		m	ìsse (llòro)	'e, 'i (le, li)	lle, lli (llòro)			ìsse (llòro)
		f	ésse (llòro)	'e (le)	lle (llòro)			ésse (llòro)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tena (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóna, þéna.

Verb

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

• “tene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Noun

tene m

1. alternative spelling of teine

Mutation

Mutation of tene

radical	lenition	nasalization
tene	thene	tene pronounced with /d̪̠ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish tener.

Verb

tene

1. to hold

Tocharian B

Adverb

tene

1. alternative form of tane

Turkish

Noun

tene

1. dative singular of ten

Wolof

Noun

tene (definite form tene mi)

1. cheetah