tene

See also: tené, téne, and -tene

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[1]
    Ũka tene. - Come early.[1]

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

(Phrases)

(Proverbs)

  • tene nĩ tene thutha nĩ mũgiano

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

Latin

Verb

tenē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of teneō

Neapolitan

Etymology 1

From Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /təˈne/

Verb

tene

  1. To have
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtenə/

Pronoun

téne

  1. you (singular, formal, after preposition)
Coordinate terms
NumberPersonNominativeAccusativeDativeReflexivePossessivePrepositional
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

Alternative forms

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

Old Irish

Noun

tene m

  1. Alternative spelling of teine

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Etymology

From Spanish tener.

Verb

tene

  1. to hold

Tocharian B

Adverb

tene

  1. here (in this place)

Turkish

Noun

tene

  1. dative singular of ten

Wolof

Noun

tene (definite form tene mi)

  1. cheetah
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