teni

See also: tɛni and teñí

Chamicuro

Noun

teni

1. breast

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *na(ʔ), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sV-na(r). The rhyme in -i in Chungli is irregular.

Noun

teni

1. nose

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 179
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 40
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 142

Cora

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni.

Noun

teni

1. mouth

References

• McMahon, Ambrosio; Aiton de McMahon, Maria (1959), Cora y español (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 2)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 15, 181
• Preuss, K. Th. (June 1935), “Wörterbuch Deutsch-Cora”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in German), volume VIII, number 2, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 81–102: “Mund teni”

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin teneō, Italian tenere and French tenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteni/

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• Rhymes: -eni
• Syllabification: te‧ni

Verb

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of teni

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		tenas		tenis		tenos
active participle		tenanta	tenantaj	teninta	tenintaj	tenonta	tenontaj
	acc.	tenantan	tenantajn	tenintan	tenintajn	tenontan	tenontajn
passive participle		tenata	tenataj	tenita	tenitaj	tenota	tenotaj
	acc.	tenatan	tenatajn	tenitan	tenitajn	tenotan	tenotajn
nominal active participle		tenanto	tenantoj	teninto	tenintoj	tenonto	tenontoj
	acc.	tenanton	tenantojn	teninton	tenintojn	tenonton	tenontojn
nominal passive participle		tenato	tenatoj	tenito	tenitoj	tenoto	tenotoj
	acc.	tenaton	tenatojn	teniton	tenitojn	tenoton	tenotojn
adverbial active participle		tenante		teninte		tenonte
adverbial passive participle		tenate		tenite		tenote
		infinitive	teni	imperative	tenu	conditional	tenus

Derived terms

• alteni (“to hold on, cling (to)”, transitive verb)
• alteniĝi (“to adhere, cling”, intransitive verb)
• antaŭteni (“to present (to someone)”)
• bonteni (“to maintain”)
• elteni (“to endure”)
• enteni (“to contain”)
• reteni (“to retain”)
• sinteno (“attitude”)
• tenilo (“handle; haft”)

Further reading

• “teni”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “teni”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ɲi]

Adverb

teni (not comparable)

1. (Far Masovian) alternative form of tędy

Further reading

• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909), “teni”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 210

Turkish

Noun

teni

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