tena

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tena. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tena, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tena in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tena you have here. The definition of the word tena will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftena, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tena"

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

tena

  1. any flying insect

Laboya

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

tena

  1. boat

Etymology 2

Adjective

tena

  1. correct
    Antonym: jala

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “tena”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

Makasar

Pronunciation

Adverb

tena (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨊ)

  1. not (clause negator)
    Tena nakulle a'gio'. ― He cannot move.

Verb

tena (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨊ)

  1. (negative existential) there is not; to have not
    Tena tau ja'dala' anne ri kamponga. ― There is no evil person in this village.
    Tena doekku. ― I don't have money. (literally, “There is no money of mine.”)

References

  1. ^ Aburaerah Arief (1995) Kamus Makassar–Indonesia, Ujung Pandang: Yayaan Perguruan Islam Kapita, page 117.
  2. ^ Aburaerah Arief (1995) Kamus Makassar–Indonesia, Ujung Pandang: Yayaan Perguruan Islam Kapita, page 138.

Maltese

Root
t-n-j
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ثَنَى (ṯanā).

Pronunciation

Verb

tena (imperfect jitni, past participle mitni, verbal noun tini)

  1. to fold

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tena
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tfejt tfejt tefa tfejna tfejtu tfew
f tfiet
imperfect m nitfi titfi jitfi nitfu titfu jitfu
f titfi
imperative itfi itfu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóna, þéna.

Verb

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

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

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Adverb

tena

  1. there
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 88:
      11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.
      11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
      11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.

Adjective

tena

  1. (demonstrative) masculine/neuter instrumental singular of ta (“that”)

Pronoun

tena

  1. instrumental singular of ta (“him, it, that”)

Spanish

Noun

tena f (plural tenas)

  1. a type of pepper.

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Compare Egyptian Arabic تاني (tāni, , “again”), from Arabic ثانٍ (ṯānin, “second”). The similarity may be coincidental, however.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adverb

tena

  1. again
    Nitacheza mpira wa miguu tena
    I will play football again
  2. moreover
  3. (in a negative sentence) again, anymore
    Sisi sio marafiki tena
    We are not friends anymore
    Sijui tena
    I don't know anymore
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia