tenu

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See also: ténu

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Verb

tenu

  1. imperative of teni

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Etymology

Probably from denaturoitu (“denatured”).

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Noun

tenu

  1. (slang, dated) Synonym of taloussprii
  2. (colloquial, by extension) methylated spirit (denatured strong alcohol used e.g. as fuel)

Declension

Inflection of tenu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tenu tenut
genitive tenun tenujen
partitive tenua tenuja
illative tenuun tenuihin
singular plural
nominative tenu tenut
accusative nom. tenu tenut
gen. tenun
genitive tenun tenujen
partitive tenua tenuja
inessive tenussa tenuissa
elative tenusta tenuista
illative tenuun tenuihin
adessive tenulla tenuilla
ablative tenulta tenuilta
allative tenulle tenuille
essive tenuna tenuina
translative tenuksi tenuiksi
abessive tenutta tenuitta
instructive — tenuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tenu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tenuni tenuni
accusative nom. tenuni tenuni
gen. tenuni
genitive tenuni tenujeni
partitive tenuani tenujani
inessive tenussani tenuissani
elative tenustani tenuistani
illative tenuuni tenuihini
adessive tenullani tenuillani
ablative tenultani tenuiltani
allative tenulleni tenuilleni
essive tenunani tenuinani
translative tenukseni tenuikseni
abessive tenuttani tenuittani
instructive — —
comitative — tenuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tenusi tenusi
accusative nom. tenusi tenusi
gen. tenusi
genitive tenusi tenujesi
partitive tenuasi tenujasi
inessive tenussasi tenuissasi
elative tenustasi tenuistasi
illative tenuusi tenuihisi
adessive tenullasi tenuillasi
ablative tenultasi tenuiltasi
allative tenullesi tenuillesi
essive tenunasi tenuinasi
translative tenuksesi tenuiksesi
abessive tenuttasi tenuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tenuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tenumme tenumme
accusative nom. tenumme tenumme
gen. tenumme
genitive tenumme tenujemme
partitive tenuamme tenujamme
inessive tenussamme tenuissamme
elative tenustamme tenuistamme
illative tenuumme tenuihimme
adessive tenullamme tenuillamme
ablative tenultamme tenuiltamme
allative tenullemme tenuillemme
essive tenunamme tenuinamme
translative tenuksemme tenuiksemme
abessive tenuttamme tenuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tenuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tenunne tenunne
accusative nom. tenunne tenunne
gen. tenunne
genitive tenunne tenujenne
partitive tenuanne tenujanne
inessive tenussanne tenuissanne
elative tenustanne tenuistanne
illative tenuunne tenuihinne
adessive tenullanne tenuillanne
ablative tenultanne tenuiltanne
allative tenullenne tenuillenne
essive tenunanne tenuinanne
translative tenuksenne tenuiksenne
abessive tenuttanne tenuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tenuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tenunsa tenunsa
accusative nom. tenunsa tenunsa
gen. tenunsa
genitive tenunsa tenujensa
partitive tenuaan
tenuansa 		tenujaan
tenujansa
inessive tenussaan
tenussansa 		tenuissaan
tenuissansa
elative tenustaan
tenustansa 		tenuistaan
tenuistansa
illative tenuunsa tenuihinsa
adessive tenullaan
tenullansa 		tenuillaan
tenuillansa
ablative tenultaan
tenultansa 		tenuiltaan
tenuiltansa
allative tenulleen
tenullensa 		tenuilleen
tenuillensa
essive tenunaan
tenunansa 		tenuinaan
tenuinansa
translative tenukseen
tenuksensa 		tenuikseen
tenuiksensa
abessive tenuttaan
tenuttansa 		tenuittaan
tenuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tenuineen
tenuinensa

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Participle

tenu (feminine tenue, masculine plural tenus, feminine plural tenues)

  1. past participle of tenir

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