teni

See also: tɛni and teñí

Chamicuro

Noun

teni

  1. breast

Cora

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni.

Noun

teni

  1. mouth

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin teneō, Italian tenere and French tenir.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈteni]
  • Rhymes: -eni
  • Hyphenation: 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

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”)
  • tenilo (“handle; haft”)

Turkish

Noun

teni

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