teni
Chamicuro
Cora
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni.
References
- McMahon, Ambrosio, Aiton de McMahon, Maria (1959) Cora y español (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 2) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 15, 181
- Preuss, K. Th. (1935 June) “Wörterbuch Deutsch-Cora”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in German), volume VIII, number 2, , →JSTOR, pages 81–102: “Mund teni”
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): [ˈteni]
- Rhymes: -eni
- Hyphenation: te‧ni
Verb
teni (present tenas, past tenis, future tenos, conditional tenus, volitive tenu)
- 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
|
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.