tena

tena

1. any flying insect

• IPA^(key): [ˈteːna]

tena

1. boat

tena

1. correct

   Antonym: jala

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “tena”, in Lamboya word list‎^[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

From Proto-Athabaskan *təŋʸ-eˑ. Cognate with Ahtna tene, Navajo atiin.

• IPA^(key): /tʰənæ/

tena

1. trail, road, path

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 349

• IPA^(key): [ˈtena]

tena (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨊ)

1. not (clause negator)

   Tena nakulle a'gio'.^[1] ― He cannot move.

tena (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨊ)

1. (negative existential) there is not; to have not

   Tena tau ja'dala' anne ri kamponga.^[2] ― There is no evil person in this village.

   Tena doekku. ― I don't have money. (literally, “There is no money of mine.”)

Inherited from Arabic ثَنَى (ṯanā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna

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

1. to fold

• tene (e infinitive)

From Old Norse þjóna, þéna.

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.

• “tena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

tena

1. there
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[2], 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.

tena

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

tena

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtena/ [ˈt̪e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: te‧na

tena f (plural tenas)

1. a type of pepper.

• “tena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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

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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

tena

1. and also
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     […] si chini ya miaka thelathini, mwembamba tena mrefu, hadharani wa rangi, kavaa koti na suruali namna moja, rangi ya kijivujivu, […]

     […] not less than thirty years old, thin and tall, fair-skinned, wearing grey jacket and pants of a kind, […]