tēnā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tena"

Maori

Determiner

tēnā

  1. that (referring to something near the listener)

North Marquesan

Determiner

tēnā

  1. that

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-hena. Cognates include Maori tēnā and Samoan lenā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [teː.ˈnaː]
  • Hyphenation: tē‧nā

Pronoun

tēnā

  1. this, that (near the spoken to)

Determiner

tēnā

  1. this, that (near the spoken to)

See also

Tokelauan demonstratives
singular plural
simple
proximal tēnei, nei iēnei, nei
medial tēnā iēnā
distal tēia iēia

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 382