tēnā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tena"

Maori

Determiner

tēnā

1. that (referring to something near the listener)

Related terms

• tēnei
• tērā

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	tē	iē
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