Infinitive
teni
Forms
Tenses
| Present | tenas |
| Past | tenis |
| Future | tenos |
| Conditional | tenus |
| Imperative | tenu! |
Participles
| Active past | teninta |
| Active present | tenanta |
| Active future | tenonta |
| Passive past | tenita |
| Passive present | tenta |
| Passive future | tenota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ten-
3. Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider.
4. Proto-Italic *tenēō
5. Latin teneōbor.
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7. Latin tenēre
8. Italian tenerebor.
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10. Latin teneō
11. Early Medieval Latin tenīre
12. Old French tenir
13. Middle French tenir
14. French tenirbor.
15. Esperanto teni
16. Borrowed from Latin teneō, Italian tenere, and French tenir.
Verbs referencing "teni"
Ido tenar.
Sample Sentences
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“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!”) [1932, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Fabeloj de Andersen:]
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En la manoj li tenas kaptoŝnuron. (He's holding a lasso in his hands.) [1933, Vasilij Eroŝenko, El vivo de ĉukĉoj:]
Translations
hold, to grasp