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teno'

Dictionary entry

teno'vi oo-class • there's a lot, there are many [This verb has 3sg o-class as well as oo-class forms.]

Lexicon record # 3488 | Source references: R254 JE7

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg teno' [oo-class] , tenol' [oo-class] , ten' [o-class] R254 JE81 JE85 VM1

  • collective tenem' there is a large quantity, there are a lot (of live things) R254 FS(LA138-002) JE81 JE85 YLCB18 YLCB19 • the Pleiades YM368

  • subjunctive 3pl 'we-tene'mek' R254

  • attributive 3sg/3pl tenowonee R254

Special meanings or uses

  • tene'moh gathering crowd, people JE59 JE102 [people]

  • teno' 'we-naahl take a large portion (of food) JE133 [food, drink, and cooking]

  • tenem' sook many things JE88

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (49)

  1. tenem' "there are a lot" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  2. tenem' "there are a lot" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  3. tene'moh (spoken by Violet Moore)

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  4. tene'moh "many people" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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