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te-no'

Dictionary entry

te-no'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 reference(s): R254 JE7

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg te-no' [oo-class] , te-no'l [oo-class] , te'n [o-class] R254 JE81 JE85 VM1

  • collective te-ne'm 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-te-ne'-mek' R254

  • attributive 3sg/3pl te-no-wo-nee R254

Special meanings or uses

  • te-ne'-moh gathering crowd, people JE59 JE102 [people]

  • te-no' 'we-naahl take a large portion (of food) JE133 [food, drink, and cooking]

  • te-ne'm sook many things JE88

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (61)

  1. te-ne'm "there are a lot" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  2. te-ne'm "there are a lot" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  3. te-ne'-moh "gathering crowd, people" (spoken by Violet Moore)

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  4. te-ne'-moh "many people" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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