See tēnei on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Analyzable as te (definite article) + nei (determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker).",
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},
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"english": "that; closer to the listener",
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],
"word": "tēnā"
},
{
"english": "that; far from both speaker and listener",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "tērā"
}
],
"glosses": [
"this (referring to something near to the speaker)"
],
"id": "en-tēnei-mi-det-k4KKAqYg",
"links": [
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"this"
]
]
}
],
"word": "tēnei"
}
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"2": "poz-pnp-pro",
"3": "*te-nei"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "mi",
"2": "tēnei"
},
"expansion": "Maori tēnei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "lenei"
},
"expansion": "Samoan lenei",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei. Cognates include Maori tēnei and Samoan lenei.",
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{
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"2": "pronoun",
"cat2": "demonstrative pronouns"
},
"expansion": "tēnei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"tē‧ne‧i"
],
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"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "pron",
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"name": "Tokelauan determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
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],
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"this (near the speaker)"
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"id": "en-tēnei-tkl-pron-HmbXLI1Y",
"links": [
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"this",
"this"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[teː.ˈne.i]"
}
],
"word": "tēnei"
}
{
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"2": "poz-pnp-pro",
"3": "*te-nei"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "tēnei"
},
"expansion": "Maori tēnei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "lenei"
},
"expansion": "Samoan lenei",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei. Cognates include Maori tēnei and Samoan lenei.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tkl",
"2": "determiner",
"cat2": "demonstrative determiners"
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"expansion": "tēnei",
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"hyphenation": [
"tē‧ne‧i"
],
"lang": "Tokelauan",
"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "det",
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
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"name": "Tokelauan determiners",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "other",
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],
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"bold_english_offsets": [
[
0,
4
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
19
]
],
"english": "This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.",
"ref": "1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:",
"text": "Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"this (near the speaker)"
],
"id": "en-tēnei-tkl-det-HmbXLI1Y",
"links": [
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"this",
"this"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "tē"
},
{
"word": "iē"
},
{
"word": "nei"
},
{
"word": "iēnei"
},
{
"word": "tēnā"
},
{
"word": "iēnā"
},
{
"word": "tēia"
},
{
"word": "iēia"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[teː.ˈne.i]"
}
],
"word": "tēnei"
}
{
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"Pages with entries"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"english": "that; closer to the listener",
"tags": [
"proximal"
],
"word": "tēnā"
},
{
"english": "that; far from both speaker and listener",
"tags": [
"distal"
],
"word": "tērā"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Analyzable as te (definite article) + nei (determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "determiner"
},
"expansion": "tēnei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
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"Maori entries with incorrect language header",
"Maori lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"this (referring to something near to the speaker)"
],
"links": [
[
"this",
"this"
]
]
}
],
"word": "tēnei"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Tokelauan demonstrative pronouns",
"Tokelauan determiners",
"Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"Tokelauan lemmas",
"Tokelauan pronouns",
"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"1": "tkl",
"2": "poz-pnp-pro",
"3": "*te-nei"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "tēnei"
},
"expansion": "Maori tēnei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sm",
"2": "lenei"
},
"expansion": "Samoan lenei",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei. Cognates include Maori tēnei and Samoan lenei.",
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{
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"1": "tkl",
"2": "pronoun",
"cat2": "demonstrative pronouns"
},
"expansion": "tēnei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"tē‧ne‧i"
],
"lang": "Tokelauan",
"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
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"this (near the speaker)"
],
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]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[teː.ˈne.i]"
}
],
"word": "tēnei"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Tokelauan demonstrative determiners",
"Tokelauan demonstrative pronouns",
"Tokelauan determiners",
"Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header",
"Tokelauan lemmas",
"Tokelauan pronouns",
"Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
"Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"2": "poz-pnp-pro",
"3": "*te-nei"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "mi",
"2": "tēnei"
},
"expansion": "Maori tēnei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "lenei"
},
"expansion": "Samoan lenei",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei. Cognates include Maori tēnei and Samoan lenei.",
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"2": "determiner",
"cat2": "demonstrative determiners"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"tē‧ne‧i"
],
"lang": "Tokelauan",
"lang_code": "tkl",
"pos": "det",
"related": [
{
"word": "tē"
},
{
"word": "iē"
},
{
"word": "nei"
},
{
"word": "iēnei"
},
{
"word": "tēnā"
},
{
"word": "iēnā"
},
{
"word": "tēia"
},
{
"word": "iēia"
}
],
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19
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],
"english": "This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.",
"ref": "1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:",
"text": "Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"this (near the speaker)"
],
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"this"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[teː.ˈne.i]"
}
],
"word": "tēnei"
}
Download raw JSONL data for tēnei meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)
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