"tēnei" meaning in Maori

See tēnei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

Etymology: Analyzable as te (definite article) + nei (determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker). Etymology templates: {{m|mi|te|pos=definite article}} te (definite article), {{m|mi|nei|pos=determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker}} nei (determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker) Head templates: {{head|mi|determiner}} tēnei
  1. this (referring to something near to the speaker) Coordinate_terms: tēnā (english: that; closer to the listener) [proximal], tērā (english: that; far from both speaker and listener) [distal]
    Sense id: en-tēnei-mi-det-k4KKAqYg Categories (other): Maori determiners, Maori entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for tēnei meaning in Maori (1.2kB)

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      },
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        },
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        }
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          "this"
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    {
      "english": "that; far from both speaker and listener",
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        "distal"
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