tēnei
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Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Analyzable as te (definite article) + nei (determiner, “here” or “this”, close to the speaker).
Determiner[edit]
tēnei
- this (referring to something near to the speaker)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- tēnā (“that”, proximal, closer to the listener)
- tērā (“that”, distal, far from both speaker and listener)
Tokelauan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-nei. Cognates include Maori tēnei and Samoan lenei.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
tēnei
- this (near the speaker)
Determiner[edit]
tēnei
- this (near the speaker)
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], page 1:
- 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.
- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
See also[edit]
Tokelauan demonstratives
References[edit]
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 382
Categories:
- Maori lemmas
- Maori determiners
- Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian
- Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tokelauan lemmas
- Tokelauan pronouns
- Tokelauan demonstrative pronouns
- Tokelauan determiners
- Tokelauan demonstrative determiners
- Tokelauan terms with quotations