De Eo Conj Teni Verb Hold Translator Fabeloj Andersen

to
hold
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hold
, to
keep
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keep
(hold on to)

1932,

L. L. Zamenhof
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
(translator), Fabeloj de Andersen.

1933, Vasilij Eroŝenko, El vivo de ĉukĉoj:

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /ˈteni/
• Hyphenation: te‧ni
• Rhymes:
  -eni
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/eni

Verb

teni (present

1. to
   hold
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hold
   , to
   keep
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keep
   (hold on to)
   • 1932,
     L. L. Zamenhof
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
     (translator), Fabeloj de Andersen.

     “Mi faris eltrovon, la plej grandan de post jarcentoj!” li krias, “kaj de pli ol dudek jaroj oni min tenas ĉi tie enŝlositan!”

     “I made a discovery, the greatest in centuries!” he cries, “and they've kept me locked up here for more than twenty years!”

   • 1933, Vasilij Eroŝenko, El vivo de ĉukĉoj:

     En la manoj li tenas kaptoŝnuron.

     He's holding a lasso in his hands.

Conjugation

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