tenga
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== English ==
=== Noun ===
tenga (plural tengas)
(historical) The currency of Bukhara before 1920, divided into 10 falus.
== Chichewa ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈte.ᵑɡa/
=== Verb ===
-tenga (infinitive kuténga)
to take
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -tengera
Passive: -tengedwa
Stative: -tengeka
== Fanagalo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Zulu -thenga.
=== Verb ===
tenga
to buy, to purchase
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.ɡa/
Rhymes: -ɛnɡa
Hyphenation: tèn‧ga
=== Verb ===
tenga
inflection of tenere:
first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
agent, tange
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
tenga
Rōmaji transcription of てんが
== Māori ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Polynesian *tega (“compact rounded object”) Cognate with Niuean tega (“testicles”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈteŋa/ [ˈtɛŋɐ]
=== Noun ===
tenga
crop (of a bird)
Adam's apple
goitre
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“tenga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtenɡa/ [ˈt̪ẽŋ.ɡa]
Rhymes: -enɡa
Syllabification: ten‧ga
=== Verb ===
tenga
inflection of tener:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cenga, from Proto-Bantu *-cènga. This form was inherited through a Northern dialect; doublet of -chenga, which was inherited through a Southern dialect.
In Sabaki, cognate with Digo -tsenga and Giryama -t̪enga. Other Bantu cognates include Zulu -hlenga.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ᵑɡɑ/
(Kimvita) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɛ.ᵑɡɑ/
=== Verb ===
-tenga (infinitive kutenga)
to isolate, separate, remove
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Passive: -tengwa
Reciprocal: -tengana
== Tagalog ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈteŋa/ [ˈt̪ɛː.ŋɐ]
Rhymes: -eŋa
Syllabification: te‧nga
=== Noun ===
tenga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ) (colloquial)
pronunciation spelling of tainga
==== See also ====
tengga
=== Anagrams ===
ateng, tange
== Zulu ==
=== Verb ===
-tenga
(intransitive) to rock, to sway, to move back and forth
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “tenga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “tenga (6.6-3)”