ten
Bingham
tEn
n. tin (ENG).
tEn
a. three, always followed by a numeral suffix ai, ung, man, nga, kai, kora, or by a certain noun, as bon, ririki, ritoro, inaki, atao, ba.
ten
a. three twos, used in counting by twos, six.
Sabatier
ten
art. te, ten, tem teng, before proper nouns (masculine), ten before names beginning with T.
ex. Ten Tetabo.
ten1
pref. of compound words meaning three:.
ex. ten-ua, teniman, ten ai.
ten2
suf. in compound words: by three's, three times.
ex.
- nano ten, buki ten, rae ten, oro-ten, koroten, orotenia, korotenia.
- ten: three pairs when counting in pairs.
- tera, ua, ten: two, four, six, or one pair, two pairs, etc.