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tena

Bingham

ténaa

vt. to bite.

téna

n. a biting, a biting sensation, a close fit.
vi. to fit close, to bite.

Sabatier

tena

n. acidity, sourness.
a. piquant, pungent, stinging, biting, sour, acid, bitter.
vc. katena: to make sting, to cauterize, to burn, to sear, to apply a stinging remedy.
n. te bai ni katena: remedy which...

tena1

v. tenatena, tena raoi, tena buaka: to be crowded, pressed together, close together, wedged, caught, joined, well-joined, badly joined, very near to, almost touching.
vc. katena: to make join, to join by tightening, to close in together, to make catch..., to wedge...
n. te bai ni katena: pincers, pliers, vice.

tena2

vt. tetena, tenatena: to bite, to hold between teeth, to hold between two..., to pinch, to wedge.

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