tena

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tena

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Compare Egyptian Arabic تاني (tāni, [tɛːnɪ], “again”), from Arabic ثانٍ (ṯānin, “second”). The similarity may be coincidental, however.

adverb

again Nitacheza mpira wa miguu tena
moreover
in a negative sentence again, anymore Sisi sio marafiki tena

conjunction

and also […] si chini ya miaka thelathini, mwembamba tena mrefu, hadharani wa rangi, kavaa koti na suruali namna moja, rangi ya kijivujivu,[…]

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@misc{tena_2026,
  title = {tena},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/tena},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}