tenir
Catalan
verb
Definitions
- to have, possess
- to hold
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan tenir inherited from Latin *tenīre, tenēre (hold, have) inherited from Proto-Italic *tenēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
Gloss
stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attainable English
- detain English
- discountenance English
- entertainer English
- impertinent English
- incontinency English
- incontinently English
- maintainer English
- retainer English
- retentiveness English
- retentivity English
- sustainment English
- tenure English
- tenurial English
- *tenīre Latin
- abstinentia Latin
- abstineo Latin
- abstineō Latin
- antenna Latin
- attingō Latin
- contentiō Latin
- continentia Latin
- contineo Latin
- continere Latin
- continēntem Latin
- continēre Latin
- detineo Latin
- incontinens Latin
- incontinentia Latin
- inter Latin
- manus tenere Latin
- manū Latin
- obtinēre Latin
- pertinens Latin
- pertineo Latin
- pertinere Latin
- pertineō Latin
- pertinēre, pertineo, pertineō Latin
- retentiō, retentiōnis Latin
- retentor Latin
- retentus Latin
- retineo Latin
- retineō Latin
- sustinere Latin
- sustinēre, sustineō Latin
- teneo Latin
- tener Latin
- tener, tenerum Latin
- tenerum Latin
- tenet Latin
- teneō, teneo, tenēre Latin
- tenimentum Latin
- tenor Latin
- tensiō, tensiōnem Latin
- tenēre Latin
- tenīre Latin
- attendibilità Italian
- inattendibilità Italian
- tenere Italian
- tenzonare Italian
- pertinence French
- tener Spanish, Castilian
- τένων Ancient Greek
- ταινία Ancient Greek
- *stengh- : *stn̥gh- Proto-Indo-European
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *tend- Proto-Indo-European
- *tenkt- Proto-Indo-European
- *tn̥néwti Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-tis, *téntis Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *tón-os, *tónos Proto-Indo-European
- *þanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *þindaną Proto-Germanic
- तान Sanskrit
- *teneto Proto-Slavic
- *tьnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- entretenement Old French
- tenant Old French
- tenir Old French
- cap Catalan, Valencian
- captenir-se Catalan, Valencian
- entre Catalan, Valencian
- entreteniment Catalan, Valencian
- entretenir Catalan, Valencian
- se Catalan, Valencian
- तनना Hindi
- तनाव Hindi
- ține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tynnu Welsh
- stingrs Latvian
- թել Old Armenian
- lieutenant Middle French
- tẽer Old Portuguese
- *tantā Proto-Celtic
- téner Occitan
- *tendō Proto-Italic
- *tenēō Proto-Italic
- *tonslis Proto-Italic
- tener Asturian
- tignî Friulian
- tenir Old Occitan
- tiniri Sicilian
- tèniri Sicilian
- tegner Venetian
- tenar Dalmatian
- tene Neapolitan
- tené Neapolitan
- tener Aragonese
- tegnir Franco-Provençal
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