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tena koe

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New Zealand/ˌteˈna kweː/

tena koe interjection: a greeting (to a single person).

Interjection

  1. (New Zealand) A greeting (to a single person)

Origin of tena koe

Borrowed from Māori tēnā koe.

Questions about tena koe

What does tena koe mean?
Tena koe means a greeting (to a single person).
What part of speech is tena koe?
Tena koe is an interjection.
How do you pronounce tena koe?
Tena koe is pronounced /ˌteˈna kweː/ (New Zealand).

Words near tena koe in the dictionary

  1. ten-thousandths
  2. ten-wheeler
  3. ten-wheelers
  4. ten-year series
  5. Tena
  6. tena koe
  7. tena'im
  8. tenability
  9. tenable
  10. tenableness
  11. tenably

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