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Q. ten- v. (basic-verb) “to arrive, come to” (Category: to Reach, Arrive)

⚠️Q. ten-, v. (basic-verb) “to arrive, come to” (Category: to Reach, Arrive): Q. anya- “to reach, arrive at, go to; *to manage, succeed (at something) + infinitive”; Q. tenta- “to point (to/out), indicate; to direct toward, be directed toward; to go forth towards (with object)”

See Q. anya- for discussion.

References ✧ VT49/23

Changes

Inflections

tene	aorist	“comes, arrives, is with us”	✧ VT49/23
tenin	aorist 1st-sg		✧ VT49/23: is indefinite in time
tenin	aorist 1st-sg	“I arrive at/come to/get to”	✧ VT49/23
tenuva	future	“will arrive”	✧ VT49/23
tenne	past	“arrived, reached”	✧ VT49/23
tennen	past 1st-sg	“I arrive[d]”	✧ VT49/23
etēnie	perfect	“has just arrived”	✧ VT49/23
tēna-	present	“is on point of arrival, is just coming to the end”	✧ VT49/23: pres.

Element In

Q. mennen sís “I arrive[d] here” ✧ VT49/23
Q. quiquië menin coaryanna, arsë “whenever I arrive at his house/come to/get to, he is out” ✧ VT49/23
Q. yá hríve menë, ringa ná “when winter comes/arrives/is with us, it is cold” ✧ VT49/23

Derivations

< √TEN “direction; point (toward); end (in sense of point aimed at)” ✧ VT49/23 (ten-)

Phonetic Developments

√ten- > tēna-

[tenna]

Q. †tenya- v. (ya-formative) “to arrive, end (not at speaker’s[?] place)” (Category: to Reach, Arrive)

See Q. anya- for discussion.

References ✧ VT49/24; VTE/49

Glosses

Variations

Changes

†tenya “arrive, end at (?specific) place” »» †tenya “arrive, end (not at speaker’s[?] place)” ✧ VTE/49

Inflections

†tenne

past; strong-past

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

√ten > †tenya

[tenja-]