# tenga
## English
### Noun

tenga (plural tengas)
* (historical) The currency of Bukhara before 1920, divided into 10 falus.

## Fanagalo
### Etymology

From Zulu -thenga.

### Verb

tenga
* to buy, to purchase

## Italian
### Verb

tenga
* inflection of tenere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* agent, tange

## Japanese
### Romanization

tenga
* Rōmaji transcription of てんが

## Maori
### Noun

tenga
* goitre

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtenɡa/ [ˈt̪ẽŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -enɡa
* Syllabification: ten‧ga

### Verb

tenga
* inflection of tener:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-tenga (infinitive kutenga)
* to isolate, separate, remove

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -tenga :
| Positive present | -natenga |
| Subjunctive | -tenge |
| Negative | -tengi |
| Imperative singular | tenga |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutenga |
| Negative | kutotenga |
Imperatives :
| Singular | tenga |
| Plural | tengeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutenga |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litenga |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutenga |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatenga |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatenga |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitenge |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetenga |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetenga |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitenga |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitenga |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metenga |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatenga |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatenga |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitenga |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotenga |
| Consecutive | katenga / positive subject concord + -katenga |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katenge |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Passive: -tengwa
** Reciprocal: -tengana

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈteŋa/ [ˈt̪ɛː.ŋɐ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eŋa
* Syllabification: te‧nga

### Noun

tenga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ) (colloquial)
* Pronunciation spelling of tainga.

#### See also

* tengga

### Anagrams

* ateng, tange

## Zulu
### Verb

-tenga
* (intransitive) to rock, to sway, to move back and forth

#### Inflection

Tone unknown :
| Infinitive | ukutenga |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Infinitive | ukutenga | ukungatengi |
| | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Simple | + object concord |
| Singular | tenga | -tenge |
| Plural | tengani | -tengeni |
| | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyatenga, ngitenga | engitengayo, engitenga | ngitenga | angitengi | engingatengi | ngingatengi |
| 2nd singular | uyatenga, utenga | otengayo, otenga | utenga | awutengi | ongatengi | ungatengi |
| 1st plural | siyatenga, sitenga | esitengayo, esitenga | sitenga | asitengi | esingatengi | singatengi |
| 2nd plural | niyatenga, nitenga | enitengayo, enitenga | nitenga | anitengi | eningatengi | ningatengi |
| Class 1 | uyatenga, utenga | otengayo, otenga | etenga | akatengi | ongatengi | engatengi |
| Class 2 | bayatenga, batenga | abatengayo, abatenga | betenga | abatengi | abangatengi | bengatengi |
| Class 3 | uyatenga, utenga | otengayo, otenga | utenga | awutengi | ongatengi | ungatengi |
| Class 4 | iyatenga, itenga | etengayo, etenga | itenga | ayitengi | engatengi | ingatengi |
| Class 5 | liyatenga, litenga | elitengayo, elitenga | litenga | alitengi | elingatengi | lingatengi |
| Class 6 | ayatenga, atenga | atengayo, atenga | etenga | awatengi | angatengi | engatengi |
| Class 7 | siyatenga, sitenga | esitengayo, esitenga | sitenga | asitengi | esingatengi | singatengi |
| Class 8 | ziyatenga, zitenga | ezitengayo, ezitenga | zitenga | azitengi | ezingatengi | zingatengi |
| Class 9 | iyatenga, itenga | etengayo, etenga | itenga | ayitengi | engatengi | ingatengi |
| Class 10 | ziyatenga, zitenga | ezitengayo, ezitenga | zitenga | azitengi | ezingatengi | zingatengi |
| Class 11 | luyatenga, lutenga | olutengayo, olutenga | lutenga | alutengi | olungatengi | lungatengi |
| Class 14 | buyatenga, butenga | obutengayo, obutenga | butenga | abutengi | obungatengi | bungatengi |
| Class 15 | kuyatenga, kutenga | okutengayo, okutenga | kutenga | akutengi | okungatengi | kungatengi |
| Class 17 | kuyatenga, kutenga | okutengayo, okutenga | kutenga | akutengi | okungatengi | kungatengi |
| | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past | Recent past |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngitengile, ngitengē | engitengile, engitengē | ngitengile, ngitengē | angitenganga | engingatenganga | ngingatenganga |
| 2nd singular | utengile, utengē | otengile, otengē | utengile, utengē | awutenganga | ongatenganga | ungatenganga |
| 1st plural | sitengile, sitengē | esitengile, esitengē | sitengile, sitengē | asitenganga | esingatenganga | singatenganga |
| 2nd plural | nitengile, nitengē | enitengile, enitengē | nitengile, nitengē | anitenganga | eningatenganga | ningatenganga |
| Class 1 | utengile, utengē | otengile, otengē | etengile, etengē | akatenganga | ongatenganga | engatenganga |
| Class 2 | batengile, batengē | abatengile, abatengē | betengile, betengē | abatenganga | abangatenganga | bengatenganga |
| Class 3 | utengile, utengē | otengile, otengē | utengile, utengē | awutenganga | ongatenganga | ungatenganga |
| Class 4 | itengile, itengē | etengile, etengē | itengile, itengē | ayitenganga | engatenganga | ingatenganga |
| Class 5 | litengile, litengē | elitengile, elitengē | litengile, litengē | alitenganga | elingatenganga | lingatenganga |
| Class 6 | atengile, atengē | atengile, atengē | etengile, etengē | awatenganga | angatenganga | engatenganga |
| Class 7 | sitengile, sitengē | esitengile, esitengē | sitengile, sitengē | asitenganga | esingatenganga | singatenganga |
| Class 8 | zitengile, zitengē | ezitengile, ezitengē | zitengile, zitengē | azitenganga | ezingatenganga | zingatenganga |
| Class 9 | itengile, itengē | etengile, etengē | itengile, itengē | ayitenganga | engatenganga | ingatenganga |
| Class 10 | zitengile, zitengē | ezitengile, ezitengē | zitengile, zitengē | azitenganga | ezingatenganga | zingatenganga |
| Class 11 | lutengile, lutengē | olutengile, olutengē | lutengile, lutengē | alutenganga | olungatenganga | lungatenganga |
| Class 14 | butengile, butengē | obutengile, obutengē | butengile, butengē | abutenganga | obungatenganga | bungatenganga |
| Class 15 | kutengile, kutengē | okutengile, okutengē | kutengile, kutengē | akutenganga | okungatenganga | kungatenganga |
| Class 17 | kutengile, kutengē | okutengile, okutengē | kutengile, kutengē | akutenganga | okungatenganga | kungatenganga |
| | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past | Remote past |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngātenga | engātenga | ngātenga | angitenganga | engingatenganga | ngingatenganga |
| 2nd singular | wātenga | owātenga | wātenga | awutenganga | ongatenganga | ungatenganga |
| 1st plural | sātenga | esātenga | sātenga | asitenganga | esingatenganga | singatenganga |
| 2nd plural | nātenga | enātenga | nātenga | anitenganga | eningatenganga | ningatenganga |
| Class 1 | wātenga | owātenga | ātenga | akatenganga | ongatenganga | engatenganga |
| Class 2 | bātenga | abātenga | bātenga | abatenganga | abangatenganga | bengatenganga |
| Class 3 | wātenga | owātenga | wātenga | awutenganga | ongatenganga | ungatenganga |
| Class 4 | yātenga | eyātenga | yātenga | ayitenganga | engatenganga | ingatenganga |
| Class 5 | lātenga | elātenga | lātenga | alitenganga | elingatenganga | lingatenganga |
| Class 6 | ātenga | ātenga | ātenga | awatenganga | angatenganga | engatenganga |
| Class 7 | sātenga | esātenga | sātenga | asitenganga | esingatenganga | singatenganga |
| Class 8 | zātenga | ezātenga | zātenga | azitenganga | ezingatenganga | zingatenganga |
| Class 9 | yātenga | eyātenga | yātenga | ayitenganga | engatenganga | ingatenganga |
| Class 10 | zātenga | ezātenga | zātenga | azitenganga | ezingatenganga | zingatenganga |
| Class 11 | lwātenga | olwātenga | lwātenga | alutenganga | olungatenganga | lungatenganga |
| Class 14 | bātenga | obātenga | bātenga | abutenganga | obungatenganga | bungatenganga |
| Class 15 | kwātenga | okwātenga | kwātenga | akutenganga | okungatenganga | kungatenganga |
| Class 17 | kwātenga | okwātenga | kwātenga | akutenganga | okungatenganga | kungatenganga |
| | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential | Potential |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngingatenga | — | ngingatenga | ngingetenge | — | ngingetenge |
| 2nd singular | ungatenga | — | ungatenga | ungetenge | — | ungetenge |
| 1st plural | singatenga | — | singatenga | singetenge | — | singetenge |
| 2nd plural | ningatenga | — | ningatenga | ningetenge | — | ningetenge |
| Class 1 | angatenga | — | engatenga | angetenge | — | engetenge |
| Class 2 | bangatenga | — | bengatenga | bangetenge | — | bengetenge |
| Class 3 | ungatenga | — | ungatenga | ungetenge | — | ungetenge |
| Class 4 | ingatenga | — | ingatenga | ingetenge | — | ingetenge |
| Class 5 | lingatenga | — | lingatenga | lingetenge | — | lingetenge |
| Class 6 | angatenga | — | engatenga | angetenge | — | engetenge |
| Class 7 | singatenga | — | singatenga | singetenge | — | singetenge |
| Class 8 | zingatenga | — | zingatenga | zingetenge | — | zingetenge |
| Class 9 | ingatenga | — | ingatenga | ingetenge | — | ingetenge |
| Class 10 | zingatenga | — | zingatenga | zingetenge | — | zingetenge |
| Class 11 | lungatenga | — | lungatenga | lungetenge | — | lungetenge |
| Class 14 | bungatenga | — | bungatenga | bungetenge | — | bungetenge |
| Class 15 | kungatenga | — | kungatenga | kungetenge | — | kungetenge |
| Class 17 | kungatenga | — | kungatenga | kungetenge | — | kungetenge |
| | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future | Immediate future |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngizotenga | engizotenga | ngizotenga | angizutenga | engingezutenga | ngingezutenga |
| 2nd singular | uzotenga | ozotenga | uzotenga | awuzutenga | ongezutenga | ungezutenga |
| 1st plural | sizotenga | esizotenga | sizotenga | asizutenga | esingezutenga | singezutenga |
| 2nd plural | nizotenga | enizotenga | nizotenga | anizutenga | eningezutenga | ningezutenga |
| Class 1 | uzotenga | ozotenga | ezotenga | akazutenga | ongezutenga | engezutenga |
| Class 2 | bazotenga | abazotenga | bezotenga | abazutenga | abangezutenga | bengezutenga |
| Class 3 | uzotenga | ozotenga | uzotenga | awuzutenga | ongezutenga | ungezutenga |
| Class 4 | izotenga | ezotenga | izotenga | ayizutenga | engezutenga | ingezutenga |
| Class 5 | lizotenga | elizotenga | lizotenga | alizutenga | elingezutenga | lingezutenga |
| Class 6 | azotenga | azotenga | ezotenga | awazutenga | angezutenga | engezutenga |
| Class 7 | sizotenga | esizotenga | sizotenga | asizutenga | esingezutenga | singezutenga |
| Class 8 | zizotenga | ezizotenga | zizotenga | azizutenga | ezingezutenga | zingezutenga |
| Class 9 | izotenga | ezotenga | izotenga | ayizutenga | engezutenga | ingezutenga |
| Class 10 | zizotenga | ezizotenga | zizotenga | azizutenga | ezingezutenga | zingezutenga |
| Class 11 | luzotenga | oluzotenga | luzotenga | aluzutenga | olungezutenga | lungezutenga |
| Class 14 | buzotenga | obuzotenga | buzotenga | abuzutenga | obungezutenga | bungezutenga |
| Class 15 | kuzotenga | okuzotenga | kuzotenga | akuzutenga | okungezutenga | kungezutenga |
| Class 17 | kuzotenga | okuzotenga | kuzotenga | akuzutenga | okungezutenga | kungezutenga |
| | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future | Remote future |
| | Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial |
| 1st singular | ngiyotenga | engiyotenga | ngiyotenga | angiyutenga | engingeyutenga | ngingeyutenga |
| 2nd singular | uyotenga | oyotenga | uyotenga | awuyutenga | ongeyutenga | ungeyutenga |
| 1st plural | siyotenga | esiyotenga | siyotenga | asiyutenga | esingeyutenga | singeyutenga |
| 2nd plural | niyotenga | eniyotenga | niyotenga | aniyutenga | eningeyutenga | ningeyutenga |
| Class 1 | uyotenga | oyotenga | eyotenga | akayutenga | ongeyutenga | engeyutenga |
| Class 2 | bayotenga | abayotenga | beyotenga | abayutenga | abangeyutenga | bengeyutenga |
| Class 3 | uyotenga | oyotenga | uyotenga | awuyutenga | ongeyutenga | ungeyutenga |
| Class 4 | iyotenga | eyotenga | iyotenga | ayiyutenga | engeyutenga | ingeyutenga |
| Class 5 | liyotenga | eliyotenga | liyotenga | aliyutenga | elingeyutenga | lingeyutenga |
| Class 6 | ayotenga | ayotenga | eyotenga | awayutenga | angeyutenga | engeyutenga |
| Class 7 | siyotenga | esiyotenga | siyotenga | asiyutenga | esingeyutenga | singeyutenga |
| Class 8 | ziyotenga | eziyotenga | ziyotenga | aziyutenga | ezingeyutenga | zingeyutenga |
| Class 9 | iyotenga | eyotenga | iyotenga | ayiyutenga | engeyutenga | ingeyutenga |
| Class 10 | ziyotenga | eziyotenga | ziyotenga | aziyutenga | ezingeyutenga | zingeyutenga |
| Class 11 | luyotenga | oluyotenga | luyotenga | aluyutenga | olungeyutenga | lungeyutenga |
| Class 14 | buyotenga | obuyotenga | buyotenga | abuyutenga | obungeyutenga | bungeyutenga |
| Class 15 | kuyotenga | okuyotenga | kuyotenga | akuyutenga | okungeyutenga | kungeyutenga |
| Class 17 | kuyotenga | okuyotenga | kuyotenga | akuyutenga | okungeyutenga | kungeyutenga |
| | Present subjunctive | Present subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngitenge | ngingatengi |
| 2nd singular | utenge | ungatengi |
| 1st plural | sitenge | singatengi |
| 2nd plural | nitenge | ningatengi |
| Class 1 | atenge | angatengi |
| Class 2 | batenge | bangatengi |
| Class 3 | utenge | ungatengi |
| Class 4 | itenge | ingatengi |
| Class 5 | litenge | lingatengi |
| Class 6 | atenge | angatengi |
| Class 7 | sitenge | singatengi |
| Class 8 | zitenge | zingatengi |
| Class 9 | itenge | ingatengi |
| Class 10 | zitenge | zingatengi |
| Class 11 | lutenge | lungatengi |
| Class 14 | butenge | bungatengi |
| Class 15 | kutenge | kungatengi |
| Class 17 | kutenge | kungatengi |
| | Past subjunctive | Past subjunctive |
| | Positive | Negative |
| 1st singular | ngatenga | ngangatenga, angatenga, angangatenga |
| 2nd singular | watenga | wangatenga, awatenga, awangatenga |
| 1st plural | satenga | sangatenga, asatenga, asangatenga |
| 2nd plural | natenga | nangatenga, anatenga, anangatenga |
| Class 1 | watenga | wangatenga, akatenga, akangatenga |
| Class 2 | batenga | bangatenga, abatenga, abangatenga |
| Class 3 | watenga | wangatenga, awatenga, awangatenga |
| Class 4 | yatenga | yangatenga, ayatenga, ayangatenga |
| Class 5 | latenga | langatenga, alatenga, alangatenga |
| Class 6 | atenga | angatenga, awatenga, awangatenga |
| Class 7 | satenga | sangatenga, asatenga, asangatenga |
| Class 8 | zatenga | zangatenga, azatenga, azangatenga |
| Class 9 | yatenga | yangatenga, ayatenga, ayangatenga |
| Class 10 | zatenga | zangatenga, azatenga, azangatenga |
| Class 11 | lwatenga | lwangatenga, alwatenga, alwangatenga |
| Class 14 | batenga | bangatenga, abatenga, abangatenga |
| Class 15 | kwatenga | kwangatenga, akwatenga, akwangatenga |
| Class 17 | kwatenga | kwangatenga, akwatenga, akwangatenga |

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “tenga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “tenga (6.6-3)”