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tenas, a. (and n.)|ˈtɛnæs|
[Chinook Jargon, ad. Nootka t'an'as child.]
Small. Also as n., and in tenas man [cf. kloochman], a child.
1870Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, B.C.) 16 Apr. 3/3 There trip about a few Tenass-men, some with the remains of an old coat and beaver hat, and some [in] almost naked savagedom. 1904Wide World Mag. Sept. 541/2 Klootchmen, tenasses, old bucks, and young hunters..were crowded on the schooner's deck. 1935H. Davis Honey in Horn xxii. 371 Nobody but this tenas buck [i.e. small Indian] here. 1969Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 19 Oct. 3/2 They were very insolent..laughing at the tenass warship for wasting her powder and shot. |