tena koe
/ˌteɪnɑː ˈkəʊeɪ/exclamation NZ
A Maori greeting addressed to one person only: the facilitators were often greeted with "tena koe"...
- First of all, tena koe.
- Tena koe, Natasha, greetings.
- Madam Speaker, tena koe.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Maori, literally there you are.
- imperious
- imperiously
- imperiousness
- imperishability
- imperishable
- imperishableness
- imperishably
- imperium
- impermanence
- impermanency
- impermanent
- impermanently
- impermeability
- impermeable
- impermeant
- impermissibility
- impermissible
- impersonal
- impersonality
- impersonally
- impersonal pronoun
- impersonate
- impersonation
- impersonator
- impertinence