DCHP-1 Online
tenas ((adj.)) [< Chinook Jargon ? < Nootka t' an' as child, baby] Pacific Coast 
adj. small; little.
See also: tenas-man
- 1922 His tribes-people called him the Tenas Tyee (little Chief) and they loved him.
- 1927 We'll build a tenas cabin/ On the shore of Canim Lake.
- 1922 His tribes-people called him the Tenas Tyee (little Chief) and they loved him.