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te
Etymology 1
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
Pronunciation
Noun
te (plural tes)
- (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
te (plural tes)
Anagrams
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
te
- indicating excess: too
Preposition
te
Verb
te
- to see
References
- Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Tone: L[1]
Verb
te
- to understand, perceive
- to hear
References
- Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i), Basel, page 476
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).
Preposition
te (+ nominative)
- at
- Unë jam te pijetorja.
- I'm at the bar.
- to
- të duash ndokënd.
- to love someone.
- (with a human referent) at (someone's) place
- Jemi te unë.
- We're at my place.
Synonyms
Etymology
Pronoun
te
- Second-person singular dative, accusative and prepositional pronoun; you
Usage notes
- Takes the form t' before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
See also
More information nominative, disjunctive ...
| nominative | disjunctive | dative | accusative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | yo | me, m'2 | ||||
| plural | masculine | nusatros1.1 | nos1.6 | ||||
| feminine | nusatras1.1 | ||||||
| second person | singular | familiar | tú | te, t'2 | |||
| formal | vusté,1.2 vos | ||||||
| plural | familiar | masculine | vusatros1.3 | vos, tos3 | |||
| feminine | vusatras1.3 | ||||||
| formal | vustés,1.2 vos | ||||||
| third person | singular | masculine | él1.4 | le1.7 | lo,1.8 l'2 | ||
| feminine | ella1.5 | la | |||||
| plural | masculine | els, ellos1.4 | les1.7 | los1.9 | |||
| feminine | ellas1.5 | las | |||||
| reflexive | — | se, s'2 | |||||
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Aragonese personal pronouns
- The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
- nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
- vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
- era(s) (Belsetán).
- mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
- li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
- el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
- In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.
References
- “te”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
te inan
Etymology 2
Noun
te inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Declension
More information indefinite, singular ...
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | te | tea | teak |
| ergative | tek | teak | teek |
| dative | teri | teari | teei |
| genitive | teren | tearen | teen |
| comitative | terekin | tearekin | teekin |
| causative | terengatik | tearengatik | teengatik |
| benefactive | terentzat | tearentzat | teentzat |
| instrumental | tez | teaz | teez |
| inessive | tetan | tean | teetan |
| locative | tetako | teko | teetako |
| allative | tetara | tera | teetara |
| terminative | tetaraino | teraino | teetaraino |
| directive | tetarantz | terantz | teetarantz |
| destinative | tetarako | terako | teetarako |
| ablative | tetatik | tetik | teetatik |
| partitive | terik | — | — |
| prolative | tetzat | — | — |
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Declension of te (inanimate, ending in vowel)
See also
Noun
te
References
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
- The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
- Stokhof (1975)
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.
Pronoun
te
- you (singular)
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Etymology 2
From Latin tē (accusative of tū).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')
Usage notes
- -te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
- Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?
- Mou-te! ― Move!
Declension
More information strong/subject, weak (direct object) ...
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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
Related terms
Etymology 3
Originally from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation
Noun
te m (plural tes)
- a tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
- tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served
Derived terms
- joc de te
- planta del te
- tetera
Further reading
- “te” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “te”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Pronoun
te
- Alternative spelling of teh
Noun
te
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Alternative forms
Pronoun
te
Etymology 2
From English tea from Dutch thee
Noun
te m (plural teow)
Derived terms
- chek te (“tea kettle”)
- hanaf te (“teacup”)
- lo de (“teaspoon”)
- loyas te (“teaspoonful”)
- pott te (“teapot”)
- prys te (“tea time”)
Mutation
More information unmutated, soft ...
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| te | de | the | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.
Alternative forms
- the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)
Noun
te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)
- tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
- tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
- (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
Declension
More information common gender, Singular ...
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | te | teen | teer | teerne |
| genitive | tes | teens | teers | teernes |
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Declension of te
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Faroese: te
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show”), cognate with Icelandic tjá, Faroese tíggja, Swedish te, German zeihen (“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”), which is also the source of Latin dīcō (“to say”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).
Verb
te (present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle teet)
Conjugation
More information present, past ...
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | ter | teede |
| perfect | har teet | havde teet |
| passive | — | — |
| participle | teende | teet |
| imperative | te | — |
| infinitive | te | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | teen | — |
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Inflection of te
Derived terms
References
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.
Pronunciation
Noun
te
References
- S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag
Etymology
From Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation
Adverb
te
- too (indicating excess)
- Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!
- Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Preposition
te
- (modifying an infinitive verb) to
- Er is iets te eten
- there is something to eat
- Het is te doen
- it is doable, it can be done
- located at, in, on
- Te Amsterdam
- in Amsterdam.
- En zo rijden we te paard
- and so we ride on horseback.
Derived terms
Descendants
Article
te
Usage notes
This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:
Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:
- te elfder ure. ― at the eleventh hour
- te eigen bate ― for one's own profit
(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat respectively.)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tek.
Pronoun
te (short form of teie)
- you (plural and polite form)
Declension
More information Declension of, 2nd person ...
| Declension of te | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd person | singular | plural | ||
| long | short | long | short | |
| nominative | sina | sa | teie | te |
| genitive | sinu | su | teie | te |
| partitive | sind | teid | ||
| illative | sinusse | susse | teisse | |
| inessive | sinus | sus | teis | |
| elative | sinust | sust | teist | |
| allative | sinule | sulle | teile | |
| adessive | sinul | sul | teil | |
| ablative | sinult | sult | teilt | |
| translative | sinuks | – | teieks | teiks |
| terminative | sinuni | – | teieni | – |
| essive | sinuna | – | teiena | – |
| abessive | sinuta | – | teieta | – |
| comitative | sinuga | suga | teiega | – |
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.
Pronoun
te
- Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you
Usage notes
- Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.
See also
More information nominative, dative ...
| nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
| plural | common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | ||
| masculine | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
| feminine | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
| second person | singular | tú | te, -ti | ti | ||
| plural | common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
| masculine | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
| feminine | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
| third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el |
| feminine | ela | a | ela | |||
| plural | masculine | elis | usLV, osM | elis | ||
| feminine | elas | as | elas | |||
| reflexive | — | se, -si | sí | |||
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Fala personal pronouns
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Declension
More information n4, singular ...
| n4 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | te | teið | te | teini |
| accusative | te | teið | te | teini |
| dative | te, tei | tenum | teum | teunum |
| genitive | tes | tesins | tea | teanna |
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Etymology 2
Originally from Hokkien 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Noun
te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)
Declension
More information n4s, singular ...
| n4s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | te | teið |
| accusative | te | teið |
| dative | te, tei | tenum |
| genitive | tes | tesins |
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Derived terms
- grønt te
- hvítt te
- reytt te
- svart te
- teblað
- tebræv
- tekanna
- tekoppur
- temuður
Anagrams
Alternative forms
- Te (when used politely)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
- (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)
Usage notes
- Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä (“you sg”)).
- When addressing one person politely or formally, it is recommended to capitalize the pronoun in writing: Te.
- When addressing only one person (even politely), the active past participle must be in the singular in the compound forms that use it (e.g. negative, perfect, pluperfect forms):
- Te ette ollut täällä silloin. (negative past indicative) ― You were not here at that time.
- Te olette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect indicative) ― You have been here at that time.
- Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect indicative) ― You have not been here at that time.
- Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect conditional) ― You would have been here at that time.
- Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect conditional) ― You would have not been here at that time.
- Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect potential) ― You have probably been here at that time.
- Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect potential) ― You haven't probably been here at that time.
- Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative past perfect indicative) ― You had been here at that time.
- Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. (negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut) ― You had not been here at that time.
Declension
- Irregular (inflectional stem tei-, as if in the plural). The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.
- See this appendix for information on the dialectal variants of te.
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Declension of te
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Kven: tet
See also
More information first, second ...
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Finnish personal pronouns
Further reading
- “te”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronoun
te (prevocalic t', postpositive -tu) (ORB, broad)
- you (second-person singular nominative)
See also
More information singular, nominative ...
| singular | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic1 | possessive2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | jo | mè | min | ||
| 2nd person | te | tè | tin | ||
| 3rd person masculine | il | lo / le | lui | sin | |
| 3rd person feminine | el | la | lyé | ||
| 3rd person neuter | o | y | — | ||
| 3rd person reflexive | — | sè | |||
| plural | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic1 | possessive2 |
| 1st person | nos | noutro | |||
| 2nd person | vos | voutro | |||
| 3rd person masculine | ils | los / les | lor | lor | |
| 3rd person feminine | els | les | lor / lyés | ||
| 3rd person reflexive | — | sè | |||
| 1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | 2 Generally preceded by a definite article. | ||||
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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
References
Etymology
From Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
- (direct object) you
- Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.
- (indirect object) you
- Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.
- (reflexive pronoun) yourself
- Tu te souviens d’elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)
Related terms
More information Number, Person ...
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | |
| Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | ||
| Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
| Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||||
| Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | — | — | soi4 | |||
| Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | |
| Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | — | — | vous2 | ||
| Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | y | en | eux3 | |
| Feminine | elles | elles | ||||||
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French personal pronouns
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
Further reading
- “te”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Etymology
From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Erzya тон (ton),[1] Eastern Mari тый (tyj) and Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
- (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)
Declension
Derived terms
Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.
- tealattad, teáltalad, teelőtted etc. (te + a postposition with the second-person singular personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
- teneked, teveled, tehozzád etc. (te + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)
See also
References
Further reading
- ([informal, singular] you): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([dialectal] stressing the plural addressee): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Article
te (Wiesemann spelling)
- Alternative spelling of de
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation
Noun
te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)
Declension
More information singular, indefinite ...
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | te | teið |
| accusative | te | teið |
| dative | tei | teinu |
| genitive | tes | tesins |
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Declension of te (sg-only neuter)
Derived terms
- grænt te
- tebolli
- tehetta
- teketill
- tepottur
- tesía
- teskeið
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Synonyms
- ti (Standard Malay)
See also
Further reading
- “te” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)
- hot, warm
- pungent
- ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
- affectionate
- comfortable (of circumstances)
Declension
More information singular, plural (m/f) ...
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | te | the | teo; theo2 | |
| vocative | the | teo | ||
| genitive | te | teo | te | |
| dative | te; the1 |
the | teo; theo2 | |
| Comparative | níos teo | |||
| Superlative | is teo | |||
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1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: teocha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
More information radical, lenition ...
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| te | the | dte |
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 108, page 59
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 388, page 129
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
Pronoun
te
- (clitic) Alternative form of ti
Usage notes
See also
More information Number, Person ...
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
| second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
| third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
| second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
| third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
| 2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
| 3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
| 4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | |||||||||
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Italian personal pronouns
Further reading
- te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Etymology
From Sanskrit तद् (tád), from Proto-Indo-European *tód.
Pronoun
te
Coordinate terms
See also
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | a / آ | ábi / آبی | |
| 2nd person | tu / تُو | ábi / آبی | |
| 3rd person (near) | ía / اِیا | émi / ایمی | |
| 3rd person (far) | ása / آسا | éḷi / ایࣇی | |
| 3rd person (absent) | se / سے | te / تے | |
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Kalasha personal pronouns
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
te (infinitive gũte)
- to throw away
- tũteaga ― we (usually) throw away
See also
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /teː/, [t̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te/, [t̪ɛː]
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tē f (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Coordinate terms
References
- te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronoun
tē
Descendants
Pronunciation
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Adverb
te
Conjunction
te
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian te. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greek τῆ (tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē,[2] and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʻē, “that”).
Pronunciation
Particle
tè
Interjection
tè
- (with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, page 249
Pronunciation
Determiner
te
Romanization
te
- Romanization of ᡨᡝ
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦
Romanization
te
- Nonstandard spelling of tē.
- Nonstandard spelling of tè.
- Nonstandard spelling of tê̄.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Compare Hawaiian ka (“the”). Resemblance to English the is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.
Article
te sg (plural ngā)
Determiner
te sg (plural ngā)
- Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.
- Kī tonu te wharenui i te tamariki.
- The meeting house was full of children.
- Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
- Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.
- Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.
- Used in front of another verb following a stative.
- Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.
- I have finished writing my book.
- Used in front of another verb following taea.
- Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.
- She will be able to interpret this song.
- Used before the names for the days of the week.
- Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.
- We go to Sydney on Saturday.
- Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
- I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.
- Peter was overseas for five years.
- Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.
- I piki a Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki te tuangahuru mā rua o ngā rangi.
- Tāne-nui-a-rangi climbed to the twelfth realm.
See also
- he (for "a/an" and "some")
References
Etymology
From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation
Preposition
te
- at, in (a place)
- to, towards
- at, during (a time)
- for (the purpose of)
- in accordance with
- with, from (a means, such as language)
- (with gerund) to, for
Alternative forms
- toe (eastern)
Descendants
Adverb
te
- very, particularly
- too, to an excessive degree
Alternative forms
- toe (eastern)
Descendants
- Dutch: te
Further reading
- “te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Pronoun
te
- Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Alternative forms
- t' (before a vowel)
Etymology
From Old French te.
Pronoun
te
- you, second-person singular object pronoun
- to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun
Synonyms
Descendants
- French: te
Particle
te
- used with iah to negate a sentence
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
- you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)
Coordinate terms
More information Number, Person ...
| Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
| second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
| second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
| third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
| third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
| plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
| second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
| third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
| third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) | |||||
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
te m (definite singular teen)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)
Etymology 3
Preposition
te
- (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Østlandet) Alternative form of til
References
- “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Alternative forms
Adjective
te
- masculine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“that”)
Pronoun
te
- nominative/accusative plural of ta (“they”)
- instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction
té
Relative
-té
Inflection
More information Relative concord, tone H, Modifier ...
| Relative concord, tone H | ||
|---|---|---|
| Modifier | Copulative | |
| 1st singular | legite | gite |
| 2nd singular | lote | ute |
| 1st plural | lesite | site |
| 2nd plural | lelite | lite |
| Class 1 | lote | ute |
| Class 2 | labate | bate |
| Class 3 | lote | ute |
| Class 4 | lete | ite |
| Class 5 | lelite | lite |
| Class 6 | late | ate |
| Class 7 | lesite | site |
| Class 8 | letite | tite |
| Class 9 | lete | ite |
| Class 10 | letite | tite |
| Class 14 | lobute | bute |
| Class 15 | lokute | kute |
| Class 17 | lokute | kute |
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
te m
Pronoun
te f
Pronoun
te n
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: te
Pronoun
te
- (object pronoun) you (singular)
- Vem comigo; levar-te-ei a casa. (formal)
Vem comigo, vou te levar pra casa. (informal)- Come with me; I will take you home.
- particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
- Vais-te muito cedo.
- You are leaving too soon.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.
See also
More information Portuguese personal pronouns (edit), Number ...
| Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
| Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
| Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
| o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
| Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
| se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
| Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
| Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
| os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
| Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
| se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
| Indefinite | se | si | consigo | ||||||||||
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Conjunction
te
Etymology 1
Pronoun
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
- you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
- feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)
- Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tȋ | vȋ |
| genitive | tȅbe, te | vȃs |
| dative | tȅbi, ti | vȁma, vam |
| accusative | tȅbe, te | vȃs |
| vocative | ti | vȋ |
| locative | tȅbi | vȁma |
| instrumental | tȍbōm | vȁma |
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Declension of te
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).
Conjunction
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
- Poskliznuo sam se te pao.
- I slipped and fell.
- and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
- U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.
- In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.
- Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.
- I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.
- (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
- Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!
- Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Etymology 2
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronoun
te
- dative of tú: to you, for you
- Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"
- I’m going to make your britches
- accusative of tú: you
- (reflexive pronoun) yourself
See also
More information nominative, dative ...
| nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
| plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
| feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
| second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
| voseo | vos | vos | |||||
| formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
| plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
| feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
| formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
| third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
| feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
| neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
| plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
| feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
| reflexive | — | se | sí1 | ||||
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Spanish personal pronouns
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
- “te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Conjunction
te
- when
- 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:
- Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku
- If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket
Etymology 2
From English till or Dutch te.
Preposition
te
Etymology 3
Noun
te
Descendants
Romanization
te
- Romanization of 𒋼
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From either French thé or German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Noun
te n
- tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | te | tes |
| definite | teet | teets | |
| plural | indefinite | teer | teers |
| definite | teerna | teernas | |
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Declension of te
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: tee
See also
- kaffe (“coffee”)
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish tēa, from Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan), German zeihen, Dutch tijgen.
Verb
te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative te)
- (reflexive) to appear
- Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.
- And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)
Conjugation
More information Active, Passive ...
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | te | — | ||
| Supine | tett | — | ||
| Imperative | te | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | ten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ter | tedde | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | te | tedde | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | te | tedde | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | teende | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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Conjugation of te (weak)
Related terms
Etymology 3
Eye dialect spelling of till, for some dialects.
Preposition
te
- Synonym of till
Usage notes
Rarely in written form unless imitating speech.
References
Anagrams
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈte/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: te
- Homophone: Te
Etymology 1
Noun
te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (colloquial)
- Clipping of ate.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish te, the Spanish name of the letter T/t.
Noun
te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (historical)
- the name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Abecedario
Further reading
- “te”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Article
te (plural sometimes te mau)
- the (singular) (definite article)
- the (plural) (definite article)
- (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.
Pronunciation
Article
te
- Singular definite article; the
Derived terms
See also
More information Impersonal, singular ...
| Impersonal | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Definite | te | nā |
| Indefinite | he | ni |
| Personal | ||
| Nominal | Pronominal | |
| Simple | ia | |
| After i/ki | a | a te |
| After mai | ia te | |
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Tokelauan articles
References
Etymology 1
Noun
te
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
te
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت
Etymology 3
Adverb
te
- Alternative form of ta
Noun
te (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Article
te
- the (definite article)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tee.
Noun
te
Inflection
More information Inflection of (inflection type 13/ma), nominative sing. ...
| Inflection of te (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | te | ||
| genitive sing. | ten | ||
| partitive sing. | ted | ||
| partitive plur. | teid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | te | ted | |
| accusative | ten | ted | |
| genitive | ten | teiden | |
| partitive | ted | teid | |
| essive-instructive | ten | tein | |
| translative | teks | teikš | |
| inessive | tes | teiš | |
| elative | tespäi | teišpäi | |
| illative | tehe | teihe | |
| adessive | tel | teil | |
| ablative | telpäi | teilpäi | |
| allative | tele | teile | |
| abessive | teta | teita | |
| comitative | tenke | teidenke | |
| prolative | tedme | teidme | |
| approximative I | tenno | teidenno | |
| approximative II | tennoks | teidennoks | |
| egressive | tennopäi | teidennopäi | |
| terminative I | tehesai | teihesai | |
| terminative II | telesai | teilesai | |
| terminative III | tessai | — | |
| additive I | tehepäi | teihepäi | |
| additive II | telepäi | teilepäi | |
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Derived terms
- ajandte
- päavtote
- pämante
- päte
- raudte
- ristte
- šossete
- tedote
- telikundankodvii
- telämoi
- tenkatkaidai
- tenpäluz
- tesar'
- tever'
- ujundte
- ülituzte
References
Etymology
Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.
Pronunciation
Noun
te m (uncountable)
- (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
- tea (main evening meal)
- Synonym: swper
Derived terms
- amser te (“teatime”)
- bag te (“teabag”)
- bisgeden de (“tea biscuit”)
- blwch te (“tea caddy”)
- cist de (“tea chest”)
- clwb te (“tea club”)
- cwpan te (“teacup”)
- cwpanaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- dail te (“tea leaves”)
- dawns amser te (“tea dance”)
- dŵr te (“water for brewing tea”)
- dysgl de (“teacup”)
- dysglaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- fflasg de (“tea flask”)
- gardd de (“tea garden”)
- hambwrdd te (“tea tray”)
- helygen dail te (“tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia”)
- hidlwr te (“tea strainer”)
- llestri te (“tea set, tea things”)
- llwy de (“teaspoon”)
- llwyn te (“broom tea-tree (Leptospermum scoparium)”)
- llwyn-te gwlanog (“wooly tea-tee (Leptospermum lanigerum)”)
- paned o de (“cup of tea”)
- pelen de (“teaball”)
- planhigfa de (“tea plantation”)
- rhosyn te (“tea rose”)
- seremoni de (“tea ceremony”)
- soser de (“saucer”)
- tabi te (“tea tabby (Aglossa dimidiata)”)
- te bach (“light refreshment, afternoon tea”)
- te bwtsiar (“tea made in the cup”)
- te camomeil (“camomile tea”)
- te cig eidion (“beef tea”)
- te colsyn (“cinder tea”)
- te dail (“leaf tea”)
- te deg (“tea taken at 10:00 am”)
- te du (“black tea”)
- te gwyn (“white tea”)
- te gwyrdd (“green tea”)
- te Labrador (“Labrador tea (Ledum palustre(”)
- te Mecsico (“Mexican tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides)”)
- te melyn (“yellow tea”)
- te mintys (“mint tea”)
- te padi (“tea made in the cup”)
- te perlysiau (“herbal tea”)
- te perlysieuol (“herbal tea”)
- te pinsh (“tea made in the cup”)
- te slecyn (“cinder tea”)
- te swigod (“bubble tea”)
- te tramp (“tea made in the cup; stewed tea”)
- te ŵlong (“oolong tea”)
- troli te (“tea trolley”)
- tun te (“tea tin”)
- tŷ te (“teahouse”)
- wrn te (“tea urn”)
- ystafell de (“tearoom”)
Mutation
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References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *tæwᶜ (“frost”).[1]
| This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't really resemble any other "frost" word in the area. There is a similarity to Hungarian dér (“frost”), which is generally cited by Magyarologists as being of unknown origin. It is worth noting that, in addition to frost being uncommon or even nonexistent in the regions where Hmong-Mien is spoken, the Hmongic term does not seem to exist in Mienic, and that Hmongic populations are distinguished from Mienics by a noticeable presence of a paternal lineage strongly associated with ancient northeastern Chinese and Uralic populations, the latter which Hungarian belongs to. Perhaps these two terms are linked, though the hypothetical timescale of the relationship makes this virtually impossible to verify.” |
Pronunciation
Noun
te (classifier: cov)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 312.
- Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.
Noun
te
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