teaz

teaz

Basque

Noun

teaz

1. instrumental singular of te

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Galician

Alternative forms

• talaz, teaxe, telaxe, teaza, tez, tiez

Etymology

Unknown. Probably related to Asturian tiez, and also perhaps to Spanish and Portuguese tez, but the etymology proposed for Coromines[1] to these words can't explain the Galician forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈaθ/

Noun

teaz f (plural teaces)

1. membrane, peel, especially one found inside a body, nut, egg
   1. pericardium
   2. chorion
   3. pleura
   4. peritoneum

References

• “teaz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “teaz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “teaz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “teaxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “tez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos