teh
See also: téh, tèh, Teh, and TEH
English
Etymology
Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tĕ, IPA(key): /tɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
Article
teh
- (Internet slang, dated) Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.
- This is teh game for your new box!
- You are teh haxor!
- 2007 October, GameAxis Unwired, SPH Magazines, page 14:
- This Beowulf is based on a new animated movie of the same name... so yes, this counts as yet another game based on a movie, which basically relegates it to teh suck status in the minds of most.
- 2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 10:
- Spending Fridays at school was teh suck anyway, and I was glad of the excuse to make my escape.
- 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 78:
- Awl teh booze got drink, an Happy Cat's momz was liek, “Dey gotz no booze. Dis parti iz teh suck!”
Usage notes
- Teh is sometimes used in deliberately ungrammatical ways compared to the word the. For example, teh can be applied to adjectives; "He is teh stupid" is an acceptable sentence within the universe of teh usage, whereas ordinarily "He is the stupid" is not.
Anagrams
- -eth, ETH, Eth, Eth., HET, eth, eth-, het, the, the-
Albanian
Etymology
A prefixed derivative of eh.
Noun
teh m (indefinite plural teha, definite singular teha, definite plural tehat)
- blade
Related terms
- eh
Bahnar
Alternative forms
- tĕh
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric *t(n)ɛh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iʔ ~ *t₁ih ~ *t₁iəh (“earth, ground”); cognate with Koho tiah (“earth, ground”), Mon တိ (tɔeˀ, “earth, ground, land”), Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth, ground, land”), Semai tiiq (“earth, ground, soil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛh/
Noun
teh
- earth, ground
- dirt
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- te
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teʔ/
Pronoun
teh
- (emphatic) you (singular), thou
Synonyms
- tehhuatl
Indonesian
Teh
Etymology
From Malay teh (“tea”), from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛh/
- Hyphenation: tèh
Noun
tèh (first-person possessive tehku, second-person possessive tehmu, third-person possessive tehnya)
- tea
Derived terms
- mengeteh
- teh-tehan
- teh botol
- teh celup
- teh herbal
- teh hijau
- teh hitam
- teh hutan
- teh jahe merah
- teh kampung
- teh kotak
- teh kulit manggis
- teh kuning
- teh makau
- teh manis
- teh merah
- teh obeng
- teh oolong
- teh pahit
- teh paraguai
- teh pelangsing
- teh putih
- teh ragi
- teh talua
- teh tarik
- teh tawar
- teh tubruk
Further reading
- “teh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Noun
teh (Jawi spelling تيه, informal 1st possessive tehku, 2nd possessive tehmu, 3rd possessive tehnya)
- tea
Synonyms
- ca
Derived terms
- teh tarik
Descendants
- Indonesian: teh
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 咧 (“in the process of; currently”). (This character, teh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧.) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 硩 (“to press; etc.”). (This character, teh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 硩.) |
Slavey
Noun
teh
- water
References
- Keren Rice, A grammar of Slave (1989)