tei

tei

See also: TEI, Téi, tēi, and tʼéí

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Indonesian tahi, Malagasy tay, Palauan dach and Samoan tae.

Noun

tei

1. feces; manure

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Chang

Noun

tei

1. water

References

• Walter Thomas French, Northern Naga: A Tibeto-Burman Mesolanguage, volume 2 (1983), page 567: Ph yuŋ le, Ch tei la 'thirsty' (Ph yuŋ/Ch tei = 'water')

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tilia, changed into a masculine. Compare Italian tiglio, Romanian tei, Catalan tell.

Noun

tei m

1. lime tree, linden

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Ido

Noun

tei

1. plural of teo

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Japanese

Romanization

tei

1. Rōmaji transcription of てい

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Latgalian

Etymology

Akin to Latvian tie and Lithuanian tie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲɛ̀i̯]
• Hyphenation: tei

Pronoun

tei

1. that (feminine)

Declension

Declension of tei

	singular	plural
nominative	tei	tuos
genitive	tuos	tūs
dative	tai	tom
accusative	tū	tuos
locative	tymā	tymuos

See also

Latgalian demonstrative pronouns

	proximal		distal
	m	f	m	f
singular	itys	itei	tys	tei
plural	itī	ituos	tī	tuos

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37

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Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *täi.

Noun

tei

1. louse

Declension

Declension of tei (17)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	tei	teid
genitive (genitīv)	tei	teid
partitive (partitīv)	teiõ	tēḑi
dative (datīv)	teiõn	teidõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	teiõks	teidõks
illative (illatīv)	teiõ	tēži
inessive (inesīv)	teiõs teis	tēši
elative (elatīv)	teiõst teist	tēšti

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Mandarin

Romanization

tei

1. Nonstandard spelling of tēi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle English

Noun

tei

1. Alternative form of teye (“cord, chain”)

Pronoun

tei

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tei

1. imperative of teia

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Obokuitai

Noun

tei

1. child

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

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Old French

Pronoun

tei

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of toi
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Li Angles Dex li respundi: Tais tei

     The Angel of God said to him: shut up

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tilia, turned masculine in assimilation to other tree names, or through Vulgar Latin *tilius. Compare Italian tiglio and Friulian tei.

Noun

tei m (plural tei)

1. lime tree
2. linden

Declension

Declension of tei

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tei	teiul	(niște) tei	teii
genitive/dative	(unui) tei	teiului	(unor) tei	teilor
vocative	teiule		teilor

Derived terms

• teios

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Samoan

Noun

tei

1. younger relative

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Scots

Noun

tei (plural teis)

1. (South Scots) tea

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Tobati

Numeral

tei

1. one

References

• Mark Donohue, Tobati, in John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, Terry Crowley, The Oceanic Languages (Curzon Press, Londres, 2002)

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Tolomako

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

tei

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976), page 311

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from English tie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtei̯/
• Rhymes: -ei̯

Noun

tei m or f (plural teis)

1. necktie

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tei	dei	nhei	thei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.