teia
See also: Teia and Téia
Catalan
Alternative forms
- tea, teda, tesa
Etymology
From Old Catalan tea, from Latin taeda. Compare Spanish tea, teda.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈtə.jə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.jə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈte.ja/
Noun
teia f (plural teies)
- Resinous wood from the pith of a pine or other similar trees.
- Small torch, spill.
- (cant) knife
- (figurative) constitution, makeup
Derived terms
- teiera
See also
- torxa
Further reading
- “teia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “teia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Hawaiian
Determiner
teia
- Niʻihau form of kēia (“this”)
- O Hawaii teia.
- This is Hawaii.
Usage notes
- In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēia.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tɛɪːa/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.
Alternative forms
- tegja (pre-1938)
- teie (e-infinitive)
Verb
teia (present tense teier, past tense tagde, past participle tagd or tagt, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
- to become silent
- to be silent
- to not tell anyone, to keep secret
- Du teier vel om dette?
- You'll keep this secret, right?
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tæja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido) from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
Alternative forms
- teie (e- and split infinitives)
- tæ
- (non-standard since 1938): tæja
Verb
teia (present tense teier, past tense teidde, past participle teidd, passive infinitive teiast, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
- to separate, to tear apart, to solve something complicated
- to pick up
- to explain
- Synonym: greia
- Teia ut alt saman
- Explain everything
- to look carefully (for something)
References
- “teia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- teya (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtej.ɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtej.a/ [ˈteɪ̯.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɐj.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈte.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: tei‧a
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese tea, from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of tela (“canvas; screen”).
Noun
teia f (plural teias)
- web; spider web
- Synonym: teia de aranha
- 1986, Sérgio Godinho (lyrics and music), “Lisboa Que Amanhece”, in Na Vida Real:
- Ao Cais dos Miradoiros / Vão chegando dos bares os navegantes / Amantes / Das teias que o amor e o fumo tecem
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (weaving) woof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
- Synonyms: trama, urdidura
- network (any interconnected group or system)
- Synonyms: emaranhado, rede
- (figurative, literature) plot (general course of a story)
- Synonyms: enredo, trama
Derived terms
- teia alimentar
- teia de aranha
- teia de Penélope
- teia trófica
Related terms
- tear
- tecer
- tela
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese tea, from Latin taeda (“torch”).
Noun
teia f (plural teias)
- torch
- Synonyms: tocha, archote