tego

See also: teĝo and tęgo

English

Noun

tego (plural tegos)

1. Alternative form of toego

Esperanto

Etymology

From tegi +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈteɡo]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Hyphenation: teg‧o

Noun

tego (accusative singular tegon, plural tegoj, accusative plural tegojn)

1. sheet, pillow case, bedtick

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tegō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”). Cognate with English thatch.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɡoː/, [ˈt̪ɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɡo/, [ˈt̪ɛːɡo]

Verb

tegō (present infinitive tegere, perfect active tēxī, supine tēctum); third conjugation

1. to cover; to clothe

   Synonyms: vēlō, obvolvō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.5–7:

     Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelum
     ūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,
     quem dīxēre chaos: […]

     Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,
     there was one face of nature in the whole world,
     which they called chaos: […]

2. to protect

   Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, tueor, mūniō, servō, prohibeō

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

Conjugation

Conjugation of tegō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tegō	tegis	tegit	tegimus	tegitis	tegunt
	imperfect	tegēbam	tegēbās	tegēbat	tegēbāmus	tegēbātis	tegēbant
	future	tegam	tegēs	teget	tegēmus	tegētis	tegent
	perfect	tēxī	tēxistī	tēxit	tēximus	tēxistis	tēxērunt, tēxēre
	pluperfect	tēxeram	tēxerās	tēxerat	tēxerāmus	tēxerātis	tēxerant
	future perfect	tēxerō	tēxeris	tēxerit	tēxerimus	tēxeritis	tēxerint
passive	present	tegor	tegeris, tegere	tegitur	tegimur	tegiminī	teguntur
	imperfect	tegēbar	tegēbāris, tegēbāre	tegēbātur	tegēbāmur	tegēbāminī	tegēbantur
	future	tegar	tegēris, tegēre	tegētur	tegēmur	tegēminī	tegentur
	perfect	tēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tegam	tegās	tegat	tegāmus	tegātis	tegant
	imperfect	tegerem	tegerēs	tegeret	tegerēmus	tegerētis	tegerent
	perfect	tēxerim	tēxerīs	tēxerit	tēxerīmus	tēxerītis	tēxerint
	pluperfect	tēxissem	tēxissēs	tēxisset	tēxissēmus	tēxissētis	tēxissent
passive	present	tegar	tegāris, tegāre	tegātur	tegāmur	tegāminī	tegantur
	imperfect	tegerer	tegerēris, tegerēre	tegerētur	tegerēmur	tegerēminī	tegerentur
	perfect	tēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tege	—	—	tegite	—
	future	—	tegitō	tegitō	—	tegitōte	teguntō
passive	present	—	tegere	—	—	tegiminī	—
	future	—	tegitor	tegitor	—	—	teguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tegere	tēxisse	tēctūrum esse	tegī	tēctum esse	tēctum īrī
participles		tegēns	—	tēctūrus	—	tēctus	tegendus, tegundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tegendī	tegendō	tegendum	tegendō	tēctum	tēctū

Derived terms

• contegō
• dētegō
• integō
• obtegō
• pertegō
• praetegō
• prōtegō
• retegō
• subtegō
• supertegō
• tector
• tectum
• tectus
• teges
• tegulum
• tegumen
• tegumentum
• tēgula

 

Related terms

• toga
• tugurium

References

• “tego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • not to betray one's feelings by one's looks: sententiam fronte celare, tegere
    

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɡɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ
• Syllabification: te‧go

Pronoun

tego m

1. inflection of ten:
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular
   3. personal accusative singular

Pronoun

tego n

1. genitive singular of to

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

tego (n class, plural tego)

1. a (false) sexually transmitted disease said to be contracted by adultery
2. a board used for circumcision

Swedish

Verb

tego

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of tiga

Anagrams

• toge

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.ɡo]

Verb

tego (Jawi تىݢو)

1. (intransitive) to sit

   tego toma kurusi ― to sit on a chair

2. (intransitive) to live, reside
3. (intransitive) to be situated

   Kie Gamalama itego toma kie makonora ― Mount Gamalama sits in the center of the island

Conjugation

Conjugation of tego
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totego	fotego	mitego
2nd	notego	nitego
3rd	Masculine	otego	itego, yotego†
Feminine	motego
Neuter	itego
† - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps

Alternative forms

• teko

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Equivalent to tehta +‎ -o.

Noun

tego

1. deed, act
2. action
3. task
4. work, product
5. (as a modifier in compounds) artificial, man-made, prosthetic

Inflection

Inflection of tego (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	tego
genitive sing.	tegon
partitive sing.	tegod
partitive plur.	tegoid
	singular	plural
nominative	tego	tegod
accusative	tegon	tegod
genitive	tegon	tegoiden
partitive	tegod	tegoid
essive-instructive	tegon	tegoin
translative	tegoks	tegoikš
inessive	tegos	tegoiš
elative	tegospäi	tegoišpäi
illative	tegoho	tegoihe
adessive	tegol	tegoil
ablative	tegolpäi	tegoilpäi
allative	tegole	tegoile
abessive	tegota	tegoita
comitative	tegonke	tegoidenke
prolative	tegodme	tegoidme
approximative I	tegonno	tegoidenno
approximative II	tegonnoks	tegoidennoks
egressive	tegonnopäi	tegoidennopäi
terminative I	tegohosai	tegoihesai
terminative II	tegolesai	tegoilesai
terminative III	tegossai	—
additive I	tegohopäi	tegoihepäi
additive II	tegolepäi	tegoilepäi

Derived terms

• aigtego
• arvtego
• azjtego
• heinäntego
• hüväntego
• kerdtego
• lugutego
• tegonsatuz
• tegopä
• tegosatuz
• tegotukad
• tegovägi
• tervehtoituztego
• uradindtego
• urohontego
• vigatego

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “акт, действие, деяние, жест, задание, искусственный, поступок, произведение, происшествие, протез”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Equivalent to tegemä +‎ -o.

Noun

tego (genitive teo, partitive teko)

1. deed, act
2. action
3. fact

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• tegonimi
• tegosyna