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teta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teta"

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛta]
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Noun edit

teta f

  1. aunt
    Coordinate terms: strýc, synovec, neteř

Declension edit

Declension of teta (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative teta tety
genitive tety tet
dative tetě tetám
accusative tetu tety
vocative teto tety
locative tetě tetách
instrumental tetou tetami

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • teta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • teta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • teta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a West Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it.

Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette.[1] Cf. also Late Latin titta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

teta f (plural tetas)

  1. a mammary gland, teat
    Synonyms: chucha, mama, teto
  2. (chiefly in the plural) tit, a woman's breast
    Synonyms: peito, seo
    • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV., page 218:
      Quem creyria que Abraã averia fillo emçima de sua velleçe, de sua moller Sarra, et ella sééndo outrosi vella queo criaria aas suas tetas?
      Who would have think that Abraham would have a son in spite of his age and that of his wife Sarah, and that she being also old would feed her son with her tits?

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “teta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “teta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “teta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “teta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “teta” 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) “teta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ta

Noun edit

teta m or f (invariable)

  1. Greek letter theta, θ

Anagrams edit

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

teta (infinitive gũteta)

  1. to grumble[1]

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English theta, from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

teta (Jawi spelling تيتا, plural teta-teta, informal 1st possessive tetaku, 2nd possessive tetamu, 3rd possessive tetanya)

  1. theta; the θ (th) character.
    Huruf teta
    The theta character

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: te‧ta

Noun edit

teta m (plural tetas)

  1. theta (name of the Greek letter Θ θ)

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta, possibly from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation.

Compare Spanish teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: te‧ta

Noun edit

teta f (plural tetas)

  1. (vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland)
    Synonyms: mama, peito, seio, teto, tetina, úbere
Derived terms edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek θήτα (thíta).

Noun edit

teta m (uncountable)

  1. theta

Declension edit

declension of teta (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) teta tetaul
genitive/dative (unui) teta tetaului
vocative tetaule

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /têta/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ta

Noun edit

tȅta f (Cyrillic spelling те̏та)

  1. (hypocoristic) aunt by blood; the sister of one’s parent
    Synonym: tȅtka

Declension edit

Declension of teta
singular plural
nominative teta tete
genitive tete teta
dative teti tetama
accusative tetu tete
vocative teto tete
locative teti tetama
instrumental tetom tetama

References edit

  • “teta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

teta f (genitive singular tety, nominative plural tety, genitive plural tiet, declension pattern of žena)

  1. aunt (a parent's sister)

Declension edit

Declension of teta
singular plural
nominative teta tety
genitive tety tiet
dative tete tetám
accusative tetu tety
locative tete tetách
instrumental tetou tetami

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “teta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *teta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

téta f

  1. aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. têta
gen. sing. tête
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		têta têti tête
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		tête têt têt
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		têti têtama têtam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		têto têti tête
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		têti têtah têtah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		têto têtama têtami

Further reading edit

  • “teta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “teta”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French tete (“nipple”), perhaps an expressive formation or from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).

Compare Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē), Portuguese teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, etc. Similar words are found in many European languages, and there may not be a deeper connection between them.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈteta/ [ˈt̪e.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: te‧ta

Noun edit

teta f (plural tetas)

  1. boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast
    Synonyms: busto, chichi, lola, mama, pecho, seno
  2. nipple
    Synonym: pezón

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

-teta (infinitive kuteta)

  1. to oppose, contradict

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -teta
Positive present -nateta
Subjunctive -tete
Negative -teti
Imperative singular teta
Infinitives
Positive kuteta
Negative kutoteta
Imperatives
Singular teta
Plural teteni
Tensed forms
Habitual huteta
Positive past positive subject concord + -liteta
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuteta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nateta)
Singular Plural
1st person ninateta/nateta tunateta
2nd person unateta mnateta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anateta wanateta
other classes positive subject concord + -nateta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -teti)
Singular Plural
1st person siteti hatuteti
2nd person huteti hamteti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hateti hawateti
other classes negative subject concord + -teti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tateta
Negative future negative subject concord + -tateta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tete)
Singular Plural
1st person nitete tutete
2nd person utete mtete
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atete watete
other classes positive subject concord + -tete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitete
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeteta
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeteta
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliteta
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliteta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ateta)
Singular Plural
1st person nateta twateta
2nd person wateta mwateta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateta wateta
m-mi(III/IV) wateta yateta
ji-ma(V/VI) lateta yateta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chateta vyateta
n(IX/X) yateta zateta
u(XI) wateta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwateta
pa(XVI) pateta
mu(XVIII) mwateta
Perfect positive subject concord + -meteta
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshateta
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jateta
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiteta
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoteta
Consecutive kateta / positive subject concord + -kateta
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katete
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niteta -tuteta
2nd person -kuteta -wateta/-kuteteni/-wateteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mteta -wateta
m-mi(III/IV) -uteta -iteta
ji-ma(V/VI) -liteta -yateta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiteta -viteta
n(IX/X) -iteta -ziteta
u(XI) -uteta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuteta
pa(XVI) -pateta
mu(XVIII) -muteta
Reflexive -jiteta
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -teta- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tetaye -tetao
m-mi(III/IV) -tetao -tetayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tetalo -tetayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tetacho -tetavyo
n(IX/X) -tetayo -tetazo
u(XI) -tetao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tetako
pa(XVI) -tetapo
mu(XVIII) -tetamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -teta)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeteta -oteta
m-mi(III/IV) -oteta -yoteta
ji-ma(V/VI) -loteta -yoteta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choteta -vyoteta
n(IX/X) -yoteta -zoteta
u(XI) -oteta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koteta
pa(XVI) -poteta
mu(XVIII) -moteta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Venetian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin titta, titia; compare Italian tetta.

Noun edit

teta f (plural tete)

  1. breast, tit

Veps edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Finnic *teetädäk.

Verb edit

teta

  1. to know (to have knowledge of a piece of information)
Inflection edit
Inflection of teta (inflection type 9/kogota)
1st infinitive teta
present indic. tedab
past indic. tezi
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		imperative
1st singular tedan tezin —
2nd singular tedad tezid teda
3rd singular tedab tezi tekaha
1st plural tedam tezim tekam
2nd plural tedat tezit tekat
3rd plural tetas
tedaba 		teziba tekaha
sing. conneg.1 teda tedand teda
plur. conneg. tekoi tenugoi tekoi
present
conditional 		past
conditional 		potential
1st singular tedaižin tenuižin tedanen
2nd singular tedaižid tenuižid tedaned
3rd singular tedaiži tenuiži tedaneb
1st plural tedaižim tenuižim tedanem
2nd plural tedaižit tenuižit tedanet
3rd plural tedaižiba tenuižiba tedaneba
connegative tedaiži tenuiži tedane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive teta
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive tetes inessive tedamas
instructive teten illative tedamaha
participles elative tedamaspäi
present active tedai adessive tedamal
past active tenu abessive tedamat
past passive tetud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

teta

  1. abessive singular of te

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “знать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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