Tee
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Tee
- An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Hokkien 鄭/郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.
Proper noun edit
Tee
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Usage notes edit
It can also be an English surname or stage / professional surname.
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Noun edit
Tee m (diminutive Teeli)
- Alternative spelling of Thee
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tee m (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)
- tea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)
Declension edit
Declension of Tee [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German Low German: Tee
- Plautdietsch: Tee
- → Estonian: tee
- → Hunsrik: Tee
- → Lower Sorbian: tej
- → Romansch: te, té, tè
- → Saterland Frisian: Tee
- → Silesian: tyj
- → Slovene: (dialectal) te
- → Silesian East Central German: Tee
- → Vilamovian: tyy
- → Zipser German: Tee
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)
Declension edit
Declension of Tee [neuter, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Tee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tee” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Tee” in Duden online
- Tee on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Tee m (plural Tee)
- maté (hot drink made from the Ilex paraguarensis plant)
- Synonym: Matt
- Vaam-mer en Tee drinke?
- Let's drink some maté?
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Noun edit
Tee m
Plautdietsch edit
Noun edit
Tee f (plural Teeen)
Noun edit
Tee m
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From English Tee, from Hokkien 鄭/郑 (Tīⁿ) and 戴 (Tì). Doublet of Ty.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tee (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
Zipser German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Tee
- tea (drink)
References edit
- Anton-Joseph Ilk, Zipser Volksgut aus dem Wassertal (1990), page 141