te
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
te
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te (plural tes)
- (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
te (plural tes)
- The name of the Cyrillic script letterТ /т.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
te
- indicating excess: too
PrepositionEdit
te
AiwooEdit
VerbEdit
te
- to see
ReferencesEdit
- Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
AkanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- tse (Fante)
PronunciationEdit
- Tone: L[1]
VerbEdit
te
- to understand, perceive
- to hear
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[2], Basel, page 476
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).
PrepositionEdit
te (+nominative)
- at
- Unë jam te pijetorja.
- I'm at the bar.
- to
- (with a human referent) at (someone's) place
- Jemi te unë.
- We're at my place.
SynonymsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin te. Akin to Spanish te and French te.
PronounEdit
te
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
te
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te inan
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
te inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of te (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
---|---|---|---|
indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | te | tea | teak |
ergative | tek | teak | teek |
dative | teri | teari | teei |
genitive | teren | tearen | teen |
comitative | terekin | tearekin | teekin |
causative | terengatik | tearengatik | teengatik |
benefactive | terentzat | tearentzat | teentzat |
instrumental | tez | teaz | teez |
inessive | tetan | tean | teetan |
locative | tetako | teko | teetako |
allative | tetara | tera | teetara |
terminative | tetaraino | teraino | teetaraino |
directive | tetarantz | terantz | teetarantz |
destinative | tetarako | terako | teetarako |
ablative | tetatik | tetik | teetatik |
partitive | terik | — | — |
prolative | tetzat | — | — |
See alsoEdit
BlagarEdit
NounEdit
te
ReferencesEdit
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
- The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
- Stokhof (1975)
BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.
PronounEdit
te
- you (singular)
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin tē (accusative of tū).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')
Usage notesEdit
- -te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
- Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?
- Mou-te! ― Move!
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te m (plural tes)
- the tea plant; (Camellia sinensis)
- tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
- tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served
Further readingEdit
- “te” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “te”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Classical NahuatlEdit
PronounEdit
te
- Alternative spelling of teh
Coatepec NahuatlEdit
NounEdit
te
CornishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ty (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)
PronounEdit
te
NounEdit
te
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
te
See alsoEdit
DalmatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
te
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.
Alternative formsEdit
- the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)
NounEdit
te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)
- tea (the plant Camellia sinensis)
- tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
- (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Faroese: te
ReferencesEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show”), cognate with Icelandic tjá, Faroese tíggja, Swedish te, German zeihen (“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”), which is also the source of Latin dīcō (“to say”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).
VerbEdit
te (present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle teet)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Deg XinagEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te
ReferencesEdit
- S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
te
- too (indicating excess)
- Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!
- Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)
DescendantsEdit
PrepositionEdit
te
- (modifying an infinitive verb) to
- Er is iets te eten
- there is something to eat
- located at, in, on
- Te Amsterdam
- in Amsterdam.
- En zo rijden we te paard
- and so we ride on horseback.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ArticleEdit
te
Usage notesEdit
This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:
Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:
- te elfder ure. ― at the eleventh hour
- te eigen bate ― for one's own profit
(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat respectively.)
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *tek.
PronounEdit
te (short form of teie)
- you (plural and polite form)
See alsoEdit
EweEdit
NounEdit
te
PrepositionEdit
te
VerbEdit
te
FalaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē.
PronounEdit
te
- Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you
Usage notesEdit
- Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.
See alsoEdit
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
plural | common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | ||
masculine | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
feminine | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
second person | singular | tú | te, -ti | ti | ||
plural | common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
masculine | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
feminine | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el |
feminine | ela | a | ela | |||
plural | masculine | elis | usLV, osM | elis | ||
feminine | elas | as | elas | |||
reflexive | — | se, -si | sí |
ReferencesEdit
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of te | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | te | teið | te | teini |
accusative | te | teið | te | teini |
dative | te, tei | tenum | teum | teunum |
genitive | tes | tesins | tea | teanna |
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Etymology 2Edit
Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
NounEdit
te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of te (singular only) | ||
---|---|---|
n4s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | te | teið |
accusative | te | teið |
dative | te, tei | tenum |
genitive | tes | tesins |
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Te (when used politely)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te (stem tei-)
- (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)
Usage notesEdit
- Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä (“you sg”)).
- When addressing politely or formally one person in a written form, it is recommendable to capitalize the pronoun: Te.
- When addressing one person, the active past participle must be singular in negative past indicative, in present perfect of all moods both affirmative and negative and past perfect indicative — because there is one person addressed:
- Te ette ollut täällä silloin. ― You were not here at that time.(negative past indicative)
- Te olette ollut täällä silloin. ― You have been here at that time.(affirmative present perfect indicative)
- Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. ― You have not been here at that time.(negative present perfect indicative)
- Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. ― You would have been here at that time.(affirmative present perfect conditional)
- Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. ― You would have not been here at that time.(negative present perfect conditional)
- Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. ― You have probably been here at that time.(affirmative present perfect potential)
- Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. ― You haven't probably been here at that time.(negative present perfect potential)
- Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. ― You had been here at that time.(affirmative past perfect indicative)
- Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. ― You had not been here at that time.(negative past perfect indicative; note ollut twice)
DeclensionEdit
- Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.
Declension of te
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SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- teititellä (verb)
DescendantsEdit
- Kven: tet
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te
- (direct object) you
- Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.
- (indirect object) you
- Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.
- (reflexive) yourself
- Tu te souviens d'elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)
Related termsEdit
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | |
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | ||
Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||||
Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | — | — | soi4 | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | |
Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | — | — | vous2 | ||
Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | y | en | eux3 | |
Feminine | elles | elles |
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
Further readingEdit
- “te”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronounEdit
te
- inflection of ti:
Related termsEdit
Haitian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdverbEdit
te
- Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
te
HawaiianEdit
ArticleEdit
te
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Mari Eastern Mari тый (tyj) and Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te
- (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.
- tealattad, teáltalad, teelőtted etc. (te + a postposition with the second-person singular personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
- teneked, teveled, tehozzád etc. (te + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- ([informal, singular] you): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([dialectal] stressing the plural addressee): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te (plural te-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
See alsoEdit
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)
- hot, warm
- pungent
- ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
- affectionate
- (of circumstances) comfortable
DeclensionEdit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | te | the | teo; theo² | |
Vocative | the | teo | ||
Genitive | te | teo | te | |
Dative | te; the¹ |
the | teo; theo² | |
Comparative | níos teo | |||
Superlative | is teo |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: teocha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
te | the | dte |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (clitic) IPA(key): /te/
- Syllabification: te
- (disjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈte/*
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: té
PronounEdit
te
PronounEdit
te
- (clitic) Alternative form of ti
Usage notesEdit
See alsoEdit
See Template:Italian personal pronouns for further pronouns.
Further readingEdit
- te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
AnagramsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
te
KalashaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit तद् (tád), from Proto-Indo-European *tód.
PronounEdit
te
Coordinate termsEdit
See alsoEdit
KholosiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Sindhi تي (te), Punjabi 'ਤੇ ('te).
PostpositionEdit
te
ReferencesEdit
- Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran[4], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization
KikuyuEdit
EtymologyEdit
Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
te (infinitive gũte)
- to throw away
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
LadinEdit
PrepositionEdit
te
Derived termsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
tē f (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Coordinate termsEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
ReferencesEdit
- te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
PronounEdit
tē
DescendantsEdit
LatvianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
te
ConjunctionEdit
te
LithuanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Latvian te. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greek τῆ (tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē[2], and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʿē, “that”).
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
te
- (with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)
- Šì naktìs tè niẽkad nesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.
InterjectionEdit
tè
- (with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10)[1], with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, page 249
Lower SorbianEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
te
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te m (plural tejiet)
ManchuEdit
RomanizationEdit
te
- Romanization of ᡨᡝ
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦
te
- Nonstandard spelling of tè.
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
MaoriEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Compare Hawaiian ka (“the”). Resemblance to English the is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.
ArticleEdit
te sg (plural ngā)
- the
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
- Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.
- The language is the life principle of Maori mana
- Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
DeterminerEdit
te sg (plural ngā)
- Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.
- Kī tonu te wharenui i te tamariki.
- The meeting house was full of children.
- Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
- Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.
- Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.
- Used in front of another verb following a stative.
- Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.
- I have finished writing my book.
- Used in front of another verb following taea.
- Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.
- She will be able to interpret this song.
- Used before the names for the days of the week.
- Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.
- We go to Sydney on Saturday.
- Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
- I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.
- Peter was overseas for five years.
- Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.
- I piki a Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki te tuangahuru mā rua o ngā rangi.
- Tāne-nui-a-rangi climbed to the twelfth realm.
See alsoEdit
- he (for "a/an" and "some")
ReferencesEdit
MeriamEdit
NounEdit
te
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
te
- at, in (a place)
- to, towards
- at, during (a time)
- for (the purpose of)
- in accordance with
- with, from (a means, such as language)
- (with gerund) to, for
Alternative formsEdit
- toe (eastern)
DescendantsEdit
AdverbEdit
te
- very, particularly
- too, to an excessive degree
Alternative formsEdit
- toe (eastern)
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: te
Further readingEdit
- “te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
te
- Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Middle FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- t' (before a vowel)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French te.
PronounEdit
te
- you, second-person singular object pronoun
- to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun
SynonymsEdit
- (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): toy (with verbs in the imperative)
- (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): vous (used as a mark of formality or respect)
DescendantsEdit
- French: te
MohawkEdit
ParticleEdit
te
- used with iah to negate a sentence
NeapolitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te
- you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)
Coordinate termsEdit
Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) |
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te m (definite singular teen)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
te (imperative te, present tense ter, passive tes, simple past tedde, past participle tedd, present participle teende)
ReferencesEdit
- “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te m (definite singular teen)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)
Etymology 3Edit
PrepositionEdit
te
ReferencesEdit
- “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
te f (plural tes)
- tee (the letter t, T)
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
te
- to
- Heom te cwæþ (He said to him)
- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.
- Ālēfed te habbanne (Allowed to have)
- Swt. 445, 30: 50.
Related termsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
te
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
te
- masculine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“that”)
PronounEdit
te
- nominative/accusative plural of ta (“they”)
- instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese até.
AdjectiveEdit
te
PhuthiEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ConjunctionEdit
té
RelativeEdit
-té
InflectionEdit
Relative concord, tone H | ||
---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | legite | gite |
2nd singular | lote | ute |
1st plural | lesite | site |
2nd plural | lelite | lite |
Class 1 | lote | ute |
Class 2 | labate | bate |
Class 3 | lote | ute |
Class 4 | lete | ite |
Class 5 | lelite | lite |
Class 6 | late | ate |
Class 7 | lesite | site |
Class 8 | letite | tite |
Class 9 | lete | ite |
Class 10 | letite | tite |
Class 14 | lobute | bute |
Class 15 | lokute | kute |
Class 17 | lokute | kute |
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te m
PronounEdit
te f
PronounEdit
te n
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: te
PronounEdit
te
- (object pronoun) you
- Matar-te-ei; Te matarei;
- I will kill you.
- particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
- Vais-te muito cedo.
- You leave too soon.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.
See alsoEdit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Rapa NuiEdit
ArticleEdit
te (pl te mau)
- the (the definite article)
RomaniEdit
ConjunctionEdit
te
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
te m
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronounEdit
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
- you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
- feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)
- Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?
DeclensionEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).
ConjunctionEdit
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
- Poskliznuo sam se te pao.
- I slipped and fell.
- and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
- U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.
- In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.
- Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.
- I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.
- (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
- Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!
- Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!
SicilianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te m
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
PronounEdit
te
- dative of tú: to you, for you
- Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"
- I’m going to make your britches
- accusative of tú: you
- (reflexive): yourself
See alsoEdit
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further readingEdit
- “te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan TongoEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
ConjunctionEdit
te
- when
- 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars & Boogie:
- Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku
- If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket
Etymology 2Edit
PrepositionEdit
te
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
te
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
te
- Romanization of 𒋼 (te)
SwedishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From either French thé or German Tee, from Chinese 茶 (Min Nan tê).
NounEdit
te n
- tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of te | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | te | teet | teer | teerna |
Genitive | tes | teets | teers | teernas |
Derived termsEdit
- fläderte
- löste
- silverte
- tebjudning
- teblad
- teblask
- tebord
- tebricka
- tebröd
- tebuske
- teceremoni
- tedags
- tedrickare
- tefat
- tegelte
- teglas
- tehus
- tehuva
- tekaka
- tekanna
- tekittel
- tekokare
- tekopp
- tekula
- tekök
- teodling
- teplantage
- tepåse
- teros
- teservis
- tesil
- tesked
- teskörd
- tesort
- tesupé
- tevagn
- tevatten
- teveronika
DescendantsEdit
- → Finnish: tee
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Swedish tēa, from Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan), German zeihen, Dutch tijgen.
VerbEdit
te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative te)
- to appear
- Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.
- And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)
ConjugationEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
TahitianEdit
ArticleEdit
te (plural sometimes te mau)
- the (singular) (definite article)
- the (plural) (definite article)
- (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)
ReferencesEdit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
TokelauanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
te
- Singular definite article; the
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379
TonganEdit
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
te
- the (definite article)
TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
te (definite accusative, plural teler)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
te
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت
TurkmenEdit
NounEdit
te (definite accusative [[{{{1}}}#Turkmen|?]], plural [[{{{2}}}#Turkmen|?]])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
TuvaluanEdit
ArticleEdit
te
- the (definite article)
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *tee.
NounEdit
te
InflectionEdit
Inflection of te (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | te | ||
genitive sing. | ten | ||
partitive sing. | ted | ||
partitive plur. | teid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | te | ted | |
accusative | ten | ted | |
genitive | ten | teiden | |
partitive | ted | teid | |
essive-instructive | ten | tein | |
translative | teks | teikš | |
inessive | tes | teiš | |
elative | tespäi | teišpäi | |
illative | tehe | teihe | |
adessive | tel | teil | |
ablative | telpäi | teilpäi | |
allative | tele | teile | |
abessive | teta | teita | |
comitative | tenke | teidenke | |
prolative | tedme | teidme | |
approximative I | tenno | teidenno | |
approximative II | tennoks | teidennoks | |
egressive | tennopäi | teidennopäi | |
terminative I | tehesai | teihesai | |
terminative II | telesai | teilesai | |
terminative III | tessai | — | |
additive I | tehepäi | teihepäi | |
additive II | telepäi | teilepäi |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
VolapükEdit
AdverbEdit
te
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te m (uncountable)
- (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
- tea (main evening meal)
- Synonym: swper
Derived termsEdit
- amser te (“teatime”)
- bag te (“teabag”)
- bisgeden de (“tea biscuit”)
- blwch te (“tea caddy”)
- cist de (“tea chest”)
- clwb te (“tea club”)
- cwpan te (“teacup”)
- cwpanaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- dail te (“tea leaves”)
- dawns amser tea (“tea dance”)
- dŵr te (“water for brewing tea”)
- dysgl de (“teacup”)
- dysglaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- fflasg de (“tea flask”)
- gardd de (“tea garden”)
- hambwrdd te (“tea tray”)
- helygen dail te (“tea-leaved willow, Salix phylicifolia”)
- hidlwr te (“tea strainer”)
- llestri te (“tea set, tea things”)
- llwy de (“teaspoon”)
- llwyn te (“broom tea-tree, Leptospermum scoparium”)
- llwyn-te gwlanog (“wooly tea-tee, Leptospermum lanigerum”)
- paned o de (“cup of tea”)
- pelen de (“teaball”)
- planhigfa de (“tea plantation”)
- rhosyn te (“tea rose”)
- seremoni de (“tea ceremony”)
- soser de (“saucer”)
- tabi te (“tea tabby, Aglossa dimidiata”)
- te bach (“light refreshment, afternoon tea”)
- te bwtsiar (“tea made in the cup”)
- te camomeil (“camomile tea”)
- te cig eidion (“beef tea”)
- te colsyn (“cinder tea”)
- te dail (“leaf tea”)
- te deg (“tea taken at 10:00 am”)
- te du (“black tea”)
- te gwyn (“white tea”)
- te gwyrdd (“green tea”)
- te Labrador (“Labrador-tea, Ledum palustre”)
- te Mecsico (“Mexican tea, Chenopodium ambrosioides”)
- te melyn (“yellow tea”)
- te mintys (“mint tea”)
- te padi (“tea made in the cup”)
- te perlysiau (“herbal tea”)
- te perlysieuol (“herbal tea”)
- te pinsh (“tea made in the cup”)
- te slecyn (“cinder tea”)
- te tramp (“tea made in the cup; stewed tea”)
- te ŵlong (“oolong tea”)
- troli te (“tea trolley”)
- tun te (“tea tin”)
- tŷ te (“teahouse”)
- wrn te (“tea urn”)
- ystafell de (“tearoom”)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
te | de | nhe | the |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West MakianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Malay teh, possibly through Ternate tee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
te
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
te
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[6], Pacific linguistics
WestrobothnianEdit
InterjectionEdit
te
ZiaEdit
NounEdit
te