Basque edit

Noun edit

teaz

  1. instrumental singular of te

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Probably related to Asturian tiez, and also perhaps to Spanish and Portuguese tez, but the etymology proposed for Coromines[1] to these words can't explain the Galician forms.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

teaz f (plural teaces)

  1. membrane, peel, especially one found inside a body, nut, egg
    1. pericardium
    2. chorion
    3. pleura
    4. peritoneum

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “tez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos