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teca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teca"

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Probably deverbal from encatacar-se (“to eat”), in turn a cross between atacar-se (“to attack”), encarcanyar-se, and Old Catalan entecar-se (“to be contagious”), alteration of *eticar-se, from ètic (“phthisic, tuberculosis”).[1]

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Noun

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teca f (plural teques)

  1. (colloquial) food

Etymology 2

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Probably borrowed from Spanish teca; in turn from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ).

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Noun

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teca f (plural teques)

  1. (botany) teak

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Latin thēca (“case, envelope, sheath”), from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

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Noun

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teca f (plural teques)

  1. (biology) theca

References

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  1. ^ “teca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024.

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Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nahuan *teeka.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tēca

  1. (transitive) To lay (something) down; spread (something) out on a flat surface.
  2. (reflexive) To lie down.
  3. (transitive, of a man) To have sex with.
  4. (transitive) To pour.

Synonyms

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References

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  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 250
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 215
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 232

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin theca (16th century),[1] from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of the inherited tega.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ca

Noun

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teca f (plural teche)

  1. a small reliquary

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  1. ^ tèca in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

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  • Hyphenation: te‧ca

Noun

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teca f (plural tecas)

  1. teak (Tectona grandis, a tropical hardwood tree)
  2. teak (wood of the teak tree)

Descendants

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  • → Dutch: teak
  • → English: teak
  • → Finnish: teak, tiikki
  • → Spanish: teca, teka (obsolete)

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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teca f (Cyrillic spelling теца)

  1. (Kajkavian) aunt
    Synonym: teta

Declension

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Kajkavian declension of teca
singular plural
nominative teca tece
genitive tece tec
dative tece tecam
accusative tecu tece
vocative - -
locative tece tecah
instrumental tecu tecami

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteka/ [ˈt̪e.ka]
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Syllabification: te‧ca

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Portuguese teca.

Noun

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teca f (plural tecas)

  1. teak
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Etymology 2

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From Latin thēca.

Noun

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teca f (plural tecas)

  1. (biology) theca

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Welsh

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Etymology

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teg +‎ -a

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Adjective

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teca

  1. (colloquial) informal form of tecaf (“fairest”).

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
teca deca nheca theca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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