teia

See also: Teia and Téia

Catalan

Alternative forms

• tea, teda, tesa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tea, from Latin taeda. Compare Spanish tea, teda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtə.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈte.ja]

Noun

teia f (plural teies)

1. resinous wood from the pith of a pine or other similar trees
2. small torch, spill
3. (cant) knife
4. (figurative) constitution, makeup

Derived terms

• teiera

See also

• torxa

Further reading

• “teia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “teia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Hawaiian

Determiner

teia

1. Niʻihau form of kēia (“this”)

   O Hawaii teia.

   This is Hawaii.

Usage notes

• In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēia.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɛɪːa/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

Alternative forms

• tegja (pre-1938)
• teie (e-infinitive)

Verb

teia (present tense teier, past tense tagde, past participle tagd or tagt, present participle teiande, imperative tei)

1. to become silent
2. to be silent
3. to not tell anyone, to keep secret

   Du teier vel om dette?

   You'll keep this secret, right?

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tæja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido) from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.

Alternative forms

• teie (e- and split infinitives)
• tæ
• (non-standard since 1938): tæja

Verb

teia (present tense teier, past tense teidde, past participle teidd, passive infinitive teiast, present participle teiande, imperative tei)

1. to separate, to tear apart, to solve something complicated
2. to pick up
3. to explain

   Synonym: greia

   Teia ut alt saman

   Explain everything

4. to look carefully (for something)

References

• “teia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• teya (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.ɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.ɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.a/ [ˈteɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: tei‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of tela (“canvas; screen”).

Noun

teia f (plural teias)

1. web; spider web

   Synonym: teia de aranha

   • 1986, Sérgio Godinho (lyrics and music), “Lisboa Que Amanhece”, in Na Vida Real:

     Ao Cais dos Miradoiros / Vão chegando dos bares os navegantes / Amantes / Das teias que o amor e o fumo tecem

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (weaving) woof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)

   Synonyms: trama, urdidura

3. network (any interconnected group or system)

   Synonyms: emaranhado, rede

4. (figurative, literature) plot (general course of a story)

   Synonyms: enredo, trama

Derived terms

• teia alimentar
• teia de aranha
• teia de Penélope
• teia trófica

Related terms

• tear
• tecer
• tela

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin taeda (“torch”).

Noun

teia f (plural teias)

1. torch

   Synonyms: tocha, archote