teia
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan tea, from Latin taeda. Compare Spanish tea, teda.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teia f (plural teies)
- resinous wood from the pith of a pine or other similar trees
- small torch, spill
- (cant) knife
- (figurative) constitution, makeup
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Determiner edit
teia
Usage notes edit
- In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēia.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
teia (present tense teier, past tense tagde, past participle tagd or tagt, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
- to become silent
- to be silent
- to not tell anyone, to keep secret
- Du teier vel om dette?
- You'll keep this secret, right?
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse tæja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido) from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
teia (present tense teier, past tense teidde, past participle teidd, passive infinitive teiast, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
- to separate, to tear apart, to solve something complicated
- to pick up
- to explain
- Synonym: greia
- Teia ut alt saman
- Explain everything
- to look carefully (for something)
References edit
- “teia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tei‧a
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of tela (“canvas; screen”).
Noun edit
teia f (plural teias)
- 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)
- (weaving) woof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
- network (any interconnected group or system)
- Synonyms: emaranhado, rede
- (figurative, literature) plot (general course of a story)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin taeda (“torch”).
Noun edit
teia f (plural teias)