See also: teinä, teină, tēina, teína, and teiną

Italian edit

Noun edit

teina f (plural teine)

  1. theine
  2. caffeine (when in tea)

Anagrams edit

Maori edit

Noun edit

teina (irregular plural tēina)

  1. younger brother of a male
  2. younger sister of a female

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ (wickerwork; wicker basket), derived from *tainaz (rod; twig). Cognates include Middle English tenel.

Noun edit

teina f

  1. basket made of twigs, wicker basket
Declension edit
Related terms edit
  • teinn m (twig, sprout)
Descendants edit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teine m or f

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

teina

  1. inflection of teinn:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

References edit

  • teina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: te‧i‧na

Noun edit

teina f (related adjective teinowy)

  1. theine (caffeine when present in tea)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • teina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • teina in PWN's encyclopedia

Teposcolula Mixtec edit

Etymology edit

*te- (animal) +‎ Proto-Mixtec *ínà (dog). Cf. Alcozauca Mixtec tìnà, Tezoatlán Mixtec ti̱na.

Noun edit

teina

  1. dog

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 166v