teju

See also: téju and tēju

English

Noun

teju (plural tejus)

1. Alternative form of tegu (“South American lizard”)
   • 1965 March, Boys' Life, page 52:

     As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛju/, [ˈteju], [ˈtɛju]

Noun

teju

1. locative singular of tej

Determiner

teju

1. inflection of ten:
   1. instrumental feminine singular
   2. genitive/animate accusative masculine dual

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈʒu/

• Hyphenation: te‧ju

Noun

teju m (plural tejus)

1. Alternative form of teiú

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• teu

Etymology

From Latin taedium (“boredom, disgust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteju/

Noun

teju m (plural tejos)

1. mourning

References

• Pittau, Massimo. 1972. Grammatica del sardo-nuorese: Il più conservativo dei parlari neolatini. Bologna: Pàtron. §50.
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “compianto”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes