treo

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eo/

Noun

treo

1. thunder

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɾʲɔː/

Noun

treo m (genitive singular treo, nominative plural treonna)

1. way, direction
2. trend, drift
3. (geology) strike

Declension

Declension of treo

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative treo treonna Vocative a threo a threonna Genitive treo treonna Dative treo treonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an treo na treonna Genitive an treo na dtreonna Dative leis an treo don treo leis na treonna

Derived terms

• aontreoch (“unidirectional”)
• comhthreo
• déthreoch (“bidirectional”)
• i dtreo (“toward”)
• i dtreo do (“close to, along with”)
• i dtreo go (“so that”)
• treo-aimsí (“direction-finder”)
• treo-aimsitheach (“directional”)
• treo-aimsiú (“direction-finding”)
• treoch (“directional”)
• treocheangal (“parallel connection”)
• treochlár
• treocht (“trend”)
• treodóireacht (“orienteering”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
treo	threo	dtreo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “treo”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “treo”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 753
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “treo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

treo

1. Alternative form of tre

Old English

Noun

trēo n

1. Alternative form of trēow

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• trio

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).

Noun

treo

1. tree

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-lɛːw. Cognate with Tho kleo.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɛw˧˧]

Verb

treo • (尞, 招, 挑, 撩, 𢸘)

1. to hang

See also

Derived terms

• án treo
• ngàn cân treo sợi tóc
• treo cổ
• treo đầu dê bán thịt chó
• treo giò