tei

See also: Téi, tēi, te'i, and tʼéí

Chang

Noun

tei

  1. water

References
  • Walter Thomas French, Northern Naga: A Tibeto-Burman Mesolanguage, volume 2 (1983), page 567: Ph yuŋ le, Ch tei la 'thirsty' (Ph yuŋ/Ch tei = 'water')

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tilia, changed into a masculine. Compare Italian tiglio, Romanian tei, Catalan tell.

Noun

tei m

  1. lime tree, linden

Ido

Noun

tei

  1. plural of teo

Japanese

Romanization

tei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てい

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *täi.

Noun

tei

  1. louse

Middle English

Pronoun

tei

  1. Alternative form of þei

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tei

  1. imperative of teia

Obokuitai

Noun

tei

  1. child

Further reading

Old French

Pronoun

tei

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of toi
    • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
      Li Angles Dex li respundi: Tais tei
      The Angel of God said to him: shut up

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tilia, turned masculine in assimilation to other tree names, or through Vulgar Latin *tilius. Compare Italian tiglio and Friulian tei.

Noun

tei m (plural tei)

  1. lime tree
  2. linden

Declension
declension of tei
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tei teiul (niște) tei teii
genitive/dative (unui) tei teiului (unor) tei teilor
vocative teiule teilor

Derived terms
  • teios

Samoan

Noun

tei

  1. younger relative

Scots

Noun

tei (plural teis)

  1. (South Scots) tea

Tobati

Numeral

tei

  1. one

References
  • Mark Donohue, Tobati, in John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, Terry Crowley, The Oceanic Languages (Curzon Press, Londres, 2002)

Tolomako

Noun

tei

  1. water

References
  • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976), page 311

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from English tie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtei̯/

Noun

tei m or f (plural teis)

  1. necktie

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tei dei nhei thei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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