tein

English

Noun

tein (plural tein)

  1. Alternative form of tiyin

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

tein

  1. Instructive plural form of tie.

Etymology 2

Noun

tein

  1. Instructive plural form of tee.

Etymology 3

Verb

tein

  1. First-person singular past indicative form of tehdä.

Anagrams

German Low German

Numeral

tein

  1. Alternative form of tien (ten)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse teinn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tæɪn/

Noun

tein m (definite singular teinen, indefinite plural teinar, definite plural teinane)

  1. a twig, offshoot
  2. a spindle

Further reading

Ulau-Suain

Noun

tein

  1. woman

Further reading
  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse teinn, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

Noun

tein m

  1. thin iron rod, the spindle axle on or for a spinning wheel
  2. (botany) stalk

Derived terms
  • latein
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