teta

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛta/

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teta f

1. aunt

• strýc
• synovec
• neteř

• teta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• teta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Portuguese teta, either from West Proto-Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it. Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette.[1] Cf. also Late Latin titta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteta̝/

teta f (plural tetas)

1. a mammary gland, teat

   Synonyms: chucha, mama, teto

2. (chiefly in the plural) a woman's breast
   • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV., page 218:

     Quem creyria que Abraã averia fillo emçima de sua velleçe, de sua moller Sarra, et ella sééndo outrosi vella queo criaria aas suas tetas?

     Who would have believed that Abraham would have a son in spite of his age and that of his wife Sarah, and she being also old that she would feed her son with her breasts?

   Synonyms: peito, seo

• “teta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “teta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “teta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “teta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

teta m or f (invariable)

1. Greek letter theta, θ

• atte, tate

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”).

• theta (obsolete)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ta/, /ˈtɛ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: te‧ta

teta m (plural tetas)

1. theta (name of the Greek letter Θ θ)

From Old Portuguese teta, possibly from Proto-Germanic *titta (compare Spanish teta, French tette), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation. Cf. also Late Latin titta; compare Italian tetta.

• têta (obsolete)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta/, /ˈte.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: te‧ta

teta f (plural tetas)

1. (vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland)

   Synonyms: mama, peito, seio, tetina, úbere

• IPA^(key): /têta/
• Hyphenation: te‧ta

tȅta f (Cyrillic spelling те̏та)

1. (hypocoristic) aunt by blood; the sister of one’s parent

• tȅtka

• “teta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛta/

teta f (genitive singular tety, nominative plural tety, genitive plural tiet, declension pattern of žena)

1. aunt (a parent's sister)

• teta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ̀ːta/
• Tonal orthography: téta

têta f (genitive tête, nominative plural tête)

1. aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)

Perhaps an expressive formation or from Proto-Germanic *titta, cf. also Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Compare Portuguese teta, French tette. Cf. also Late Latin titta; compare Italian tetta. Similar words are found in many European languages, and there may not be a deeper connection between them.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteta/, [ˈt̪et̪a]

teta f (plural tetas)

1. breast

   Synonyms: busto, chichi, lola, mama, pecho, seno

2. nipple

   Synonym: pezón

-teta (infinitive kuteta)

1. to oppose, contradict

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tetea (“fight for”)
  • Causative: -teteleza (“antagonise, aggravate”)
  • Reciprocal: -tetana (“quarrel”)

• mteta

From Late Latin titta, titia; compare Italian tetta.

teta f (plural tete)

1. breast, tit

From Proto-Finnic *teetädäk.

teta

1. to know (to have knowledge of a piece of information)

• tedo
• tetab

teta

1. abessive singular of te

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “знать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika