teca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teca"

Catalan

Etymology 1

Probably deverbal from encatacar-se (“to eat”), in turn a cross between atacar-se (“to attack”), encarcanyar-se, and Old Catalan entecar-se (“to be contagious”), alteration of *eticar-se, from ètic (“phthisic, tuberculosis”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

teca f (plural teques)

(colloquial) food

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Spanish teca; in turn from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) unknown
IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

teca f (plural teques)

(botany) teak

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin thēca (“case, envelope, sheath”), from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

teca f (plural teques)

(biology) theca

References

^ “teca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *teeka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teːka/

Verb

tēca

(transitive) To lay (something) down; spread (something) out on a flat surface.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 199r:
  Poner coſas largas tendidas. nic,teca.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(reflexive) To lie down.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 6r:
  Acoſtarme o echarme, nino,teca.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ibid., f. 90v.
  Echarſe como en cama. nino,teca.
(transitive, of a man) To have sex with.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 137v:
  Hazerlo hõbre ala muger. nite,teca.nite,y ecoa.tetechn,aci.niccui. uiccuicui. [sic]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive) To pour.

Synonyms

(sex) yecoa, tetech ahci, cui, cuicui

References

Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 250
Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 215
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 232