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North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tōbijan. Cognate with West Frisian toevje, Low German töven, Dutch toeven.
Verb
teev
- (Sylt) to wait
Conjugation
Conjugation of teev (Sylt dialect)
| infinitive I
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teev
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| infinitive II
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(tö) teewen
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| past participle
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teeft
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| imperative
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teev
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present
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past
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| 1st singular
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teev
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teeft
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| 2nd singular
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teefst
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teefst
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| 3rd singular
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teeft
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teeft
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| plural / dual
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teev
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teeft
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perfect
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pluperfect
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| 1st singular
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haa teeft
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her teeft
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| 2nd singular
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heest teeft
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herst teeft
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| 3rd singular
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heer teeft
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her teeft
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| plural / dual
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haa teeft
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her teeft
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future (skel)
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future (wel)
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| 1st singular
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skel teev
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wel teev
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| 2nd singular
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sket teev
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wet teev
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| 3rd singular
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skel teev
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wel teev
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| plural / dual
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skel teev
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wel teev
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White Hmong
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff (in the "hour" sense), though no reconstructed proto-form is given. Perhaps a clipping of Chinese 天秤 (tiānchèng, “balance, scales”) (for the "scales" sense)? The "hour" and other senses may or may not be related.”
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Pronunciation
Noun
teev (classifier: rab)
- scale, scales, balance (measuring device)
- Nws siv teev luj khoom. ― He uses the scale to weigh the product.
- used in teev dab (“system of giving offerings to spirits”)
Noun
teev
- an hour
- Nws tawm hauj lwm thaum 4 teev. ― He comes out of work at 4 o'clock.
Verb
teev
- to build a dam, to block or stop the flow of liquid
- teev dej ― to build a dam to hold water
- to fill up (a cup), to pour into a cup
- Nws teev khob cawv. ― He fills the cup with alcohol.
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 315.