tegu
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Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
See also: tégu
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tegu (plural tegus)
- Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
- especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.
Synonyms
- salipenter (Guyana), jacuaru
Derived terms
- Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
- Argentine giant tegu (Salvator merianae)
- Argentine red tegu (Salvator rufescens)
- Argentine tegu
- black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
- black and yellow tegu
- black tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
- Colombian black and white tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
- common tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
- crocodile tegu
- gold tegu, golden tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
- huge tegu (Salvator merianae)
- red tegu (Salvator rufescens)
- yellow tegu (Salvator duseni)
Translations
lizard of the genus Tupinambis
Further reading
Tupinambis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Tupinambis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Esperanto
Verb
tegu
- imperative of tegi
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *teko.
Noun
tegu (genitive teo, partitive tegu)
Declension
Declension of tegu (type nägu)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tegu | teod |
| genitive | teo | tegude |
| partitive | tegu | tegusid |
| illative | tekku / teosse | tegudesse |
| inessive | teos | tegudes |
| elative | teost | tegudest |
| allative | teole | tegudele |
| adessive | teol | tegudel |
| ablative | teolt | tegudelt |
| translative | teoks | tegudeks |
| terminative | teoni | tegudeni |
| essive | teona | tegudena |
| abessive | teota | tegudeta |
| comitative | teoga | tegudega |
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an earlier te-gùl < te-gùli, from tè (“let, may”) + the 3rd person singular present indicative form of gulė́ti (“to lie”), literally "let (it) lie".
Pronunciation
Particle
tegù
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tegù”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 664-5
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *teko.
Noun
tegu
- (Salaca) deed
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: te‧gu
Noun
tegu m (plural tegus)
- alternative form of teiú
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
tegu class V (plural mategu class VI)