teh

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Translingual

Symbol

teh

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tehuelche.

See also

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: , IPA(key): /tɛ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes:

Article

teh

  1. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.
    This is teh game for your new box!
    You are teh haxor!
    • 2007 October, GameAxis Unwired, SPH Magazines, page 14:
      This Beowulf is based on a new animated movie of the same name... so yes, this counts as yet another game based on a movie, which basically relegates it to teh suck status in the minds of most.
    • 2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 10:
      Spending Fridays at school was teh suck anyway, and I was glad of the excuse to make my escape.
    • 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 78:
      Awl teh booze got drink, an Happy Cat's momz was liek, “Dey gotz no booze. Dis parti iz teh suck!”

Usage notes

  • Teh is sometimes used in deliberately ungrammatical ways compared to the word the. For example, teh can be applied to adjectives; "He is teh stupid" is an acceptable sentence within the scope of teh usage, whereas ordinarily "He is the stupid" is not.

Anagrams

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /tɛ˦˧/

Verb

teh

  1. to be like, resemble
    • 2010, “2 Samuel 14:2”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible, Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:
      Shishenh nyangh nyangh svsoh kuk nyeis dah vmesbih teh kuot aq.
      Act like a woman who has been grieving for a very long time.

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon, Payap University, page 123

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed derivative of eh.

Noun

teh m (plural tehe, definite tehu, definite plural tehet)

  1. blade

Declension

Declension of teh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative teh tehu tehe tehet
accusative tehun
dative tehu tehut teheve teheve
ablative tehesh

Bahnar

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *t(n)ɛh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iʔ ~ *t₁ih ~ *t₁iəh (earth, ground); cognate with Koho tiah (earth, ground), Mon တိ (tɔeˀ, earth, ground, land), Khmer ដី (dəy, earth, ground, land), Semai tiiq (earth, ground, soil).

Pronunciation

Noun

teh

  1. earth, ground
  2. dirt

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

teh

  1. (emphatic) you (singular), thou

Synonyms

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see (“in the process of; currently”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see (“to press; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Indonesian

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Teh

Etymology

From Malay teh (tea), from Hokkien ().

Pronunciation

Noun

tèh (plural teh-teh)

  1. tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)
    Synonym: tanaman teh
  2. tea (drink made thereof)

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Hokkien () (Amoy dialect).

Noun

teh (Jawi spelling تيه)

  1. Tea:
    Synonym: ca
    1. The tea plant; Camelia sinensis.
      Synonym: pokok teh
    2. The leaves of a tea plant.
      Synonym: daun teh
    3. The tea drink.
      Synonym: air teh
Compounds
Descendants
  • > Indonesian: teh (inherited)

Etymology 2

Clipping of putih.

Noun

teh

  1. (Perak) A title of address for the sixth child in a family.
  2. (Pahang) A title of address for the fourth child in a family.

Further reading

South Slavey

Pronunciation

Noun

teh (stem -teh-)

  1. (in compounds) bed of water

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

teh (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (colloquial)

  1. alternative spelling of te