teika

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See also: teikā

Japanese

Romanization

teika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ていか

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the verb teikt (to say) (q.v.). Dialectally and originally the meaning was “saying, talk.” The current meaning (corresponding to German Sage, Russian предание (predanije)) appeared in the 1860's, perhaps under the influence of A. Kronvalds.[1]

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Noun

teika f (4th declension)

  1. legend, tale (traditional folk narrative combining the real and the fantastic; the respective genre)
    latviešu tautas teikaa Latvian folk tale, legend
    teika par Dundagas pilithe legend of the Dundaga castle
    teika par Lāčplēsithe legend of Lāčplēsis (the Bear-Slayer)
    vietu teikaslocal legends, tales
    stāstīt teikasto tell legends, tales
    sena teika stāsta, ka Sjerraleone (tulkojumā “Lauvu kalni”) dabūjusi savu nosaukumu no portugāļu jūras braucējieman old legend says that Sierra Leone (literally “Lion Mountains”) obtained its name from Portuguese sailors

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “teika”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN