teito

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See also: teitō

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

  1. roof

References

Galician

teitos (thatched roofs)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtejto/
  • Rhymes: -ejto
  • Hyphenation: tei‧to

Etymology 1

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese teito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tēctum, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”). Cognate with Portuguese teto and Spanish techo.

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

  1. ceiling (the upper part of a cavity or room)
  2. roof (the cover at the top of a building)
    • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 60:
      Jtem hũa cassa ẽna rrúa da Fonte da Rreýna que sson tres cassas so hũu teyto
      Item, a house in Queen's Fountain Street, that are three houses under a roof
    Synonyms: lousado, tellado

Adjective

teito (feminine teita, masculine plural teitos, feminine plural teitas)

  1. having a roof
Derived terms

References

  • “teito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “teyt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “teito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “teito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “teito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

teito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of teitar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian and Leonese teitu. Doublet of techo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteito/
  • Rhymes: -eito
  • Syllabification: tei‧to

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

  1. (Asturias, Leon) dwelling with a thatched roof
  2. the thatched roof itself
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