teitu

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Asturian

FWOTD – 13 September 2015
Un teitu.

Etymology

From Latin tēctum (“roof”). Compare Spanish techo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtei̯tu/
  • Rhymes: -eitu
  • Hyphenation: tei‧tu

Noun

teitu m (plural teitos)

  1. teito (round stone dwelling with straw or broom roof)
    • Xuacu López, Terminoloxía de los Teitos Somedanos, in 1986, Lletres Asturianes, volume 21:
      Terminoloxía de los Teitos Somedanos
      Terminology of the Teitos of Somiedo
  2. (Western Asturias) Alternative form of techu
    • 2007, Marta Mori d’Arriba, María Prieto Grande, Xeres y xuegos de llingua oral, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 147:
      […] , con paredes de piedra ya teitu de teicha colorada.
      , with rock walls and a roof of red tiles.
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