teja

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See also: tejá, tēja, and tējā

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay teja, from Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, light), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (sharpness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ja

Noun

tèja (first-person possessive tejaku, second-person possessive tejamu, third-person possessive tejanya)

  1. sunset ray
  2. rainbow
    Synonym: pelangi

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

teja

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦗ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

teja

  1. inflection of tej:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Malay

Etymology

From Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, light), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (sharpness).

Pronunciation

Noun

teja (Jawi spelling تيجا, plural teja-teja, informal 1st possessive tejaku, 2nd possessive tejamu, 3rd possessive tejanya)

  1. foreglow or afterglow, reddish or yellowish ray observed during sunset or sunrise
  2. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas).

Pronunciation

Noun

teja

  1. sharp edge, point or top
  2. glow, glare, splendour, fire
  3. fiery energy, vital power, spiritual or magical power
  4. glory

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦠꦺꦗ (téja)
  • Balinese: ᬢᬾᬚ (téja)

Further reading

  • "teja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

teja n

  1. Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of tejas (brilliance)

Noun

teja

  1. vocative singular of tejas (brilliance)

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of esteja, a possible conjugation of the verb estar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

teja

  1. Eye dialect spelling of esteja.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtexa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -exa
  • Syllabification: te‧ja

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula, whence English tile through the Latin word's Proto-Germanic descendant, from Proto-Indo-European *tegdʰleh₂. Doublet of tarro.

Noun

teja f (plural tejas)

  1. roof tile
  2. a type of noodle
  3. a type of chocolate from Peru
  4. (Costa Rica, slang) a 100-colón coin
    media tejaa 50-colón coin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teja

  1. inflection of tejar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teja

  1. inflection of tejer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading