teju

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See also: téju, and tēju

English

Noun

teju (plural tejus)

  1. Alternative form of tegu (South American lizard)
    • 1965 March, Boys' Life, page 52:
      As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

teju

  1. locative singular of tej

Determiner

teju

  1. inflection of ten:
    1. instrumental feminine singular
    2. genitive/animate accusative masculine dual

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: te‧ju

Noun

teju m (plural tejus)

  1. Alternative form of teiú

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin taedium (boredom, disgust).

Pronunciation

Noun

teju m (plural tejos)

  1. mourning

References

  • Pittau, Massimo. 1972. Grammatica del sardo-nuorese: Il più conservativo dei parlari neolatini. Bologna: Pàtron. §50.
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “compianto”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes