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English
Noun
teju (plural tejus)
- 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
- locative singular of tej
Determiner
teju
- inflection of ten:
- instrumental feminine singular
- genitive/animate accusative masculine dual
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
teju m (plural tejus)
- Alternative form of teiú
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin taedium (“boredom, disgust”).
Pronunciation
Noun
teju m (plural tejos)
- 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