teo

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See also: Teo, teo-, and tẹo

Esperanto

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teo

Taso da teo

Etymology

From English tea, French thé, German Tee, Yiddish טיי (tey), Italian tè, all ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eo
Hyphenation: te‧o

Noun

teo (accusative singular teon, plural teoj, accusative plural teojn)

tea

Derived terms

buterteo (“butter tea”)
teacoj (“Theaceae”)
tearbo (“tea bush”)
teejo (“teahouse”)
teino (“theine”)
teismo (“theism (morbid condition from drinking too much tea)”)
temaŝino (“samovar”)
teujo (“tea caddy; teapot”)

References

“teo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈteo̯̯/

Noun

teo

genitive singular of tigu
genitive singular of tegu

Galician

Alternative forms

teio

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Latin taedium. Doublet of tedio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

teo m (plural teos)

(veterinary medicine, pathology) scrapie
Synonyms: lolo, rebullón, tortón
(veterinary medicine, pathology) coenurosis
Synonym: cenurose

References

“teo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“teyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“teo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“teo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “tedio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto teo, Italian tè, Spanish té, French thé, German Tee and English tea, which ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈte.o/

Noun

teo (plural tei)

tea (drink)

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /tʲoː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɔː/

Adjective

teo

inflection of te (“hot, warm”):

Alternative forms

(comparative): teocha (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

teo f (genitive singular teo)

Synonym of teocht (“warmth, heat; temperature”)

Declension

Declension of teo

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	teo
Vocative	a theo
Genitive	teo
Dative	teo

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an teo
Genitive	na teo
Dative	leis an teo don teo

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teo	theo	dteo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “teo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “teo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

teo

plural of uteo

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

teo

seawater

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Old Chinese 消 (OC *ew) (B-S) (SV: tiêu).

Pronunciation

Verb

teo • (消)

to shrink, to shrivel

Derived terms

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