teta

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

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teta f

1. aunt

   Coordinate terms: strýc, synovec, neteř

• teta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• teta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• teta in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a West Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it.

Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette. Cf. also Late Latin titta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteta̝/

teta f (plural tetas)

1. a mammary gland, teat

   Synonyms: chucha, mama, teto

2. (chiefly in the plural) tit, a woman's breast

   Synonyms: peito, seo

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV., page 218:

     Quem creyria que Abraã averia fillo emçima de sua velleçe, de sua moller Sarra, et ella sééndo outrosi vella queo criaria aas suas tetas?

     Who would have think that Abraham would have a son in spite of his age and that of his wife Sarah, and that she being also old would feed her son with her tits?

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “teta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “teta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “teta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “teta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: tè‧ta

teta m or f (invariable)

1. Greek letter theta, θ

• -etta, atte, etta-, tate

• IPA^(key): /tɛta/

teta (infinitive gũteta)

1. to grumble

• ndeto class 9/10

• kwaria, kuuga

Imitative of children's first syllables, similar to tė̃tis (“daddy”) and tė́vas (“father”).

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tetà f (plural tẽtos) stress pattern 4

1. aunt

• dė̃dė (“uncle”)

Borrowed from English theta, from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).

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teta (Jawi spelling تيتا, plural teta-teta, informal 1st possessive tetaku, 2nd possessive tetamu, 3rd possessive tetanya)

1. theta; the θ (th) character.

   Huruf teta

   The theta character

• “teta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”).

• theta (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: te‧ta

teta m (plural tetas)

1. theta (name of the Greek letter Θ θ)

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta, possibly from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation.

Compare Spanish teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta.

• têta (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: te‧ta

teta f (plural tetas)

1. (vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland)

   Synonyms: mama, peito, seio, teto, tetina, úbere

Borrowed from Greek θήτα (thíta).

teta m (uncountable)

1. theta

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

• IPA^(key): /têta/
• Hyphenation: te‧ta

tȅta f (Cyrillic spelling те̏та)

1. (hypocoristic) aunt by blood; the sister of one’s parent

   Synonym: tȅtka

• “teta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

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teta f (genitive singular tety, nominative plural tety, genitive plural tiet, declension pattern of žena)

1. aunt (a parent's sister)

• “teta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

From Proto-Slavic *teta.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀ːta/

téta f

1. aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)

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• “teta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “teta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Borrowed from Old French tete (“nipple”), perhaps an expressive formation or from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).

Compare Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē), Portuguese teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, etc. Similar words are found in many European languages, and there may not be a deeper connection between them.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: te‧ta

teta f (plural tetas)

1. boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast

   Synonyms: busto, chichi, lola, mama, pecho, seno

2. nipple

   Synonym: pezón

• “teta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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-teta (infinitive kuteta)

1. to oppose, contradict

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tetea (“fight for”)
  • Causative: -teteleza (“antagonise, aggravate”)
  • Reciprocal: -tetana (“quarrel”)

• mteta

From Late Latin titta, titia; compare Italian tetta.

teta f (plural tete)

1. breast, tit

From Proto-Finnic *teetädäk.

teta

1. to know (to have knowledge of a piece of information)

• tedo
• tetab

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teta

1. abessive singular of te

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “знать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika