tio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): , (sentence-final, or as an interjection)

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Interjection

tio

1. (Singlish, uncommon) Correct; that's right.

Related terms

• tio bo

Verb

tio (indeclinable)

1. (Singlish, transitive) To get, receive, experience, suffer or be affected by.

   He tio virus

   She tio money

2. (Singlish, intransitive) To win a game, especially a game of chance.

   She play lottery and tio

3. (Singlish, auxiliary, rare) Used before a verb to indicate the passive voice.

   I tio banned

Usage notes

• (correct): Typically only used among speakers familiar with Hokkien.
• (to get, passive voice marker): In contrast to kena, which is exclusively negative, tio can be used to indicate both positive and negative effects.

Anagrams

• -iot, ITO, IoT, Ito, OIT, OIt, TOI

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia)

1. (regional) uncle

   Synonyms: oncle, (colloquial) tiet

2. (colloquial) dude; pal, when addressing them

Derived terms

• tiet

Esperanto

Etymology

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Pronoun

tio (accusative tion)

1. that (demonstrative correlative of objects)

Usage notes

• As with other correlatives of objects, and unlike English that, tio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.
• When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tio or tio ĉi means "this ".
• The plural forms tioj and tiojn are nonstandard and rare.

See also

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French clos, from Latin clausus (compare French clos, Norman clios)), perfect passive participle of claudō, claudere (“shut, close”).

Noun

tio m (plural tios)

1. (agriculture) enclosure, field

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtijo/,
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Noun

tio (feminine tia)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: uliteg, angkel

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zio, from Latin thius.

Noun

tio f

1. uncle

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian kio, Malay tiram).

Noun

tio

1. oyster

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin thīum, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos) Cognate with Old Spanish tio.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -io

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

1. uncle

Descendants

• Galician: tío
• Portuguese: tio

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese tio.

Noun

tio m

1. uncle
   • 13th century, Estoria de España, volume 2, page 64v:

     fuera / se pora Pamplona a conseiar se con / aquel su tio Rey don Garçia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Spanish: tío
  • → Catalan: tio
• Ladino: tio

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• tīu

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tīo

1. ten

Descendants

• Swedish: tio

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese tio and Spanish tío and Kabuverdianu tiu.

Noun

tio

1. uncle

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• thio (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tio, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Galician and Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

Pronunciation

• (Northeastern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtiw/
• Rhymes: -iu
• Homophone: til (Brazil, ignoring syllable breaks)
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

1. uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)
2. (Brazil, colloquial, often considered disrespectful) uncle (term of address for any adult)
   1. (usually in the diminutive) guy; bloke

      Tinha dois tiozinhos no ponto. ― There were two guys at the bus stop.

   2. an employee who performs a given activity

      tio da limpeza ― janitor (literally, “uncle of the cleaning”)

3. (slang, Brazil) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro

   Synonyms: cara, mano, velho

Derived terms

• tiozinho (diminutive)
• tiozão (augmentative)
• tio do pavê

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: tiu
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tiu

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Norwegian ti, Danish ti and English ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌʊ/, /ˈtiːˌɛ/

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Numeral

tio

1. ten

Coordinate terms

Related terms

• tia
• tionde

See also

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

References

• tio in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tio in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)