tê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tê – see 茶 (“tea; tea; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 茶).

Macanese

Preposition

tê

  1. aphetic form of atê
    Sorte quê APIM já oferecê bilête pa iou; si nunca, sâm atirâ sapeca tê lap-sap.
    Luckily, APIM offered me tickets; otherwise, it would be like throwing my money away.
    (literally, “...it is throwing money to the trash”)

Derived terms

References

Mandarin

Romanization

tê

  1. nonstandard spelling of tê̄

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eː

Verb

tê

  1. third-person singular present of hatin

Etymology 2

From Contraction of di wê.

Preposition

tê

  1. in it

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: tê
  • Homophone: ter (some accents)

Etymology 1

Noun

tê m (plural tês)

  2. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tê

  1. apocopic form of ter; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
  2. eye dialect spelling of ter, representing Brazil Portuguese

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 痺 (SV: ti).

Adjective

tê • (犀, 𤷒, 躋)

  1. numb
    Ui da tê giò.
    Ouchie, my legs are numb.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tê • (儕, 󱬴)

  1. (Central Vietnam) that; there; those
    Tui muốn cái tê.
    I want that one.

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives
proximal
(*-iː) 		distal 1
(*-iːʔ) 		distal 2
(*-əːʔ) 		distal 3/
remote
(*-ɔːʔ) 		interrogative
(rime was a rounded
back vowel)
place, attributive1
n- 		ni
nì
này/nầy
nây 		ní
nấy 		nớ nọ
(nó) 		nào
place, nominal2
đ- 		đây đấy
(ấy) 		— đó đâu
manner
r- 		ri
rày 		— rứa — ru
sao3
extent 14
b- 		bây bấy — — bao
extent 25
v- 		vầy vậy — — —
1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language).
2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”).
3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant).
4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”).
5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).
visibility/evidentiality6
distal
(ngang) 		remote
(huyền)
Northern-Southern kia
(cơ) 		kìa
(cờ)
Central tê tề
6 Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: [t]ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943) and their (pretty much) obligatory use when locating an object: Không phải cái này mà là cái kia. ("Not this one, that one.")


Etymology 3

Borrowed from French té.

Noun

tê

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 犀.

Alternative forms

Noun

(classifier con) tê

  1. (obsolete) rhinoceros
    Synonym: tê giác
    sừng tê ― rhino horn

Welsh

Noun

tê m (uncountable)

  1. misspelling of te
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