teaz

Basque

Noun

teaz

  1. instrumental singular of te

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Probably related to Asturian tiez, and also perhaps to Spanish and Portuguese tez (both connected to Latin aptus (robust, healthy, appropriate)), but the etymology proposed for Coromines[1] can't explain the Galician forms.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /teˈaθ/ [t̪eˈaθ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /teˈas/ [t̪eˈas]

 
  • Rhymes: -aθ
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

teaz f (plural teaces)

  1. membrane, peel, especially one found inside a body, nut, egg
    Synonym: teaxe
    1. pericardium
    2. chorion
    3. pleura
    4. peritoneum

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos