tegu

See also: tégu

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪɡuː/

Noun

tegu (plural tegus)

  1. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
    1. especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.

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Esperanto

Verb

tegu

  1. imperative of tegi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

tegu (genitive teo, partitive tegu)

  1. action, deed, doing

Declension

Declension of tegu (type nägu)
singular plural
nominative tegu teod
genitive teo tegude
partitive tegu tegusid
illative tekku / teosse tegudesse
inessive teos tegudes
elative teost tegudest
allative teole tegudele
adessive teol tegudel
ablative teolt tegudelt
translative teoks tegudeks
terminative teoni tegudeni
essive teona tegudena
abessive teota tegudeta
comitative teoga tegudega

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • tegùl

Etymology

From an earlier te-gùl < te-gùli, from tè (“let, may”) + the 3rd person singular present indicative form of gulė́ti (“to lie”), literally "let (it) lie".[1]

Pronunciation

Particle

tegù

  1. let, may

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tegù”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 664-5

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

tegu

  1. (Salaca) deed

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: te‧gu

Noun

tegu m (plural tegus)

  1. alternative form of teiú

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

tegu class V (plural mategu class VI)

  1. tapeworm
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