teia

• tea, teda, tesa

Inherited from Old Catalan tea, from Latin taeda. Compare Spanish tea, teda.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtə.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈte.ja]

teia f (plural teies)

1. resinous wood from the pith of a pine or other similar trees
2. small torch, spill
3. (cant) knife
4. (figurative) constitution, makeup

• teiera

• torxa

• “teia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “teia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

teia

1. Niʻihau form of kēia (“this”)

   O Hawaii teia.

   This is Hawaii.

• In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēia.

• IPA^(key): /²tɛɪːa/

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

• tegja (pre-1938)
• teie (e-infinitive)

teia (present tense teier, past tense tagde, past participle tagd or tagt, present participle teiande, imperative tei)

1. to become silent
2. to be silent
3. to not tell anyone, to keep secret

   Du teier vel om dette?

   You'll keep this secret, right?

From Old Norse tæja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido) from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.

• teie (e- and split infinitives)
• tæ
• (non-standard since 1938): tæja

teia (present tense teier, past tense teidde, past participle teidd, passive infinitive teiast, present participle teiande, imperative tei)

1. to separate, to tear apart, to solve something complicated
2. to pick up
3. to explain

   Synonym: greia

   Teia ut alt saman

   Explain everything

4. to look carefully (for something)

• “teia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• teya (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: tei‧a

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of tela (“canvas; screen”).

teia f (plural teias)

1. web; spider web

   Synonym: teia de aranha

   • 1986, Sérgio Godinho, “Lisboa Que Amanhece”, in Na Vida Real:

     Ao Cais dos Miradoiros / Vão chegando dos bares os navegantes / Amantes / Das teias que o amor e o fumo tecem

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (weaving) woof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)

   Synonyms: trama, urdidura

3. network (any interconnected group or system)

   Synonyms: emaranhado, rede

4. (figurative, literature) plot (general course of a story)

   Synonyms: enredo, trama

• teia alimentar
• teia de aranha
• teia de Penélope
• teia trófica

• tear
• tecer
• tela

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin taeda (“torch”).

teia f (plural teias)

1. torch

   Synonyms: tocha, archote