tekla

Borrowed from Spanish tecla.

• IPA^(key): /tekla/ [t̪e.kla]
• Rhymes: -ekla, -a
• Hyphenation: te‧kla

tekla inan

1. key (button in a keyboard of a device or instrument)
   • 1954, Jon Mirande, chapter 1, in Haur besoetakoa [Child of [my] Arms], Lur, published 1970, page 16:

     […] haren idun-ezurtxoak senditzen zituen behatz-puntaren pean, eta jokatzen zituen, piano baten teklak bailiren.

     […] he felt the small vertebrae under his fingertips, and pressed as if they were the keys of a piano.

• “tekla”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “tekla”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkla]

tekla

1. inflection of téct:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

• tikla

Unknown. See also Spanish teca, Portuguese teca, Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ), and Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtekla/ [ˈt̪ɛk.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ekla
• Syllabification: tek‧la

tekla (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎ)

1. teak (Tectona grandis, a tropical hardwood tree)

   Synonyms: hati, teka

2. teakwood; teak (wood of the teak tree)

   Synonyms: hati, teka

• “tekla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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