тея
Erzya
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *tijä (“tight, narrow”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
тея • (teja)
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тея”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1052 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Hungarian tea, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê) possibly via German Tee. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn тея (teja), Lower Sorbian tej, Silesian tyj and dialectal Slovene tẹ́. Doublet of чай (čaj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛja]
- Rhymes: -ɛja
- Hyphenation: тея
Noun
тея (teja) f (related adjective тейов or тейови)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | тея (teja) | теї (teji) |
| genitive | теї (teji) | тейох (tejox) |
| dative | теї (teji) | тейом (tejom) |
| accusative | тею (teju) | теї (teji) |
| instrumental | тею (teju) | теями (tejami) |
| locative | теї (teji) | тейох (tejox) |
| vocative | тейо (tejo) | теї (teji) |
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “тея”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy