тея

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *tijä (tight, narrow).

Pronunciation

Adjective

тея • (teja)

  1. narrow
    Synonym: теине (tejine)

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 () 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 (tejaf (related adjective тейов or тейови)

  1. tea
    Synonym: (more common) чай (čaj)
    руменцова теяrumencova tejachamomile tea

Declension

Declension of тея
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