Inherited fromOld Catalantea, fromLatintaeda. CompareSpanishtea,teda.
teia f (pluralteies)
- resinous wood from the pith of a pine or other similar trees
- smalltorch,spill
- (cant)knife
- (figurative)constitution,makeup
teia
- Niʻihau form ofkēia(“this”)
O Hawaiiteia.- This is Hawaii.
- InNiihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would betēia.
FromOld Norseþegja, fromProto-Germanic*þagjaną.
teia (present tenseteier,past tensetagde,past participletagdortagt,present participleteiande,imperativetei)
- to becomesilent
- to besilent
- to nottell anyone, to keepsecret
Duteier vel om dette?- You'llkeep thissecret, right?
FromOld Norsetæja, fromProto-Norseᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ(tawido) fromProto-Germanic*tawjaną.
teia (present tenseteier,past tenseteidde,past participleteidd,passive infinitiveteiast,present participleteiande,imperativetei)
- toseparate, to tear apart, to solve something complicated
- to pick up
- toexplain
- Synonym:greia
Teia ut alt saman- Explain everything
- to look carefully (for something)
- “teia” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
FromOld Galician-Portuguesetea, fromLatintēla(“web; loom”).Doublet oftela(“canvas; screen”).
teia f (pluralteias)
- web;spider web
- Synonym:teia de aranha
1986,Sérgio Godinho, “Lisboa Que Amanhece”, inNa Vida Real:Ao Cais dos Miradoiros / Vão chegando dos bares os navegantes / Amantes / Dasteias que o amor e o fumo tecem- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- (weaving)woof(the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
- Synonyms:trama,urdidura
- network(any interconnected group or system)
- Synonyms:emaranhado,rede
- (figurative, literature)plot(general course of a story)
- Synonyms:enredo,trama
FromOld Galician-Portuguesetea, fromLatintaeda(“torch”).
teia f (pluralteias)
- torch
- Synonyms:tocha,archote
