te

See also Appendix:Variations of "te"

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• (North America) ti

Etymology

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter.

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /ti:/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: T, tea, tee, ti

Noun

te (uncountable)

1. (music) In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): si.

Anagrams

• et ET

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- 'it'. Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).

Preposition

te (+nominative)

1. at

   Unë jam te pijetorja.

   I'm at the bar.

2. to
3. (with a human referent) at (someone's) place

   Jemi te unë.

   We're at my place.

Synonyms

• tek

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Asturian

Pronoun

te

1. you (second-person plural direct pronoun)
2. you (second-person plural indirect pronoun)

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Basque

Noun

te

1. tea

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

te f (plural tes)

1. The Latin letter T (lowercase t).

Etymology 2

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronoun

te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')

1. you, thee (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

Etymology 3

Originally from Min Nan (POJ: tê, Chinese: 茶).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛ/, X-SAMPA: /"tE/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

te m (plural tes)

1. The tea plant; (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
3. tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronoun

te

1. Alternative spelling of teh.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

te

1. (second-person singular pronoun) you, thou

Related terms

• toi

See also

• ju
• jal, jala
• nu
• vu
• jali, jale

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Danish

Alternative forms

• the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /teː/, [tˢeːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê, “tea”).

Noun

te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)

1. tea

Inflection

    Inflection of te

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	te	teen	teer	teerne
genitive	tes	teens	teers	teernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

te (imperative te, infinitive at te, present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle har teet)

1. behave

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tə/
• X-SAMPA: /t@/

• audio

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Adverb

te

1. indicating excess: too

   Te veel is nooit goed

   too much is never good

   te gek!

   far out!

Preposition

te

1. (modifying an infinitive verb) to

   Er is iets te eten

   there is something to eat

2. located at, in

   Te Amsterdam

   in Amsterdam.

Article

te

1. (archaic) in idiom; a form of the definite article de

   Te drommel

   by Jove.

Usage notes

This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:

• (at, in) ter = te + der for feminine singular.
• (at, in) ten = te + den in all other cases.

Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:

te elfder ure. — at the eleventh hour.

te eigen bate — for one's own profit.

(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat resp.)

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Estonian

Pronoun

te (short form of teie)

1. you (plural and polite form).

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Ewe

Noun

te

1. paternal aunt
2. yam

Preposition

te

1. under

Verb

te

1. to compact
2. to compress
3. to sting
4. to swell

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Faroese

Etymology

Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʰeː]

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)

1. tea

Declension

n4s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	te	teið
Accusative	te	teið
Dative	te(i)	tenum
Genitive	tes	tesins

Derived terms

• grønt te
• hvítt te
• reytt te
• svart te
• teblað
• tebræv
• temuður
• tekanna
• tekoppur

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: te
• Rhymes: -e
• IPA: [te]

Pronoun

te (stem tei-)

1. (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person).

Declension

• Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
• In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.

Declension of te noun case singular plural nominative sinä te genitive sinun teidän partitive sinua teitä accusative sinut teidät inessive sinussa teissä elative sinusta teistä illative sinuun teihin adessive sinulla teillä ablative sinulta teiltä allative sinulle teille essive sinuna teinä translative sinuksi teiksi instructive – – abessive sinutta teittä comitative – –

Usage notes

• Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä, "you" (sg.)).
• When addressing politely or formally one person in a written form, it is recommendable to capitalize the pronoun Te.
• When addressing one person, the active past participle must be singular in negative past indicative, in present perfect of all moods both affirmative and negative and past perfect indicative — because there is one person addressed:

• Te ette ollut täällä silloin. (negative past indicative)
  • You were not here at that time.
• Te olette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect indicative)
  • You have been here at that time.
• Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect indicative)
  • You have not been here at that time.
• Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect conditional)
  • You would have been here at that time.
• Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect conditional)
  • You would have not been here at that time.
• Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect potential)
  • You have probably been here at that time.
• Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect potential)
  • You haven't probably been here at that time.
• Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative past perfect indicative)
  • You had been here at that time.
• Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. (negative past perfect indicative; note ollut twice)
  • You had not been here at that time.

Synonyms

• tet (dialectal)
• työ (dialectal)

Derived terms

• teititellä v

See also

• minä
• sinä
• hän
• me
• he

Anagrams

• et

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French

Etymology

From Latin tē, from tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tə/

Pronoun

te

1. (direct object) You.

   Il te cite souvent.

   He often quotes you.

2. (indirect object) You.

   Il te donne le livre.

   He gives you the book.

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Reflexive	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’			—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu, t’	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux
		Feminine	elles						elles

Anagrams

• et

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin tē, dative singular form of tū.

Pronoun

te accusative (nominative ti, oblique ti, dative che)

1. you (singular second-person personal pronoun)
2. yourself (reflexive singular second-person personal pronoun)

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• che
• contigo
• ti
• teu

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French été (“been”)

Adverb

te

1. Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Uralic root *te as Finnish sinä and Ter Sami tonn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛ/

• Audio

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Pronoun

te

1. (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)

Declension

declension of te nominative te accusative téged dative neked instrumental veled causal-final érted inessive benned superessive rajtad adessive nálad illative beléd sublative rád allative hozzád elative belőled delative rólad ablative tőled

See also

• maga (formal)
• ön (formal)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʰɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)

1. tea

Declension

declension of te

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teið
accusative	te	teið
dative	tei	teinu
genitive	tes	tesins

Derived terms

• grænt te n
• tebolli m
• tehetta f
• teketill m
• tepottur m
• tesía f
• teskeið f

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish té (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʲɛ]

Adjective

te

1. warm
2. hot

Declension

Declension of te

Third Declension Positive Singular Plural (m/f) masc. fem (strong noun) (weak noun) Nominative te teo Vocative te te teo Genitive te te teo te Dative te teo Comparative/Superlative teo

Related terms

• teas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
te	the	dte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

te

1. (emphasised objective of tu) you

See also

• ti
• tè

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Japanese

Romanization

te

1. See て
2. See テ

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /teː/, X-SAMPA: /te:/

• Audio (Classical)

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Etymology 1

Noun

tē (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter T.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tē

1. accusative singular of tū
2. ablative singular of tū

Descendants

• Catalan: te
• French: te
• Italian: te
• Romanian: te
• Spanish: te

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Lojban

Cmavo

te (rafsi ter)

1. switches meanings of the third and first sumti (of the selbri which follows)
2. indicates that the object of a "preposition" (i.e., a sumti tcita) fills sumti x₃ of the preposition's corresponding brivla (i.e., the gismu of which the sumti tcita is a modal form)

Related terms

• se
• ve
• xe
• Category:Lojban cmavo of selma'o SE

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Mandarin

Romanization

te

1. Nonstandard spelling of tè.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Maori

Article

te

1. the (singular)

   2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

   In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

See also

• ngā

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Meriam

Noun

te

1. mouth
2. door

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• (eastern) toe

Etymology

From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tə/

Preposition

te

1. at, in (a place)
2. to, towards
3. at, during (a time)
4. for (the purpose of)
5. in accordance with
6. with, from (a means, such as language)
7. (with gerund) to, for

Adverb

te

1. very, particularly
2. too, to an excessive degree

Descendants

• Dutch: te

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA: /teː/, X-SAMPA: /te:/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

Noun

te m

1. tea

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

te

1. behave

Inflection

    Conjugation of te in Bokmål

Infinitive active	te
Infinitive passive	tes
Present active	ter
Present passive	tes
Past	tedde
Present participle	teende
Past participle	tedd
Imperative	te

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA: /teː/, X-SAMPA: /te:/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

Noun

te m

1. tea

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

te

1. behave

Inflection

    Conjugation of te in Nynorsk

Infinitive active	te
Infinitive passive	teast
Present	ter
Past	tedde
Present participle	teande
Past participle	tedd/tedd
Imperative	te

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).

Preposition

te

1. to

   Heom te cwæþ (He said to him).

   Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.

   Áléfed te habbanne.

   Swt. 445, 30: 50.

Related terms

• te-

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t̪ɛ]

• Audio

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• Homophones: tę

Pronoun

te

1. Nominative plural of ten; these
2. Accusative plural of ten; these

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē, from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /te/
  • Homophones: ter, tê
• (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi/
  • Homophone: ti
• Hyphenation: me

Pronoun

te

1. (object pronoun) you

   Matar-te-ei; Te matarei; Matarei-te.

   I will kill you.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Objective (direct object)		Objective (indirect object)	Reflexive	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me				mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te				ti		contigo		você
												o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	se	ele	ela	com ele	com ela
								si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Plural	First	nós		nos				nós		conosco		a gente
	Second	vós		vos				vós		convosco		vocês
												os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	se	eles	elas	com eles	com elas
								si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Impersonal							se	si		consigo

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Rapa Nui

Article

te (pl te mau)

1. the (the definite article)

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Romani

Conjunction

te

1. if

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tē, accusative of tu.

Pronoun

te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)

1. (direct object) you

   Știi cât de mult te iubește?'

   Do you know how much he loves you?

See also

• te rog
• tine

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) té
• (Puter, Vallader) tè

Noun

te m

1. (Sursilvan) tea

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

1. of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))

Declension

    declension of te

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

te f (plural tes)

1. Name of the letter t.

Etymology 2

From Latin te, accusative of tu.

Pronoun

te

1. you (familiar objective case form)
   • "La Cucaracha"

   Te voy a hacer tus calzones....

   I’m going to make your britches

See also

    Spanish pronouns

First person: singular: yo, mí, me plural: nosotros, nosotras, nos Second person: tuteo: tú, ti, te voseo: vos, te formal: usted, ustedes, le, les familiar plural: vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, os, les

Third person: masculine: él, ellos, lo, le, los, les feminine: ella, ellas, la, le, las, les neuter: ello, lo, le Demonstrative: este, esta, esto, estos, estas ese, esa, eso, esos, esas aquel, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquellas

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• the, thé

Pronunciation

• IPA: /teː/

• audio

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• Homophones: t, T

Noun

te n

1. tea

Declension

Declension of te

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teet	teer	teerna
genitive	tes	teets	teers	teernas

Verb

te

1. to appear

   Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.

   And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)

Conjugation

Conjugation of te

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	te	—
Present tense	ter	—
Past tense	tedde	—
Supine	tett	—
Imperative	te	—
Present participle	teende
Past participle	—

Related terms

• bete
• förete

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Tahitian

Article

te (plural sometimes te mau)

1. the (singular) (definite article)
2. the (plural) (definite article)
3. (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

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Tongan

Article

te

1. the (the definite article)

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Turkish

Noun

te

1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

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Tuvaluan

Article

te

1. the (the definite article)

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Volapük

Adverb

te

1. only, solely, merely
2. but