teina

See also: teinä, tēina, and teína

Italian

Noun

teina f (plural teine)

1. theine
2. caffeine (when in tea)

Anagrams

• Tinea, aneti, etani, etnia, natie, tenia

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Maori

Noun

teina (irregular plural tēina)

1. younger brother of a male
2. younger sister of a female

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; wicker basket”), derived from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Cognates include Middle English tenel.

Noun

teina f

1. basket made of twigs, wicker basket

Declension

  Declension of teina (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	teina	teinan	teinur	teinurnar
accusative	teinu	teinuna	teinur	teinurnar
dative	teinu	teinunni	teinum	teinunum
genitive	teinu	teinunnar	teinna	teinnanna

Related terms

• teinn m (“twig, sprout”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f
• Norwegian Bokmål: teine m or f

Etymology 2

Noun

teina

1. inflection of teinn:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

References

• “teina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

*te- (“animal”) +‎ Proto-Mixtec *ínà (“dog”). Cf. Alcozauca Mixtec tìnà, Tezoatlán Mixtec ti̱na.

Noun

teina

1. dog

Derived terms

• teina coho
• teina dzundu
• teina idzitaa
• teina yanda naydzi
• teinandee
• teinandeque

 

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 166v