teito

See also: teitō

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

1. roof

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “teito”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Galician

teitos (thatched roofs)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese teito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tēctum, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”). Cognate with Portuguese teto and Spanish techo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtejto̝/

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

1. ceiling (the upper part of a cavity or room)
2. roof (the cover at the top of a building)
   • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 60:

     Jtem hũa cassa ẽna rrúa da Fonte da Rreýna que sson tres cassas so hũu teyto

     Item, a house in Queen's Fountain Street, that are three houses [sic] under a roof

   Synonyms: lousado, tellado

Adjective

1. having a roof

Derived terms

• Fonteita, place name, lit. "Roofed Fountain"
• teitar (“to roof”)
• teito da boca (“palate”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “teito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteito/ [ˈt̪ei̯.t̪o]

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

1. (Asturias, Leon) dwelling with a thatched roof
2. the thatched roof itself