tê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tê – see 茶 (“tea; tea; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 茶).

Macanese

Preposition

tê

1. apheretic form of atê

   Sorte quê APIM já oferecê bilête pa iou; si nunca, sâm atirâ sapeca tê lap-sap.

   Luckily, APIM offered me tickets; otherwise, it would be like throwing my money away.

   (literally, “...it is throwing money to the trash”)

Derived terms

• tê qui

References

• https://www.scribd.com/document/520896426/Papia-Cristam-Di-Macau

Mandarin

Romanization

tê

1. nonstandard spelling of tê̄

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mizo

Adjective

tê (stem II têt)

1. small, little

Derived terms

• chemtê

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “te”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

tê

1. third-person singular present of hatin

Etymology 2

Contraction of di wê.

Preposition

tê

1. in it

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tê
• Homophone: ter (some accents)

Etymology 1

Noun

tê m (plural tês)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tê

1. apocopic form of ter; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. eye dialect spelling of ter, representing Brazil Portuguese

Further reading

• “tê”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 痺 (SV: ti).

Adjective

tê • (犀, 𤷒, 躋)

1. numb

   Ui da tê giò.

   Ouchie, my legs are numb.

Derived terms

• tái tê
• tê buốt
• tê cóng
• tê dại
• tê liệt
• tê rần
• tê tái
• thuốc tê

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tê • (儕, 󱬴)

1. (Central Vietnam) that; there; those

   Tui muốn cái tê.

   I want that one.

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives

proximal (*-iː) distal 1 (*-iːʔ) distal 2 (*-əːʔ) distal 3/ remote (*-ɔːʔ) interrogative (rime was a rounded back vowel) place, attributive1 n- ni nì này/nầy nây ní nấy nớ nọ (nó) nào place, nominal2 đ- đây đấy (ấy) — đó đâu manner r- ri rày — rứa — ru sao3 extent 14 b- bây bấy — — bao extent 25 v- vầy vậy — — — 1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language). 2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”). 3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant). 4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”). 5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”). visibility/evidentiality6 distal (ngang) remote (huyền) Northern-Southern kia (cơ) kìa (cờ) Central tê tề 6 Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: [t]ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943) and their (pretty much) obligatory use when locating an object: Không phải cái này mà là cái kia. ("Not this one, that one.")

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French té.

Noun

tê

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

Synonyms

• tờ

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 犀.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) tây

Noun

(classifier con) tê

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: tê giác

   sừng tê ― rhino horn

Welsh

Noun

tê m (uncountable)

1. misspelling of te