te

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

te

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Telugu.

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te (plural tes)

  1. (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

te (plural tes)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch te.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

te

  1. indicating excess: too

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. modifying an infinitive verb: to
  2. located at, in

Aiwoo[edit]

Verb[edit]

te

  1. to see

References[edit]

Akan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

te

  1. to understand, perceive
  2. to hear

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin te. Akin to Spanish te and French te.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. Second-person singular dative, accusative and prepositional pronoun; you

Usage notes[edit]

  • Takes the form t' before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.

See also[edit]

Aragonese personal pronouns
nominative disjunctive dative accusative
first person singular yo me, m'2
plural masculine nusatros1.1 nos1.6
feminine nusatras1.1
second person singular familiar tú te, t'2
formal vusté,1.2 vos
plural familiar masculine vusatros1.3 vos, tos3
feminine vusatras1.3
formal vustés,1.2 vos
third person singular masculine él1.4 le1.7 lo,1.8 l'2
feminine ella1.5 la
plural masculine els, ellos1.4 les1.7 los1.9
feminine ellas1.5 las
reflexive — se, s'2
  1. The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
    1. nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
    2. usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
    3. vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
    4. ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
    5. era(s) (Belsetán).
    6. mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
    7. li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
    8. el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
    9. es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
  2. The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
  3. In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.

References[edit]

  • “te”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronoun[edit]

te

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

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

te inan

  1. tea


Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

te inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension[edit]
Declension of te (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive te tea teak
ergative tek teak teek
dative teri teari teei
genitive teren tearen teen
comitative terekin tearekin teekin
causative terengatik tearengatik teengatik
benefactive terentzat tearentzat teentzat
instrumental tez teaz teez
inessive tetan tean teetan
locative tetako teko teetako
allative tetara tera teetara
terminative tetaraino teraino teetaraino
directive tetarantz terantz teetarantz
destinative tetarako terako teetarako
ablative tetatik tetik teetatik
partitive terik — —
prolative tetzat — —
See also[edit]

Blagar[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. wood, tree

References[edit]

Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. you (singular)

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te f (plural tes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin tē (accusative of tū).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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

  1. you, thee (direct or indirect object)
  2. yourself (reflexive pronoun)
Usage notes[edit]
  • -te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
    Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?
    Mou-te! ― Move!
Declension[edit]
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 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’4 -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 formal2 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 plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te m (plural tes)

  1. a 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

Further reading[edit]

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. Alternative spelling of teh

Coatepec Nahuatl[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. stone

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ty (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. you (informal second person singular pronoun), thou, thee

Noun[edit]

te

  1. tea

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

te

  1. (informal) Combined form of to +‎ je

See also[edit]

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tū.

Pronoun[edit]

te

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

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈteːˀ/, [ˈtˢe̝ːˀ], [ˈtsʰe̝ˀ]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)

Noun[edit]

te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)

  1. tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
  2. tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
  3. (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
Declension[edit]
Declension of te
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative te teen teer teerne
genitive tes teens teers teernes
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Faroese: te
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show”), cognate with Icelandic tjá, Faroese tíggja, Swedish te, German zeihen (“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”), which is also the source of Latin dīcō (“to say”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).

Verb[edit]

te (present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle teet)

  1. (reflexive) behave
Conjugation[edit]
Inflection of te
present past
simple ter teede
perfect har teet havde teet
passive — —
participle teende teet
imperative te —
infinitive te —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund teen —
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]

Deg Xinag[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. water

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

te

  1. too (indicating excess)
    Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!
    Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)

Descendants[edit]

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. (modifying an infinitive verb) to
    Er is iets te eten
    there is something to eat
  2. located at, in, on
    Te Amsterdam
    in Amsterdam.
    En zo rijden we te paard
    and so we ride on horseback.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Jersey Dutch: te
  • Negerhollands: toe

Article[edit]

te

  1. (archaic) in idiom; a form of the definite article de
    Te drommel
    by Jove.

Usage notes[edit]

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 respectively.)

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tek.

Pronoun[edit]

te (short form of teie)

  1. you (plural and polite form)

See also[edit]

Estonian personal pronouns
singular plural
long short long short
1st person mina ma meie me
2nd person familiar sina sa teie te
polite teie te
3rd person animate tema ta nemad nad
inanimate see need

Ewe[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. paternal aunt
  2. yam

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. under

Verb[edit]

te

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

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you

Usage notes[edit]

  • Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

See also[edit]

Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular ei me, -mi mi
plural common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM 		nos
masculine noshotrusM noshotrusM
feminine noshotrasM noshotrasM
second person singular tú te, -ti ti
plural common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM 		vos
masculine voshotrusM voshotrusM
feminine voshotrasM voshotrasM
third person singular masculine el le, -li uLV, oM el
feminine ela a ela
plural masculine elis usLV, osM elis
feminine elas as elas
reflexive — se, -si sí

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension[edit]
Declension of te
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative te teið te teini
accusative te teið te teini
dative te, tei tenum teum teunum
genitive tes tesins tea teanna
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)

  1. tea
Declension[edit]
Declension of te (singular only)
n4s singular
indefinite definite
nominative te teið
accusative te teið
dative te, tei tenum
genitive tes tesins
Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Te (when used politely)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification(key): te

Pronoun[edit]

te

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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 one person politely or formally, it is recommended to capitalize the pronoun in writing: Te.
  • When addressing only one person, the active past participle must be in the singular in the compound forms that use it (e.g. negative, perfect, pluperfect forms):
    • Te ette ollut täällä silloin. ― You were not here at that time. (negative past indicative)
    • Te olette ollut täällä silloin. ― You have been here at that time. (affirmative present perfect indicative)
    • Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. ― You have not been here at that time. (negative present perfect indicative)
    • Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. ― You would have been here at that time. (affirmative present perfect conditional)
    • Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. ― You would have not been here at that time. (negative present perfect conditional)
    • Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. ― You have probably been here at that time. (affirmative present perfect potential)
    • Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. ― You haven't probably been here at that time. (negative present perfect potential)
    • Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. ― You had been here at that time. (affirmative past perfect indicative)
    • Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. ― You had not been here at that time. (negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut)

Declension[edit]

  • Irregular (inflectional stem tei-, as if in the plural). 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
abessive sinutta teittä
instructive – –
comitative – –

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Finnish personal pronouns
first second third
familiar polite
singular minä sinä Te hän
plural me te he

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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.
  3. (reflexive) yourself
    Tu te souviens d'elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)

Related terms[edit]

French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Locative
(at) 		Genitive
(of) 		Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
Second — tu te, t’ — — toi
Third Masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Indeterminate on1 — — — — —
Reflexive — se, s’4 — — soi4
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous2 vous2,3 — — vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
Feminine elles elles
1 Also used as the first person plural.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

te f (plural tes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. inflection of ti:
    1. accusative
    2. reflexive
Related terms[edit]

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French été (“been”).

Adverb[edit]

te

  1. Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.

Etymology 2[edit]

From French thé (“tea”).

Noun[edit]

te

  1. tea

Hawaiian[edit]

Article[edit]

te

  1. Niʻihau form of ke (“the”)
    Te kula.
    The school.

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Erzya тон (ton)[1], Eastern Mari тый (tyj) and Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

te

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

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?locale=en_GB&id_eintrag=1083

Further reading[edit]

  • ([informal, singular] you): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ([dialectal] stressing the plural addressee): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic[edit]

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia is

Etymology[edit]

From Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)

  1. tea

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te (plural te-i)

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

See also[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish té (“hot”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)

  1. hot, warm
  2. pungent
  3. ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
  4. affectionate
  5. comfortable (of circumstances)

Declension[edit]

Declension of te
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative te the teo;
theo²
Vocative the teo
Genitive te teo te
Dative te;
the¹ 		the teo;
theo²
Comparative níos teo
Superlative is teo

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (clitic) IPA(key): /te/
    • Hyphenation: te
  • (disjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈte/*
    • Rhymes: -e
    • Hyphenation: té

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. (disjunctive, emphatic) you

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. (clitic) Alternative form of ti

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also[edit]

See Template:Italian personal pronouns for further pronouns.

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

te

  1. Rōmaji transcription of て
  2. Rōmaji transcription of テ

Kalasha[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit तद् (tád), from Proto-Indo-European *tód.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. they, them (absent from speaker) (3rd-person plural personal pronoun)

Coordinate terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Kalasha personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person a / آ‎ ábi / آبی‎
2nd person tu / تُو‎ ábi / آبی‎
3rd person (near) ía / اِیا‎ émi / ایمی‎
3rd person (far) ása / آسا‎ éḷi / ایࣇی‎
3rd person (absent) se / سے‎ te / تے‎

Kholosi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Sindhi تي (te), Punjabi 'ਤੇ ('te).

Postposition[edit]

te

  1. to

References[edit]

  • Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎[4], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

te (infinitive gũte)

  1. to throw away
    tũteaga ― we (usually) throw away

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Ladin[edit]

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. in, into

Derived terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • 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[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronoun[edit]

tē

  1. accusative/ablative singular of tū
Descendants[edit]

Latvian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

te

  1. here

Conjunction[edit]

te

  1. now..., now...
    te šur, te tur ― now here, now there

Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Latvian te. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greek τῆ (tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē[2], and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʿē, “that”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /tʲɛ/

Particle[edit]

te

  1. (with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)
    Šì naktìs tè niẽkad nesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.

Interjection[edit]

tè

  1. (with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)
    Tè táu pinigų̃ – pir̃k tù sáu laũko kókį sklypẽlį. ― Here, have some money, go buy yourself a piece of land.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, page 249

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

te

  1. nominative/accusative plural of ten

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian tè.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te m (plural tejiet)

  1. tea

Manchu[edit]

Romanization[edit]

te

  1. Romanization of ᡨᡝ

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

te (te5／te0, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦

Romanization[edit]

te

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tè.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tê̄.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Compare Hawaiian ka (“the”). Resemblance to English the is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.

Article[edit]

te sg (plural ngā)

  1. the
    • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
      Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.
      The language is the life principle of Maori mana

Determiner[edit]

te sg (plural ngā)

  1. Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.
    Kī tonu te wharenui i te tamariki.
    The meeting house was full of children.
  2. Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
    Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.
    Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.
  3. Used in front of another verb following a stative.
    Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.
    I have finished writing my book.
  4. Used in front of another verb following taea.
    Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.
    She will be able to interpret this song.
  5. Used before the names for the days of the week.
    Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.
    We go to Sydney on Saturday.
  6. Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
    I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.
    Peter was overseas for five years.
  7. Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.
    I piki a Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki te tuangahuru mā rua o ngā rangi.
    Tāne-nui-a-rangi climbed to the twelfth realm.

See also[edit]

  • he (for "a/an" and "some")

References[edit]

  • “te” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Meriam[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. mouth
  2. door

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Adverb[edit]

te

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • t' (before a vowel)

Etymology[edit]

From Old French te.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. you, second-person singular object pronoun
  2. to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun

Synonyms[edit]

  • (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): toy (with verbs in the imperative)
  • (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): vous (used as a mark of formality or respect)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: te

Mohawk[edit]

Particle[edit]

te

  1. used with iah to negate a sentence

Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)

Coordinate terms[edit]

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch thee.

Noun[edit]

te m (definite singular teen)

  1. tea
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb[edit]

te (imperative te, present tense ter, passive tes, simple past tedde, past participle tedd, present participle teende)

  1. (reflexive) to behave

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch thee.

Noun[edit]

te m (definite singular teen)

  1. tea
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb[edit]

te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)

  1. (reflexive) to behave

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse til.

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Østlandet) Alternative form of til

References[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te f (plural tes)

  1. tee (the letter t, T)

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. to
    • Heom te cwæþ (He said to him)
      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.
    • Ālēfed te habbanne (Allowed to have)
      Swt. 445, 30: 50.

Related terms[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tē.

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. you (second-person singular direct object pronoun)
  2. to you (second-person singular indirect object pronoun)
  3. yourself (second-person singular direct object reflexive pronoun)
  4. to yourself (second-person singular indirect object reflexive pronoun)

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Adjective[edit]

te

  1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“that”)

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. nominative/accusative plural of ta (“they”)
  2. instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese até.

Adjective[edit]

te

  1. until, till, up to, up until

Phuthi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Conjunction[edit]

té

  1. just, only, however

Relative[edit]

-té

  1. naked

Inflection[edit]

Relative concord, tone H
Modifier Copulative
1st singular legite gite
2nd singular lote ute
1st plural lesite site
2nd plural lelite lite
Class 1 lote ute
Class 2 labate bate
Class 3 lote ute
Class 4 lete ite
Class 5 lelite lite
Class 6 late ate
Class 7 lesite site
Class 8 letite tite
Class 9 lete ite
Class 10 letite tite
Class 14 lobute bute
Class 15 lokute kute
Class 17 lokute kute

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

te m

  1. nonvirile nominative/accusative plural of ten

Pronoun[edit]

te f

  1. nominative/accusative plural of ta

Pronoun[edit]

te n

  1. nominative/accusative plural of to

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: te

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. (object pronoun) you
    Matar-te-ei; Eu te matarei;
    I will kill you.
  3. particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
    Vais-te muito cedo.
    You leave too soon.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.

See also[edit]

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m 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 ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo

Rapa Nui[edit]

Article[edit]

te (pl te mau)

  1. the (the definite article)

Romani[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

te

  1. if

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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?
  2. (reflexive) yourself

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

te m

  1. (Sursilvan) tea

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

  1. of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
  2. you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
  3. feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)
    Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?
Declension[edit]
Declension of te
singular plural
nominative tȋ vȋ
genitive tȅbe, te vȃs
dative tȅbi, ti vȁma, vam
accusative tȅbe, te vȃs
vocative ti vȋ
locative tȅbi vȁma
instrumental tȍbōm vȁma

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

Conjunction[edit]

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

  1. and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
    Poskliznuo sam se te pao.
    I slipped and fell.
  2. and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
    U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.
    In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.
    Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.
    I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.
  3. (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
    Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!
    Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!

Sicilian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɛ/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: te

Noun[edit]

te m

  1. tea

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

te f (plural tes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

te

  1. dative of tú: to you, for you
    Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"
    I’m going to make your britches
  2. accusative of tú: you
  3. (reflexive): yourself
See also[edit]
Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading[edit]

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English then.

Conjunction[edit]

te

  1. when
    • 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:
      Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku
      If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket

Etymology 2[edit]

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. until

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch thee.

Noun[edit]

te

  1. tea

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

te

  1. Romanization of 𒋼 (te)

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
te

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From either French thé or German Tee, from Chinese 茶 (Min Nan tê).

Noun[edit]

te n

  1. tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)
Declension[edit]
Declension of te 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative te teet teer teerna
Genitive tes teets teers teernas
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Finnish: tee

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish tēa, from Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan), German zeihen, Dutch tijgen.

Verb[edit]

te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative 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[edit]
Conjugation of te (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive te —
Supine tett —
Imperative te —
Imper. plural1 ten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ter tedde — —
Ind. plural1 te tedde — —
Subjunctive2 te tedde — —
Participles
Present participle teende
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Eye dialect spelling of till, for some dialects.

Preposition[edit]

te

  1. Synonym of till

Usage notes[edit]

Rarely in written form unless imitating speech.

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: te
  • IPA(key): /ˈte/, [ˈtɛ]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of ate.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Spanish te, the Spanish name of the letter T/t.

Noun[edit]

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Abecedario.
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) ti, (in the Abakada alphabet) ta

Further reading[edit]

Tahitian[edit]

Article[edit]

te (plural sometimes te mau)

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

References[edit]

Tokelauan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈte/
  • Hyphenation: te

Article[edit]

te

  1. Singular definite article; the

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Tokelauan articles
Impersonal
singular plural
Definite te nā
Indefinite he ni
Personal
Nominal Pronominal
Simple ia
After i/ki a a te
After mai ia te

References[edit]

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379

Tongan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

te

  1. the (definite article)

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت

Etymology 3[edit]

Adverb[edit]

te

  1. Alternative form of ta

Turkmen[edit]

Noun[edit]

te (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Tuvaluan[edit]

Article[edit]

te

  1. the (definite article)

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tee.

Noun[edit]

te

  1. road, way

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of te (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing. te
genitive sing. ten
partitive sing. ted
partitive plur. teid
singular plural
nominative te ted
accusative ten ted
genitive ten teiden
partitive ted teid
essive-instructive ten tein
translative teks teikš
inessive tes teiš
elative tespäi teišpäi
illative tehe teihe
adessive tel teil
ablative telpäi teilpäi
allative tele teile
abessive teta teita
comitative tenke teidenke
prolative tedme teidme
approximative I tenno teidenno
approximative II tennoks teidennoks
egressive tennopäi teidennopäi
terminative I tehesai teihesai
terminative II telesai teilesai
terminative III tessai —
additive I tehepäi teihepäi
additive II telepäi teilepäi

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “дорога, трасса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük[edit]

Adverb[edit]

te

  1. only, solely, merely
  2. but

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te m (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
  2. tea (main evening meal)
    Synonym: swper

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
te de nhe the
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Malay teh, possibly through Ternate tee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. tea

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

te

  1. so; so that
    Synonym: supaya

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[6], Pacific linguistics

Zia[edit]

Noun[edit]

te

  1. foot
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