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tee

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Huehuetla Tepehua.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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tee (plural tees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
    • 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
      The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
    • 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
      They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
    • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
      ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
  2. Something shaped like the letter T.
    Hyponyms: tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed
    angles and tees
  3. (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
    Alternative form: T
    Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.
  4. (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
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tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

  1. (computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations.
    • 1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:
      [] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) []

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Etymology 2

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First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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golf tee (sense 2)

tee (plural tees)

  1. (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  2. (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
    • 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times[1]:
      Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
  3. (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
  4. The mark at which players aim in quoits.
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tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

  1. (golf) To place a ball on a tee
    • 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf[2]:
      If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tee”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 139, column 1.

Etymology 3

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From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

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tee

  1. (obsolete) To teach, educate, train, bring up.

Etymology 4

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From Burmese ထီး (hti:, umbrella).

Noun

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tee atop dagoba

tee (plural tees)

  1. A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee).

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tee (uncountable)

  1. tea
    Kom ons gaan drink tee.
    Let's go drink some tea.

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Dutch

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tee m (plural teeën, diminutive teetje n)

  1. obsolete spelling of thee

Estonian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie.

Noun

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tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)

  1. road, way
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Declension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tee teed
accusative nom.
gen. tee
genitive teede
partitive teed teid
teesid
illative teesse teedesse
teisse
inessive tees teedes
teis
elative teest teedest
teist
allative teele teedele
teile
adessive teel teedel
teil
ablative teelt teedelt
teilt
translative teeks teedeks
teiks
terminative teeni teedeni
essive teena teedena
abessive teeta teedeta
comitative teega teedega
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Etymology 2

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From German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien ().

Noun

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tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)

  1. tea
Declension
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Declension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tee teed
accusative nom.
gen. tee
genitive teede
partitive teed teid
teesid
illative teesse teedesse
teisse
inessive tees teedes
teis
elative teest teedest
teist
allative teele teedele
teile
adessive teel teedel
teil
ablative teelt teedelt
teilt
translative teeks teedeks
teiks
terminative teeni teedeni
essive teena teedena
abessive teeta teedeta
comitative teega teedega
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

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Verb

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tee

  1. Second-person singular imperative form of tegema.
  2. Present connegative form of tegema.

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Swedish te, itself from Dutch thee, from Hokkien () (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf, tea).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
    • Rhymes: -eː
    • Syllabification(key): tee
    • Hyphenation(key): tee

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    tee

    1. (uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
      Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.
      Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
    2. (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
      Synonyms: (dialectal) saikka, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaiju, tsaju, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaju, tsaiju (dialectal)
      Haluaisitko teetä?
      Would you like some tea?
    3. (countable) tea (variety of the tea plant)
      Synonym: teelaatu
      Darjeeling on intialainen tee.
      Darjeeling is a tea from India.
    4. (uncountable, by extension) tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
      Synonym: juoma
      yrttiteeherbal tea
      kamomillateecamomile tea
      minttuteemint tea
    5. (countable) tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)
      Synonyms: teekupillinen, kuppi teetä
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    Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
    nominative tee teet
    genitive teen teiden
    teitten
    partitive teetä teitä
    illative teehen teihin
    singular plural
    nominative tee teet
    accusative nom. tee teet
    gen. teen
    genitive teen teiden
    teitten
    partitive teetä teitä
    inessive teessä teissä
    elative teestä teistä
    illative teehen teihin
    adessive teellä teillä
    ablative teeltä teiltä
    allative teelle teille
    essive teenä teinä
    translative teeksi teiksi
    abessive teettä teittä
    instructive tein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative teeni teeni
    accusative nom. teeni teeni
    gen. teeni
    genitive teeni teideni
    teitteni
    partitive teetäni teitäni
    inessive teessäni teissäni
    elative teestäni teistäni
    illative teeheni teihini
    adessive teelläni teilläni
    ablative teeltäni teiltäni
    allative teelleni teilleni
    essive teenäni teinäni
    translative teekseni teikseni
    abessive teettäni teittäni
    instructive
    comitative teineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative teesi teesi
    accusative nom. teesi teesi
    gen. teesi
    genitive teesi teidesi
    teittesi
    partitive teetäsi teitäsi
    inessive teessäsi teissäsi
    elative teestäsi teistäsi
    illative teehesi teihisi
    adessive teelläsi teilläsi
    ablative teeltäsi teiltäsi
    allative teellesi teillesi
    essive teenäsi teinäsi
    translative teeksesi teiksesi
    abessive teettäsi teittäsi
    instructive
    comitative teinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative teemme teemme
    accusative nom. teemme teemme
    gen. teemme
    genitive teemme teidemme
    teittemme
    partitive teetämme teitämme
    inessive teessämme teissämme
    elative teestämme teistämme
    illative teehemme teihimme
    adessive teellämme teillämme
    ablative teeltämme teiltämme
    allative teellemme teillemme
    essive teenämme teinämme
    translative teeksemme teiksemme
    abessive teettämme teittämme
    instructive
    comitative teinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative teenne teenne
    accusative nom. teenne teenne
    gen. teenne
    genitive teenne teidenne
    teittenne
    partitive teetänne teitänne
    inessive teessänne teissänne
    elative teestänne teistänne
    illative teehenne teihinne
    adessive teellänne teillänne
    ablative teeltänne teiltänne
    allative teellenne teillenne
    essive teenänne teinänne
    translative teeksenne teiksenne
    abessive teettänne teittänne
    instructive
    comitative teinenne

    The plural forms of tee (other than the nominative) are identical to those of e.g. tie, so for clarity, a more precise synonym for the word tee may be used instead in these cases.

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    Etymology 2

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      From Latin .

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      • IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
      • Rhymes: -eː
      • Syllabification(key): tee
      • Hyphenation(key): tee

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      tee

      1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
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      Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
      nominative tee teet
      genitive teen teiden
      teitten
      partitive teetä teitä
      illative teehen teihin
      singular plural
      nominative tee teet
      accusative nom. tee teet
      gen. teen
      genitive teen teiden
      teitten
      partitive teetä teitä
      inessive teessä teissä
      elative teestä teistä
      illative teehen teihin
      adessive teellä teillä
      ablative teeltä teiltä
      allative teelle teille
      essive teenä teinä
      translative teeksi teiksi
      abessive teettä teittä
      instructive tein
      comitative See the possessive forms below.
      Possessive forms of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
      first-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative teeni teeni
      accusative nom. teeni teeni
      gen. teeni
      genitive teeni teideni
      teitteni
      partitive teetäni teitäni
      inessive teessäni teissäni
      elative teestäni teistäni
      illative teeheni teihini
      adessive teelläni teilläni
      ablative teeltäni teiltäni
      allative teelleni teilleni
      essive teenäni teinäni
      translative teekseni teikseni
      abessive teettäni teittäni
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      second-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative teesi teesi
      accusative nom. teesi teesi
      gen. teesi
      genitive teesi teidesi
      teittesi
      partitive teetäsi teitäsi
      inessive teessäsi teissäsi
      elative teestäsi teistäsi
      illative teehesi teihisi
      adessive teelläsi teilläsi
      ablative teeltäsi teiltäsi
      allative teellesi teillesi
      essive teenäsi teinäsi
      translative teeksesi teiksesi
      abessive teettäsi teittäsi
      instructive
      comitative teinesi
      first-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative teemme teemme
      accusative nom. teemme teemme
      gen. teemme
      genitive teemme teidemme
      teittemme
      partitive teetämme teitämme
      inessive teessämme teissämme
      elative teestämme teistämme
      illative teehemme teihimme
      adessive teellämme teillämme
      ablative teeltämme teiltämme
      allative teellemme teillemme
      essive teenämme teinämme
      translative teeksemme teiksemme
      abessive teettämme teittämme
      instructive
      comitative teinemme
      second-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative teenne teenne
      accusative nom. teenne teenne
      gen. teenne
      genitive teenne teidenne
      teittenne
      partitive teetänne teitänne
      inessive teessänne teissänne
      elative teestänne teistänne
      illative teehenne teihinne
      adessive teellänne teillänne
      ablative teeltänne teiltänne
      allative teellenne teillenne
      essive teenänne teinänne
      translative teeksenne teiksenne
      abessive teettänne teittänne
      instructive
      comitative teinenne

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈteːˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞ː(ʔ)]
      • Rhymes: -eː
      • Syllabification(key): tee
      • Hyphenation(key): tee

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      tee

      1. inflection of tehdä:
        1. present indicative connegative
        2. second-person singular present imperative
        3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

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      tee m (plural tees)

      1. (sports) tee

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      Hunsrik

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      tee

      1. Wiesemann spelling of där

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      Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Finnic *tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic *teje. Cognates include Finnish tie and Estonian tee.

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      tee

      1. street
        • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
          Harkkaisin teen päälle, jää puuttui jalan alle.
          I stepped onto the street, ice got under my feet.
      2. way, path
        • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
          Tiijussimma teen ja läksimmä.
          We recognised the way and we went.
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      Declension of tee (type 8/maa, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative tee teet
      genitive teen teijen
      partitive teetä teitä
      illative teehe teihe
      inessive tees teis
      elative teest teist
      allative teelle teille
      adessive teel teil
      ablative teelt teilt
      translative teeks teiks
      essive teennä, teen teinnä, tein
      exessive1) teent teint
      1) obsolete
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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      tee

      1. inflection of tehä:
        1. present indicative connegative
        2. second-person singular imperative
        3. second-person singular imperative connegative

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      • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
      • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 583

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      Etymology

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      From Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā.

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      têe f

      1. toe

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      Weak feminine noun
      singular plural
      nominative têe têen
      accusative têe têen
      genitive têe, têen têen
      dative têe, têen têen

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      • Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular)
      • Limburgish: tieën (plural reanalysed as singular)

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      • tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
      • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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      tee

      1. termite mound

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      Etymology

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      From English tee.

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      tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene)

      1. (golf) tee
      2. (golf) peg

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      Etymology

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      From English tee.

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      tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane)

      1. (golf) tee
      2. (golf) peg

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      Adjective

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      teë

      1. alternative spelling of

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      Mutation of tee
      radical lenition nasalization
      tee thee tee
      pronounced with /dʲ-/

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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      Borrowed from English tee.

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      tee c or n (indeclinable)

      1. (golf) tee, teeing ground (area from which the first shot on a hole is hit)
        Synonym: utslagsplats
      2. (curling) tee (center of a curling target)

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      Termanu

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      Etymology

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      Akin to Tetum to'o.

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      tee

      1. to come, to arrive

      Ternate

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      Etymology

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      Likely from Malay teh, from Hokkien () (Amoy dialect)

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      tee

      1. tea

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      • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

      Tetum

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      Etymology

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      See the Tetum noun teen.

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      tee

      1. to defecate, to excrete

      Tîrî

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      Noun

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      tee

      1. tea

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      • Midori Osumi, Tinrin Grammar

      Võro

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      Noun

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      tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

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      This noun needs an inflection-table template.

      Votic

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *tee.

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      Noun

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      tee

      1. way, road

      Inflection

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      Declension of tee (type I/maa, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative tee teed
      genitive tee teije
      partitive teete teite
      illative tehhe, tehese teise
      inessive teez teiz
      elative teesse teisse
      allative teele teile
      adessive teelle teille
      ablative teelte teilte
      translative teessi teissi
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
      ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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      • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “tee”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

      West Frisian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien ().

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      tee c (no plural)

      1. tea

      Further reading

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      • tee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011