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tegu

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English

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Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tegu (plural tegus)

  1. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
    1. In particular, any member of the genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.

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Translations

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Further reading

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteɡu/
  • Rhymes: -eɡu
  • Syllabification: te‧gu

Verb

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tegu

  1. imperative of tegi

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteɡ̊u/, [ˈteɡ̊u]
  • Rhymes: -eɡu
  • Hyphenation: te‧gu

Noun

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tegu (genitive teo, partitive tegu)

  1. action, deed, doing
    Kuidas jõuda mõttest teoni?
    How to get from an idea to action?
    1. problem, challenge
      Synonym: tegemine
      Oli kõvasti tegu, et mäe tippu jõuda.
      It was a real challenge to reach the top of the mountain.
  2. (historical) corvee (unpaid labor required by a feudal lord)
  3. batch (quantity of anything produced in one operation)
    Uus tegu leiba läks ahju.
    A new batch of bread went in the oven.

Declension

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Declension of tegu (ÕS type 18/nägu, g-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative tegu teod
accusative nom.
gen. teo
genitive tegude
partitive tegu tegusid
illative teosse tegudesse
inessive teos tegudes
elative teost tegudest
allative teole tegudele
adessive teol tegudel
ablative teolt tegudelt
translative teoks tegudeks
terminative teoni tegudeni
essive teona tegudena
abessive teota tegudeta
comitative teoga tegudega

Derived terms

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nouns
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Compounds

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References

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  • tegu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “tegu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “tegu”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–

Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From an earlier te-gùl < te-gùli, from tè (“let, may”) + the 3rd person singular present indicative form of gulė́ti (“to lie”), literally "let (it) lie".[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʲɛˈɡʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ʊ
  • Syllabification: te‧gù

Particle

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tegù

  1. let, may

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “tegù”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, pages 664-5

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

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tegu

  1. (Salaca) deed

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: te‧gu

Noun

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tegu m (plural tegus)

  1. alternative form of teiú

Swahili

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Noun

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tegu class V (plural mategu class VI)

  1. tapeworm