teh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teh"

Translingual

Symbol

teh

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tehuelche terms

English

Etymology

Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕ, IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛ

Article

teh

1. (Internet slang, dated) Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.

   This is teh game for your new box!

   You are teh haxor!

   • 2007 October, GameAxis Unwired, SPH Magazines, page 14:

     This Beowulf is based on a new animated movie of the same name... so yes, this counts as yet another game based on a movie, which basically relegates it to teh suck status in the minds of most.

   • 2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 10:

     Spending Fridays at school was teh suck anyway, and I was glad of the excuse to make my escape.

   • 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 78:

     Awl teh booze got drink, an Happy Cat's momz was liek, “Dey gotz no booze. Dis parti iz teh suck!”

Usage notes

• Teh is sometimes used in deliberately ungrammatical ways compared to the word the. For example, teh can be applied to adjectives; "He is teh stupid" is an acceptable sentence within the scope of teh usage, whereas ordinarily "He is the stupid" is not.

Anagrams

• the, eth-, Eth., ETH, Eth, het, EHT, HET, eth, the-, -eth

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /tɛ˦˧/

Verb

teh

1. to be like, resemble
   • 2010, “2 Samuel 14:2”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎^[1], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:

     Shishenh nyangh nyangh svsoh kuk nyeis dah vmesbih teh kuot aq.

     Act like a woman who has been grieving for a very long time.

   • 2010, “Deuteronomy 15:23”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎^[2], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:

     Suih gas vzo goh, jeis huot teh nyeisjvng mas huot chah.

     Do not eat the blood; [you] must pour [it] out on the ground like pouring water.

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[3], Payap University, page 123

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed derivative of eh.

Noun

teh m (plural tehe, definite tehu, definite plural tehet)

1. blade

Declension

Declension of teh

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	teh	tehu	tehe	tehet
accusative		tehun
dative	tehu	tehut	teheve	teheve
ablative			tehesh

Related terms

• eh

Bahnar

Alternative forms

• tĕh

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *t(n)ɛh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iʔ ~ *t₁ih ~ *t₁iəh (“earth, ground”); cognate with Koho tiah (“earth, ground”), Mon တိ (tɔeˀ, “earth, ground, land”), Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth, ground, land”), Semai tiiq (“earth, ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛh/

Noun

teh

1. earth, ground
2. dirt

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teʔ/

Pronoun

teh

1. (emphatic) you (singular), thou

Synonyms

• tehhuatl

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 咧 (“in the process of; currently”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧).

For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 硩 (“to press; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 硩).

Indonesian

Teh

Etymology

From Malay teh (“tea”), from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/ [ˈt̪ɛ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: teh

Noun

tèh (plural teh-teh)

1. tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)

   Synonym: tanaman teh

2. tea (drink made thereof)

Derived terms

• mengeteh
• teh-tehan

• teh botol
• teh celup
• teh herbal
• teh hijau
• teh hitam
• teh hutan
• teh jahe merah
• teh kampung
• teh kotak
• teh kulit manggis
• teh kuning
• teh makau
• teh manis
• teh merah
• teh obeng
• teh oolong
• teh pahit
• teh paraguai
• teh pelangsing
• teh putih
• teh ragi
• teh talua
• teh tarik
• teh tawar
• teh tubruk

Further reading

• “teh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈteh/ [ˈt̪eh]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -eh
• (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛh/ [ˈt̪ɛh]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -ɛh
• Hyphenation: teh

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Hokkien 茶bor.

Malay teh

Borrowed from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Noun

teh (Jawi spelling تيه, uncountable)

1. Tea:

   Synonym: ca

   1. The tea plant; Camelia sinensis.

      Synonym: pokok teh

   2. The leaves of a tea plant.

      Synonym: daun teh

   3. The tea drink.

      Synonym: air teh

Derived terms

Compounds

• teh c
• teh encer
• teh hutan, teh kampung
• teh kosong
• teh o
• teh o beng
• teh susu
• teh tarik

Descendants

• → Tamil: தேய் (tēy)
• > Indonesian: teh (inherited)

Etymology 2

Clipping of putih.

Noun

teh (Jawi spelling تيه, uncountable)

1. (dialectal, Perak) A title of address for the sixth child in a family.
2. (dialectal, Pahang) A title of address for the fourth child in a family.

Further reading

• "teh" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɛ̀(h)]
• Hyphenation: teh

Noun

teh (stem -teh-)

1. (in compounds) bed of water

References

• Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈte/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: teh

Noun

teh (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (colloquial)

1. alternative spelling of te