teina

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See also: teinä and tēina

Italian

Noun

teina f (plural teine)

  1. theine
  2. caffeine (when in tea)

Anagrams

Maori

Noun

teina (irregular plural tēina)

  1. younger brother of a male
  2. younger sister of a female

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; wicker basket”), derived from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Cognates include Middle English tenel.

Noun

teina f

  1. basket made of twigs, wicker basket

Declension

  Declension of teina (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative teina teinan teinur teinurnar
accusative teinu teinuna teinur teinurnar
dative teinu teinunni teinum teinunum
genitive teinu teinunnar teinna teinnanna
  • teinn m (“twig, sprout”)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f
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References

  • “teina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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