telu

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See also: teļu, tĕlu, tělu, and телу

Bakumpai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

Numeral

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telu

  1. three

Brooke's Point Palawano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

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telu

  1. three

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *təlur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qitəluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qiCəluʀ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /təluʔ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧lu
  • Rhymes: -lu

Noun

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telu

  1. egg; roe; spawn.
  2. (slang, possibly offensive) testicles.

Javanese

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Javanese cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : telu

Alternative forms

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  • tiga (Krama Register)

Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

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telu

  1. three (Ngoko Register)

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /təˈlu/ [ʈɨˈɭ̆u]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: te‧lu

Numeral

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tëlú (Jawi spelling تؕلُ)

  1. three

Malay

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Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : telu

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tlu).

Pronunciation

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telu (Jawi spelling تلو)

  1. (obsolete) three
    • 683, Kedukan Bukit Inscription:
      dua ratus cāra di sāmvau daṅan jālan sarivu tlu ratus sapulu dua vañakña dātaṃ di mukha upaṃ
      as many as two-hundred in dugouts, with one-thousand, three hundred and twelve foot soldiers.

Synonyms

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Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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telu

  1. dative singular of telo

Umbu-Ungu

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Numeral

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telu

  1. one; 1

Further reading

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Vietnamese

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Chemical element
Te
Previous: antimon (Sb)
Next: iot (I)

Etymology

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Ultimately from New Latin tellurium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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telu

  1. tellurium

West Coast Bajau

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

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telu

  1. three