tera

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tera"

Languages (26)

Abaga • Albanian • Basque • Bierebo • Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin • Chungli Ao • Esperanto • Estonian • Finnish • Guinea-Bissau Creole • Indonesian • Japanese • Ladin • Livonian • Lombard • Malay • Old Frisian • Old Tupi • Papiamentu • Polish • Portuguese • Rwanda-Rundi • Serbo-Croatian • Ternate • Venetan • Veps

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Abaga

Numeral

tera

1. two

References

• Greenhill, Simon (2017). "Language: Abaga". TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

Albanian

Verb

tera

1. first-person plural aorist indicative of ter

Basque

Noun

tera

1. allative singular of te

Bierebo

Noun

tera

1. (Bonkovia, Burupika) woman

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin

Etymology

From Malay [Term?].

Adverb

tera

1. not

References

• William McGregor (2004), The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia (in Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin), Taylor & Francis

Chungli Ao

Noun

tera

1. root

Further reading

• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 155

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtera/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: te‧ra

Adjective

tera (accusative singular teran, plural teraj, accusative plural terajn)

1. earthen, telluric, terrestrial

Synonyms

• (terrestrial): surtera, tergloba

Related terms

• terano (“Terran”)
• tero (“earth”)

Further reading

• “tera”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tera”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *terä.

Noun

tera (genitive tera, partitive tera)

1. blade, edge
2. grain

Inflection

Declension of tera (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tera	terad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tera
genitive			terade
partitive		tera	teri terasid
illative		terra terasse	teradesse terisse
inessive		teras	terades teris
elative		terast	teradest terist
allative		terale	teradele terile
adessive		teral	teradel teril
ablative		teralt	teradelt terilt
translative		teraks	teradeks teriks
terminative		terani	teradeni
essive		terana	teradena
abessive		terata	teradeta
comitative		teraga	teradega

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification^(key): te‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): te‧ra

Noun

tera (colloquial)

1. (computing) ellipsis of teratavu (“terabyte”)

Declension

Inflection of tera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tera	terat
genitive		teran	terojen
partitive		teraa	teroja
illative		teraan	teroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tera	terat
accusative	nom.	tera	terat
	gen.	teran
genitive		teran	terojen terain rare
partitive		teraa	teroja
inessive		terassa	teroissa
elative		terasta	teroista
illative		teraan	teroihin
adessive		teralla	teroilla
ablative		teralta	teroilta
allative		teralle	teroille
essive		terana	teroina
translative		teraksi	teroiksi
abessive		teratta	teroitta
instructive		—	teroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative terani terani accusative nom. terani terani gen. terani genitive terani terojeni teraini rare partitive teraani terojani inessive terassani teroissani elative terastani teroistani illative teraani teroihini adessive terallani teroillani ablative teraltani teroiltani allative teralleni teroilleni essive teranani teroinani translative terakseni teroikseni abessive terattani teroittani instructive — — comitative — teroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative terasi terasi accusative nom. terasi terasi gen. terasi genitive terasi terojesi teraisi rare partitive teraasi terojasi inessive terassasi teroissasi elative terastasi teroistasi illative teraasi teroihisi adessive terallasi teroillasi ablative teraltasi teroiltasi allative terallesi teroillesi essive teranasi teroinasi translative teraksesi teroiksesi abessive terattasi teroittasi instructive — — comitative — teroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative teramme teramme accusative nom. teramme teramme gen. teramme genitive teramme terojemme teraimme rare partitive teraamme terojamme inessive terassamme teroissamme elative terastamme teroistamme illative teraamme teroihimme adessive terallamme teroillamme ablative teraltamme teroiltamme allative terallemme teroillemme essive teranamme teroinamme translative teraksemme teroiksemme abessive terattamme teroittamme instructive — — comitative — teroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative teranne teranne accusative nom. teranne teranne gen. teranne genitive teranne terojenne terainne rare partitive teraanne terojanne inessive terassanne teroissanne elative terastanne teroistanne illative teraanne teroihinne adessive terallanne teroillanne ablative teraltanne teroiltanne allative terallenne teroillenne essive terananne teroinanne translative teraksenne teroiksenne abessive terattanne teroittanne instructive — — comitative — teroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative teransa teransa accusative nom. teransa teransa gen. teransa genitive teransa terojensa terainsa rare partitive teraansa terojaan terojansa inessive terassaan terassansa teroissaan teroissansa elative terastaan terastansa teroistaan teroistansa illative teraansa teroihinsa adessive terallaan terallansa teroillaan teroillansa ablative teraltaan teraltansa teroiltaan teroiltansa allative teralleen terallensa teroilleen teroillensa essive teranaan teranansa teroinaan teroinansa translative terakseen teraksensa teroikseen teroiksensa abessive terattaan terattansa teroittaan teroittansa instructive — — comitative — teroineen teroinensa

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese terra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu téra.

Noun

tera

1. earth (soil)
2. earth (our planet)

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Sanskrit तर (tara, “surpassing, excelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪əˈra]
• Hyphenation: tê‧ra

Noun

têra (plural tera-tera)

1. stamp, seal,
   1. as sign of standarisation and calibration

   Synonyms: cap, segel, stempel

Derived terms

• bertera
• menera
• menerakan
• penera
• peneraan
• perteraan
• teraan
• tertera

Compounds

• tera ulang

Further reading

• “tera”, 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

Japanese

Romanization

tera

1. Rōmaji transcription of てら

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

tera f (plural teres)

1. (Maró, Fascian, Anpezo, Fodom) earth; ground; soil

Alternative forms

• tiera (Gherdëina)

Livonian

Noun

tera

1. obsolete spelling of tierā

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ra/

Noun

tera f (plural terr)

1. earth
2. ground
3. soil

Malay

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kedah Malay tera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tera/
  • (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [terə]
• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: té‧ra

Adjective

tera (Jawi spelling تيرا, comparative lebih tera, superlative paling tera)

1. smart; intelligent.

   Synonyms: bijak, pandai

2. (colloquial) amazing; awesome.

   Synonyms: gempak, hebat

Etymology 2

From a rebracketing of meterai as being an affixation of me- +‎ tera +‎ -i from an older form of *menterai borrowing Tamil முத்திரை (muttirai, “mark, seal, stamp”), from Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal, stamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təra/
  • (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [tərə]
• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: te‧ra

Noun

tera (Jawi spelling ترا, plural tera-tera)

1. seal; stamp.

   Synonyms: cap, mohor, cap mohor

   Tera rasmi kerajaan

   The official government seal

Verb

tera (Jawi spelling ترا)

1. to stamp; to put a seal on a document.

   Synonym: cetak

2. to print (book).

   Synonyms: cap, cetak

Further reading

• "tera" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tera" at PRPM first version)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *teraną.

Verb

tera

1. to consume

Old Tupi

Noun

tera

1. absolute of era

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ters-

Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂

Proto-Italic *tersā

Latin terra

Old Galician-Portuguese terra

Portuguese terrader.

▲

Latin terra

Old Spanish tierra

Spanish tierrader.

▲

Portuguese terrader.

Kabuverdianu térader.

Papiamentu tera

Derived from Portuguese terra, Spanish tierra, and Kabuverdianu téra.

Noun

tera

1. earth
2. land
3. soil

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ra/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Masovian Borderland) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Western Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Eastern Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: te‧ra
• Homophone: tera-

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *só

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas

Proto-Slavic *tъ

Old Polish ten

Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *rōźas

Proto-Slavic *rȃzъ

Old Polish raz

univ.

Old Polish teraz

Polish terazclip.

Polish tera

Clipping of teraz. Compare zara.

Alternative forms

• terá (Central Greater Poland, Kalisz, Southern Greater Poland, Miejska Górka, Kielce, Western Kraków, Luborzyca, Lasovia, Pysznica, Biecz, Brzeziny, Podhale, Rabka-Zdrój)
• tero (Kuyavia, Sadlno, Sieradz, Wieluń, Radomsko)
• teraj (Western Kraków, Żarki, Siewierz, Pilica, Rudniki, Parkoszowice)

Adverb

tera (not comparable)

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Malbork, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Łążyn, Złotorya, Kuyavia, Skulsk, Strzelno, Lubień Kujawski, Southern Greater Poland, Morownica, Near Masovian, Czaplin, Sobików, Czarny Las, Łukowiec, Międzyrzec Podlaski, Podlachia, Tykocin, Drohiczyn, Masovian Borderland, Przysucha, Skrzynno, Rdzuchów, Skrzyńsko, Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Krynice and Kryniczki, Podhale, Zakopane) synonym of teraz (“now”)
   • 2000, Aneta Majkowska, Polszczyzna mówiona mieszkańców Częstochowy, page 187:

     Dostają tera po dziesięć milionów, po osiem milionów, bo się poupominali.

     They are now getting eight to ten million each [as compensation], because they spoke up.

   • 2018, Irytujacy Irygator vel Karbonylek, soc.culture.polish, Usenet‎^[1]:

     20 lat temu walczyli z niedoborem ozonu, tera słyszę w tivi, walczą z jego nadmiarem.

     20 years ago they fought ozone deficienty, now I hear on the TV that they're fighting its excess.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 寺.

Noun

tera f

1. (Buddhism) tera (Buddhist temple in Japan)

Declension

Declension of tera

	singular	plural
nominative	tera	tery
genitive	tery	ter
dative	terze	terom
accusative	terę	tery
instrumental	terą	terami
locative	terze	terach
vocative	tero	tery

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tera

1. third-person singular present of terać

Further reading

• “tera”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jan Karłowicz (1907), “teraz”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 5: R S Ś T, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 396

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧ra

Noun

tera m (plural teras or tera)

1. (informal) clipping of terabyte

Further reading

• “tera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-têra (infinitive gutêra, perfective -têye)

1. to sow, to plant
2. to set up, to lay out
3. to attack
4. to hit, to stab
5. to drop, to discard
6. to be popular
7. (of a hen) to lay (eggs)
8. (of a heart) to beat
9. to be shaped (a certain way)

Derived terms

• interahamwe

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

tera (Cyrillic spelling тера)

1. third-person singular present of terati

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.ɾa]

Verb

tera

1. (intransitive) to perch, alight

Conjugation

Conjugation of tera

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totera	fotera	mitera
2nd person		notera	nitera
3rd person	masculine	otera	itera yotera (archaic)
	feminine	motera
	neuter	itera

References

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

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin terra. Compare Italian terra.

Noun

tera f (plural tere)

1. ground
2. terrain

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *terä.

Noun

tera

1. blade
2. edge

Inflection

Inflection of tera (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	tera
genitive sing.	teran
partitive sing.	terad
partitive plur.	teroid
	singular	plural
nominative	tera	terad
accusative	teran	terad
genitive	teran	teroiden
partitive	terad	teroid
essive-instructive	teran	teroin
translative	teraks	teroikš
inessive	teras	teroiš
elative	teraspäi	teroišpäi
illative	teraha	teroihe
adessive	teral	teroil
ablative	teralpäi	teroilpäi
allative	terale	teroile
abessive	terata	teroita
comitative	teranke	teroidenke
prolative	teradme	teroidme
approximative I	teranno	teroidenno
approximative II	terannoks	teroidennoks
egressive	terannopäi	teroidennopäi
terminative I	terahasai	teroihesai
terminative II	teralesai	teroilesai
terminative III	terassai	—
additive I	terahapäi	teroihepäi
additive II	teralepäi	teroilepäi

Derived terms

• käzitera
• säritera

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лезвие, лопасть, остриё, полотнище”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika