teto

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See also: tető and této

Czech

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Noun

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teto f

  1. vocative singular of teta

Esperanto

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Greek Alphabet
Θθ Previous: eto
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, the letter Θ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈteto]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Hyphenation: te‧to

Noun

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teto (accusative singular teton, plural tetoj, accusative plural tetojn)

  1. theta

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from a West Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it. Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette Cf. also Late Latin titta.

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Noun

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teto m (plural tetos)

  1. (anatomy, of animals) nipple

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tēctum. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese teito. Cognate of French toit, Galician teito, Italian tetto and Spanish techo.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛtu
  • Hyphenation: te‧to

Noun

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teto m (plural tetos)

  1. ceiling (upper surface of room)
  2. ceiling (upper limit of a value)

Etymology 2

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Alteration of teta.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -etu
  • Hyphenation: te‧to

Noun

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teto m (plural tetos)

  1. tit (projection of mammary gland)
    Synonym: teta

Slovene

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Noun

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teto

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of teta

Spanish

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Etymology

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Likely from teta (boob).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteto/ [ˈt̪e.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: te‧to

Adjective

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teto (feminine teta, masculine plural tetos, feminine plural tetas)

  1. (colloquial, Mexico) silly; immature; childishly foolish

Noun

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teto m (plural tetos, feminine teta, feminine plural tetas)

  1. (colloquial, Mexico) a silly, immature person

Further reading

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Ternate

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Verb

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teto

  1. (transitive) to chop
  2. (transitive) to mince

Conjugation

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Conjugation of teto
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toteto foteto miteto
2nd noteto niteto
3rd Masculine oteto iteto, yoteto
Feminine moteto
Neuter iteto
- archaic

References

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

West Makian

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Noun

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teto

  1. grandfather

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics