tio

See also: tío, tió, tio-, -tio, ti'o, and tiô

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /tioʔ˨˩/, (at the end, or as an adjective) /tioʔ˦˧/

Adjective

tio (not comparable)

1. (Singlish) correct

Related terms

• tio bo

Verb

tio (indeclinable) (Singlish)

1. (transitive) To get, receive, experience, suffer or be affected by.

   He tio virus

   She tio money

2. (intransitive) To win a game, especially a game of chance.

   She play lottery and tio

3. Used before a verb to indicate the passive voice.

   I tio banned

Usage notes

(to get, passive voice marker): In contrast to kena, which is exclusively negative, tio can be used to indicate both positive and negative effects.

Anagrams

• -iot, ITO, IoT, Ito, OIT, OIt, TOI

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈti.u/

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia)

1. (regional) uncle

   Synonyms: oncle, (colloquial) tiet

2. (colloquial) dude; pal, when addressing them

Derived terms

• tiet

Esperanto

Etymology

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtio]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Pronoun

tio (plural tioj, accusative singular tion, accusative plural tiojn)

1. that [thing] (demonstrative correlative of objects)

Usage notes

As with other correlatives of objects, and unlike English that, tio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tio or tio ĉi means "this [thing]".

See also

• ĉi
• tia, tial, tiam, tie, tiel, ties, tiom, tiu
• kio, ĉio, io, nenio

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French clos, from Latin clausus (compare French clos, Norman clios)), perfect passive participle of claudō, claudere (“shut, close”).

Noun

tio m (plural tios)

1. (agriculture) enclosure, field

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧o
• IPA^(key): /ˈtijo/, [ˈti.jo]

Noun

tio (feminine tia)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: uliteg, angkel

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zio, from Latin thius.

Noun

tio f

1. uncle

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian kio, Malay tiram).

Noun

tio

1. oyster

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin thīum, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos) Cognate with Old Spanish tio.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -io

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

1. uncle

Descendants

• Galician: tío
• Portuguese: tio

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese tio.

Noun

tio m

1. uncle
   • 13th century, Estoria de España, volume 2, page 64v:

     fuera / se pora Pamplona a conseiar se con / aquel su tio Rey don Garçia.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

• Spanish: tío
  • → Catalan: tio
• Ladino: tio

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• tīu

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

tīo

1. ten

Descendants

• Swedish: tio

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese tio and Spanish tío and Kabuverdianu tiu.

Noun

tio

1. uncle

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• thio (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tio, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Galician and Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.u/, /ˈt͡ʃiw/ [ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.u/

• (Northeastern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtiw/
• Rhymes: -iu
• Homophone: til (Brazil, ignoring syllable breaks)
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

1. uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)
2. (Brazil, colloquial, often considered disrespectful) uncle (term of address for any adult)
   1. (usually in the diminutive) guy; bloke

      Tinha dois tiozinhos no ponto. ― There were two guys at the bus stop.

   2. an employee who performs a given activity

      tio da limpeza ― janitor (literally, “uncle of the cleaning”)

Derived terms

• tiozinho (diminutive)
• tiozão (augmentative)
• tio do pavê

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: tiu
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tiu

Swedish

Swedish numbers ^(edit)

		100
[a], [b] ←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1[a], [b]
Cardinal: tio     Ordinal: tionde     Fractional: tiondel

Alternative forms

Dialects

• ti (Pitemål)

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Norwegian ti, Danish ti and English ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌʊ/, /ˈtiːˌɛ/

• audio

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Numeral

tio

1. ten

Coordinate terms

Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	noll	en/ett	två	tre	fyra	fem	sex	sju	åtta	nio
1—	tio	elva	tolv	tretton	fjorton	femton	sexton	sjutton	arton/aderton	nitton
2—	tjugo	tjugoen/-ett	tjugotvå	tjugotre	tjugofyra	tjugofem	tjugosex	tjugosju	tjugoåtta	tjugonio
3—	trettio	trettioen/-ett	trettiotvå	trettiotre	trettiofyra	trettiofem	trettiosex	trettiosju	trettioåtta	trettionio
4—	fyrtio	fyrtioen/-ett	fyrtiotvå	fyrtiotre	fyrtiofyra	fyrtiofem	fyrtiosex	fyrtiosju	fyrtioåtta	fyrtionio
5—	femtio	femtioen/-ett	femtiotvå	femtiotre	femtiofyra	femtiofem	femtiosex	femtiosju	femtioåtta	femtionio
6—	sextio	sextioen/-ett	sextiotvå	sextiotre	sextiofyra	sextiofem	sextiosex	sextiosju	sextioåtta	sextionio
7—	sjuttio	sjuttioen/-ett	sjuttiotvå	sjuttiotre	sjuttiofyra	sjuttiofem	sjuttiosex	sjuttiosju	sjuttioåtta	sjuttionio
8—	åttio	åttioen/-ett	åttiotvå	åttiotre	åttiofyra	åttiofem	åttiosex	åttiosju	åttioåtta	åttionio
9—	nittio	nittioen/-ett	nittiotvå	nittiotre	nittiofyra	nittiofem	nittiosex	nittiosju	nittioåtta	nittionio

Cardinal numbers from 100 onward

• 100: hundra
• 10³: tusen
• 10⁴: tiotusen (myriad)
• 10⁶: miljon
• 10⁹: miljard
• 10¹²: biljon
• 10¹⁵: biljard
• 10¹⁸: triljon
• 10²¹: triljard
• 10²⁴: kvadriljon
• 10²⁷: kvadriljard
• 10³⁰: kvintiljon
• 10³³: kvintiljard
• 10³⁶: sextiljon
• 10³⁹: sextiljard
• 10⁴²: septiljon
• 10⁴⁵: septiljard
• 10⁴⁸: oktiljon
• 10⁵¹: oktiljard
• 10⁵⁴: noniljon
• 10⁵⁷: noniljard
• 10⁶⁰: deciljon
• 10⁶³: deciljard
• 10⁶⁶: undeciljon
• 10⁶⁹: undeciljard
• 10⁷²: duodeciljon
• 10⁷⁵: duodeciljard
• 10⁷⁸: tredeciljon
• 10⁸¹: tredeciljard
• 10⁸⁴: quattuordeciljon
• 10⁸⁷: quattuordeciljard

…

• 10¹⁰⁰: googol

…

• 10¹²⁰: vigintiljon
• 10¹²³: vigintiljard

…

Related terms

• tia
• tionde

See also

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

Further reading

• tio in Svensk ordbok.