teina

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See also: teinä, teină, tēina, teína, and teiną

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

teina f (plural teine)

  1. theine
  2. caffeine (when in tea)

Anagrams[edit]

Maori[edit]

Noun[edit]

teina (irregular plural tēina)

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

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

teina f

  1. basket made of twigs, wicker basket
Declension[edit]
  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
Related terms[edit]
  • teinn m (“twig, sprout”)
Descendants[edit]
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teine m or f

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

teina

  1. inflection of teinn:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

References[edit]

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

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: te‧i‧na

Noun[edit]

teina f (related adjective teinowy)

  1. theine (caffeine when present in tea)

Declension[edit]

Declension of teina
singular
nominative teina
genitive teiny
dative teinie
accusative teinę
instrumental teiną
locative teinie
vocative teino

Further reading[edit]

  • teina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • teina in PWN's encyclopedia

Teposcolula Mixtec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

*te- (“animal”) +‎ Proto-Mixtec *ínà (“dog”). Cf. Alcozauca Mixtec tìnà, Tezoatlán Mixtec ti̱na.

Noun[edit]

teina

  1. dog

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 166v
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