тея

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *tijä (“tight, narrow”).

Adjective

тея • (teja)

1. narrow

   Synonym: теине (tejine)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тея”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1052 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê), possibly via German Tee. Cognates include Lower Sorbian tej, Silesian tyj and dialectal Slovene tẹ́. Doublet of чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛja]
• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Hyphenation: тея

Noun

тея (teja) f (related adjective тейов or тейови)

1. tea

   Synonym: (more common) чай (čaj)

   руменцова тея ― rumencova teja ― chamomile tea

Declension

Declension of тея

	singular	plural
nominative	тея teja	теї teji
genitive	теї teji	тейох tejox
dative	теї teji	тейом tejom
accusative	тею teju	теї teji
instrumental	тею teju	теями tejami
locative	теї teji	тейох tejox
vocative	тейо tejo	теї teji

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “тея”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy