tê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tê – see 茶 (“tea; tea; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 茶).

Macanese

Preposition

tê

1. Aphetic form of atê

   Sorte quê APIM já oferecê bilête pa iou; si nunca, sâm atirâ sapeca tê lap-sap.

   Luckily, APIM offered me tickets; otherwise, it would be like throwing my money away.

   (literally, “...it is throwing money to the trash”)

Derived terms

• tê qui

References

• https://www.scribd.com/document/520896426/Papia-Cristam-Di-Macau

Mandarin

Romanization

tê

1. Nonstandard spelling of tê̄.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

tê

1. third-person singular present of hatin

Etymology 2

From Contraction of di wê.

Preposition

tê

1. in it

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

• Homophone: ter (some accents)
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tê

Etymology 1

Noun

tê m (plural tês)

1. tee (name of the Latin letter T, t)

Etymology 2

Verb

tê

1. Apocopic form of ter; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. Eye dialect spelling of ter, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 痺 (SV: ti).

Adjective

tê • (犀, 𤷒, 躋)

1. numb

   Ui da tê giò.

   Ouchie, my legs are numb.

Derived terms

• tái tê
• tê buốt
• tê cóng
• tê dại
• tê liệt
• tê rần
• tê tái
• thuốc tê

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tê • (儕, 󱬴)

1. (Central Vietnam) that; there; those

   Tui muốn cái tê.

   I want that one.

See also

Vietnamese demonstratives

	Proximal (*-iː)	Distal 1 (*-iːʔ)	Distal 2 (*-əːʔ)	Distal 3/ Remote (*-ɔːʔ)	Interrogative (rime was a rounded back vowel)
Place, attributive1 n-	ni nì này/nầy nây	nấy	nớ	nọ (nó)	nào
Place, nominal2 đ-	đây	đấy (ấy)	—	đó	đâu
Manner r-	ri rày	—	rứa	—	ru sao3
Extent 14 b-	bây	bấy	—	—	bao
Extent 25 v-	vầy	vậy	—	—	—
1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language). 2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”). 3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant). 4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”). 5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).
Visibility/evidentiality6
	Distal (ngang)			Remote (huyền)
Northern-Southern	kia (cơ)			kìa (cờ)
Central	tê			tề
6 Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: [t]ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French té.

Noun

tê

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

Synonyms

• tờ

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 犀.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) tây

Noun

(classifier con) tê

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: tê giác

   sừng tê ― rhino horn

Welsh

Noun

tê m (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of te.