tee

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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  • From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin te (the name of the letter T).
  • (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

Noun

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tee (plural tees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
    • 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
      The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
    • 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
      They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
    • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
      ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
  2. Something shaped like the letter T.
    Hyponyms: tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed
    angles and tees
  3. (clothing) T-shirt.
    Alternative form: T
    Brendan pulled a black pocket tee over his head.
  4. (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
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Verb

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tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

  1. (computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations.
    • 1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:
      [] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) []

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Etymology 2

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First attested in the 17th century as teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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golf tee (sense 2)

tee (plural tees)

  1. (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  2. (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
    • 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times[1]:
      Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
  3. (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
  4. The mark at which players aim in quoits.
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Verb

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tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

  1. (golf) To place a ball on a tee
    • 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf[2]:
      If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
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References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tee”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 139, column 1.

Etymology 3

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From Burmese ထီး (hti:, umbrella).

Noun

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tee atop dagoba

tee (plural tees)

  1. A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tee (uncountable)

  1. tea
    Kom ons gaan drink tee.
    Let's go drink some tea.

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Dutch

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Noun

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tee m (plural teeën, diminutive teetje n)

  1. Obsolete spelling of thee.

Estonian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie.

Noun

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tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)

  1. road, way
Declension
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Declension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tee teed
accusative nom.
gen. tee
genitive teede
partitive teed teid
teesid
illative teesse teedesse
teisse
inessive tees teedes
teis
elative teest teedest
teist
allative teele teedele
teile
adessive teel teedel
teil
ablative teelt teedelt
teilt
translative teeks teedeks
teiks
terminative teeni teedeni
essive teena teedena
abessive teeta teedeta
comitative teega teedega
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Etymology 2

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From German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien ().

Noun

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tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)

  1. tea
Declension
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Declension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tee teed
accusative nom.
gen. tee
genitive teede
partitive teed teid
teesid
illative teesse teedesse
teisse
inessive tees teedes
teis
elative teest teedest
teist
allative teele teedele
teile
adessive teel teedel
teil
ablative teelt teedelt
teilt
translative teeks teedeks
teiks
terminative teeni teedeni
essive teena teedena
abessive teeta teedeta
comitative teega teedega
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Etymology 4

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Verb

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tee

  1. Second-person singular imperative form of tegema.
  2. Present connegative form of tegema.

Finnish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Swedish te, itself from Dutch thee, from Hokkien () (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf, tea).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation(key): tee

Noun

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tee

  1. (uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
    Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.
    Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
  2. (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) saikka, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaiju, tsaju, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaju, tsaiju (dialectal)
    Haluaisitko teetä?’’
    Would you like some tea?
  3. (countable) tea (variety of the tea plant)
    Synonym: teelaatu
    Darjeeling on intialainen tee.
    Darjeeling is a tea from India.
  4. (uncountable, by extension) tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
    Synonym: juoma
    yrttiteeherbal tea
    kamomillateecamomile tea
    minttuteemint tea
  5. (countable) tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)
    Synonyms: teekupillinen, kuppi teetä
Usage notes
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As the plural forms are quite rarely used and as they, with the exception of nominative, look the same as the plural forms of tie (road), it may be advisable to substitute a more precise synonym for the word tee in those cases.

Declension
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Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative tee (teet)
genitive teen (teiden)
(teitten)
partitive teetä (teitä)
illative teehen (teihin)
singular plural
nominative tee (teet)
accusative nom. tee (teet)
gen. teen
genitive teen (teiden)
(teitten)
partitive teetä (teitä)
inessive teessä (teissä)
elative teestä (teistä)
illative teehen (teihin)
adessive teellä (teillä)
ablative teeltä (teiltä)
allative teelle (teille)
essive teenä (teinä)
translative teeksi (teiksi)
abessive teettä (teittä)
instructive (tein)
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.
Possessive forms of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teeni (teeni)
accusative nom. teeni (teeni)
gen. teeni
genitive teeni (teideni)
(teitteni)
partitive teetäni (teitäni)
inessive teessäni (teissäni)
elative teestäni (teistäni)
illative teeheni (teihini)
adessive teelläni (teilläni)
ablative teeltäni (teiltäni)
allative teelleni (teilleni)
essive teenäni (teinäni)
translative teekseni (teikseni)
abessive teettäni (teittäni)
instructive
comitative (teineni)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teesi (teesi)
accusative nom. teesi (teesi)
gen. teesi
genitive teesi (teidesi)
(teittesi)
partitive teetäsi (teitäsi)
inessive teessäsi (teissäsi)
elative teestäsi (teistäsi)
illative teehesi (teihisi)
adessive teelläsi (teilläsi)
ablative teeltäsi (teiltäsi)
allative teellesi (teillesi)
essive teenäsi (teinäsi)
translative teeksesi (teiksesi)
abessive teettäsi (teittäsi)
instructive
comitative (teinesi)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative teemme (teemme)
accusative nom. teemme (teemme)
gen. teemme
genitive teemme (teidemme)
(teittemme)
partitive teetämme (teitämme)
inessive teessämme (teissämme)
elative teestämme (teistämme)
illative teehemme (teihimme)
adessive teellämme (teillämme)
ablative teeltämme (teiltämme)
allative teellemme (teillemme)
essive teenämme (teinämme)
translative teeksemme (teiksemme)
abessive teettämme (teittämme)
instructive
comitative (teinemme)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative teenne (teenne)
accusative nom. teenne (teenne)
gen. teenne
genitive teenne (teidenne)
(teittenne)
partitive teetänne (teitänne)
inessive teessänne (teissänne)
elative teestänne (teistänne)
illative teehenne (teihinne)
adessive teellänne (teillänne)
ablative teeltänne (teiltänne)
allative teellenne (teillenne)
essive teenänne (teinänne)
translative teeksenne (teiksenne)
abessive teettänne (teittänne)
instructive
comitative (teinenne)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative teensä (teensä)
accusative nom. teensä (teensä)
gen. teensä
genitive teensä (teidensä)
(teittensä)
partitive teetään
teetänsä
(teitään)
(teitänsä)
inessive teessään
teessänsä
(teissään)
(teissänsä)
elative teestään
teestänsä
(teistään)
(teistänsä)
illative teehensä (teihinsä)
adessive teellään
teellänsä
(teillään)
(teillänsä)
ablative teeltään
teeltänsä
(teiltään)
(teiltänsä)
allative teelleen
teellensä
(teilleen)
(teillensä)
essive teenään
teenänsä
(teinään)
(teinänsä)
translative teekseen
teeksensä
(teikseen)
(teiksensä)
abessive teettään
teettänsä
(teittään)
(teittänsä)
instructive
comitative (teineen)
(teinensä)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.
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Etymology 2

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From Latin .

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation(key): tee

Noun

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tee

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Declension
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Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative tee teet
genitive teen teiden
teitten
partitive teetä teitä
illative teehen teihin
singular plural
nominative tee teet
accusative nom. tee teet
gen. teen
genitive teen teiden
teitten
partitive teetä teitä
inessive teessä teissä
elative teestä teistä
illative teehen teihin
adessive teellä teillä
ablative teeltä teiltä
allative teelle teille
essive teenä teinä
translative teeksi teiksi
abessive teettä teittä
instructive tein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teeni teeni
accusative nom. teeni teeni
gen. teeni
genitive teeni teideni
teitteni
partitive teetäni teitäni
inessive teessäni teissäni
elative teestäni teistäni
illative teeheni teihini
adessive teelläni teilläni
ablative teeltäni teiltäni
allative teelleni teilleni
essive teenäni teinäni
translative teekseni teikseni
abessive teettäni teittäni
instructive
comitative teineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teesi teesi
accusative nom. teesi teesi
gen. teesi
genitive teesi teidesi
teittesi
partitive teetäsi teitäsi
inessive teessäsi teissäsi
elative teestäsi teistäsi
illative teehesi teihisi
adessive teelläsi teilläsi
ablative teeltäsi teiltäsi
allative teellesi teillesi
essive teenäsi teinäsi
translative teeksesi teiksesi
abessive teettäsi teittäsi
instructive
comitative teinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative teemme teemme
accusative nom. teemme teemme
gen. teemme
genitive teemme teidemme
teittemme
partitive teetämme teitämme
inessive teessämme teissämme
elative teestämme teistämme
illative teehemme teihimme
adessive teellämme teillämme
ablative teeltämme teiltämme
allative teellemme teillemme
essive teenämme teinämme
translative teeksemme teiksemme
abessive teettämme teittämme
instructive
comitative teinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative teenne teenne
accusative nom. teenne teenne
gen. teenne
genitive teenne teidenne
teittenne
partitive teetänne teitänne
inessive teessänne teissänne
elative teestänne teistänne
illative teehenne teihinne
adessive teellänne teillänne
ablative teeltänne teiltänne
allative teellenne teillenne
essive teenänne teinänne
translative teeksenne teiksenne
abessive teettänne teittänne
instructive
comitative teinenne

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteːˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation(key): tee

Verb

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tee

  1. inflection of tehdä:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tee m (plural tees)

  1. (sports) tee

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Hunsrik

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tee (Wiesemann spelling)

  1. Alternative spelling of där

Ingrian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finnic *tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic *teje. Cognates include Finnish tie and Estonian tee.

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tee

  1. street
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Harkkaisin teen päälle, jää puuttui jalan alle.
      I stepped onto the street, ice got under my feet.
  2. way, path
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Tiijussimma teen ja läksimmä.
      We recognised the way and we went.
Declension
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Declension of tee (type 8/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tee teet
genitive teen teijen
partitive teetä teitä
illative teehe teihe
inessive tees teis
elative teest teist
allative teelle teille
adessive teel teil
ablative teelt teilt
translative teeks teiks
essive teennä, teen teinnä, tein
exessive1) teent teint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tee

  1. inflection of tehä:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 583

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

Noun

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têe f

  1. toe

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular)
  • Limburgish: tieën (plural reanalysed as singular)

Further reading

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  • tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Nafaanra

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Noun

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tee

  1. termite mound

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English tee.

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Noun

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tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene)

  1. (golf) tee
  2. (golf) peg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English tee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane)

  1. (golf) tee
  2. (golf) peg

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Old Irish

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Adjective

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teë

  1. Alternative spelling of

Mutation

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Mutation of tee
radical lenition nasalization
teë theë teë
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tee.

Noun

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tee c or n

  1. (golf) tee, teeing ground (area from which the first shot on a hole is hit)
    Synonym: utslagsplats
  2. (curling) tee (center of a curling target)

Usage notes

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Uninflected.

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Termanu

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Etymology

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Akin to Tetum to'o.

Verb

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tee

  1. to come, to arrive

Ternate

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Etymology

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Likely from Malay teh, from Hokkien () (Amoy dialect)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tee

  1. tea

References

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

Tetum

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Etymology

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See the Tetum noun teen.

Verb

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tee

  1. to defecate, to excrete

Tîrî

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Noun

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tee

  1. tea

References

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  • Midori Osumi, Tinrin Grammar

Võro

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Noun

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tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *tee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tee

  1. way, road

Inflection

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Declension of tee (type I/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tee teed
genitive tee teije
partitive teete teite
illative tehhe, tehese teise
inessive teez teiz
elative teesse teisse
allative teele teile
adessive teelle teille
ablative teelte teilte
translative teessi teissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien ().

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tee c (no plural)

  1. tea

Further reading

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  • tee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011