teev

See also: Teev

North Frisian

Alternative forms

teew (Föhr-Amrum)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tōbijan. Cognate with West Frisian toevje, Low German töven, Dutch toeven.

Verb

teev

(Sylt) to wait

Conjugation

Conjugation of *teev* (Sylt dialect)
	present	past
infinitive I	teev
infinitive II	(tö) teewen
past participle	teeft
imperative	teev

1st singular	teev	teeft
2nd singular	teefst	teefst
3rd singular	teeft	teeft
plural / dual	teev	teeft
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa teeft	her teeft
2nd singular	heest teeft	herst teeft
3rd singular	heer teeft	her teeft
plural / dual	haa teeft	her teeft
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel teev	wel teev
2nd singular	sket teev	wet teev
3rd singular	skel teev	wel teev
plural / dual	skel teev	wel teev

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff (in the "hour" sense), though no reconstructed proto-form is given.^[1] Perhaps a clipping of Chinese 天秤 (tiānchèng, “balance, scales”) (for the "scales" sense)? The "hour" and other senses may or may not be related.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tẽ˧˦/

Noun

teev (classifier: rab)

scale, scales, balance (measuring device)
Nws siv teev luj khoom. ― He uses the scale to weigh the product.
used in teev dab (“system of giving offerings to spirits”)

Noun

teev

an hour
Nws tawm hauj lwm thaum 4 teev. ― He comes out of work at 4 o'clock.

Verb

teev^[2]

to build a dam, to block or stop the flow of liquid
teev dej ― to build a dam to hold water
to fill up (a cup), to pour into a cup
Nws teev khob cawv. ― He fills the cup with alcohol.

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 315.

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

[2] ttps://www.hmongvocabulary.com/search.php

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