tekla

See also: Tekla and Teklą

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tecla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tekla/ [t̪e.kla]
• Rhymes: -ekla, -a
• Hyphenation: te‧kla

Noun

tekla inan

1. key (button in a keyboard of a device or instrument)
   • 1954, Jon Mirande, chapter 1, in Haur besoetakoa [Child of [my] Arms], Lur, published 1970, page 16:

     […] haren idun-ezurtxoak senditzen zituen behatz-puntaren pean, eta jokatzen zituen, piano baten teklak bailiren.

     […] he felt the small vertebrae under his fingertips, and pressed as if they were the keys of a piano.

Declension

Declension of tekla (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tekla	tekla	teklak
ergative	teklak	teklak	teklek
dative	teklari	teklari	teklei
genitive	teklaren	teklaren	teklen
comitative	teklarekin	teklarekin	teklekin
causative	teklarengatik	teklarengatik	teklengatik
benefactive	teklarentzat	teklarentzat	teklentzat
instrumental	teklaz	teklaz	teklez
inessive	teklatan	teklan	tekletan
locative	teklatako	teklako	tekletako
allative	teklatara	teklara	tekletara
terminative	teklataraino	teklaraino	tekletaraino
directive	teklatarantz	teklarantz	tekletarantz
destinative	teklatarako	teklarako	tekletarako
ablative	teklatatik	teklatik	tekletatik
partitive	teklarik	—	—
prolative	teklatzat	—	—

Related terms

• teklatu (“keyboard”)

Further reading

• “tekla”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “tekla”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkla]

Participle

tekla

1. inflection of téct:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tikla

Etymology

Unknown. See also Spanish teca, Portuguese teca, Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ), and Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtekla/ [ˈt̪ɛk.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ekla
• Syllabification: tek‧la

Noun

tekla (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎ)

1. teak (Tectona grandis, a tropical hardwood tree)

   Synonyms: hati, teka

2. teakwood; teak (wood of the teak tree)

   Synonyms: hati, teka

Further reading

• “tekla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• lekat