teto

See also: tető and této

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛto]

Noun

teto f

1. vocative singular of teta

Esperanto

Greek Alphabet

Θθ	Previous:	eto
	Next:	joto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “the letter Θ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteto/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: te‧to

Noun

teto (accusative singular teton, plural tetoj, accusative plural tetojn)

1. theta

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from a West Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it. Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette Cf. also Late Latin titta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtetʊ]

Noun

teto m (plural tetos)

1. (anatomy, of animals) nipple

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tēctum. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese teito. Cognate of French toit, Galician teito, Italian tetto and Spanish techo.

Alternative forms

• tecto (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: te‧to

Noun

teto m (plural tetos)

1. ceiling (upper surface of room)
2. ceiling (upper limit of a value)

Etymology 2

Alteration of teta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.tu/

• Rhymes: -etu
• Hyphenation: te‧to

Noun

teto m (plural tetos)

1. tit (projection of mammary gland)

   Synonym: teta

Slovene

Noun

teto

1. accusative/instrumental singular of teta

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from teta (“boob”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteto/ [ˈt̪e.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: te‧to

Adjective

teto (feminine teta, masculine plural tetos, feminine plural tetas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico) silly; immature; childishly foolish

Noun

teto m (plural tetos, feminine teta, feminine plural tetas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico) a silly, immature person

Further reading

• “teto”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.to/

Verb

teto

1. (transitive) to chop
2. (transitive) to mince

Conjugation

Conjugation of teto

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toteto	foteto	miteto
2nd person		noteto	niteto
3rd person	masculine	oteto	iteto yoteto (archaic)
	feminine	moteto
	neuter	iteto

References

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

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪e.t̪o/

Noun

teto

1. grandfather

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics