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

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

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

third-person singular present of hatin

Etymology 2

From Contraction of di wê.

Preposition

tê

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)

tee (name of the Latin letter T, t)

Etymology 2

Verb

tê

Apocopic form of ter; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
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)

numb
Ui da tê giò.
Ouchie, my legs are numb.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tê • (儕, 󱬴)

(Central Vietnam) that; there; those
Tui muốn cái tê.
I want that one.

	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	ní 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

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

(obsolete) rhinoceros
Synonym: tê giác

sừng tê ― rhino horn

Welsh

Noun

tê m (uncountable)

Misspelling of te.