тея

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *tijä (“tight, narrow”).

Adjective

тея • (ťeja)

1. narrow

   Synonym: теине (ťejińe)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тея”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1052 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê). Cognates include Lower Sorbian tej and Silesian tyj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛja]
• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Hyphenation: тея

Noun

тея (teja) f (related adjective тейов or тейови)

1. tea

   Synonym: чай (čaj)

   руменцова тея ― rumencova teja ― chamomile tea

Derived terms

adjectives

• тейов (tejov)
• тейови (tejovi)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “тея”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy