teta

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛta]

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teta f

1. aunt

   Coordinate terms: strýc, synovec, neteř

• “teta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “teta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “teta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

teta (Piemontais)

1. alternative form of téta (“head”)

• teta in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), 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.^[1] Cf. also Late Latin titta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteta̝/

teta f (plural tetas)

1. a mammary gland, teat

   Synonyms: chucha, mama, teto

2. (chiefly in the plural) tit, a woman's breast

   Synonyms: peito, seo

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV., page 218:

     Quem creyria que Abraã averia fillo emçima de sua velleçe, de sua moller Sarra, et ella sééndo outrosi vella queo criaria aas suas tetas?

     Who would have think that Abraham would have a son in spite of his age and that of his wife Sarah, and that she being also old would feed her son with her tits?

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “teta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “teta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: tè‧ta

teta m or f (invariable)

1. Greek letter theta, θ

• -etta, atte, etta-, tate

• IPA^(key): /tɛta/

teta (infinitive gũteta)

1. to grumble^[1]

• ndeto class 9/10

• kwaria, kuuga

Imitative of children's first syllables, similar to tė̃tis (“daddy”) and tė́vas (“father”).^[1]

tetà f (plural tẽtos) stress pattern 4^[2]

1. aunt

• dė̃dė (“uncle”)

Borrowed from English theta, from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).

• IPA^(key): [te.tä]

teta (Jawi spelling تيتا, plural teta-teta)

1. theta; the θ (th) character.

   Huruf teta

   The theta character

• “teta”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Latin thēta, in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”).

• theta (pre-standardization spelling)

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧ta

teta m (plural tetas)

1. theta (name of the Greek letter Θ θ)

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta, possibly from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation. Compare Spanish teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta.

• têta (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧ta

teta f (plural tetas)

1. (vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland)

   Synonyms: mama, peito, seio, teto, tetina, úbere

• “teta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “teta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “teta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “teta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Greek θήτα (thíta).

teta m (uncountable)

1. theta

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

• IPA^(key): /têta/

• Hyphenation: te‧ta

tȅta f (Cyrillic spelling те̏та)

1. (hypocoristic) aunt by blood; the sister of one’s parent

   Synonym: tȅtka

• “teta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈceta]

teta f

1. aunt (a parent's sister)

• “teta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀ːta/

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téta f

1. aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	têta
gen. sing.	tête
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	têta	têti	tête
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tête	têt	têt
dative (dajȃlnik)	têti	têtama	têtam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	têto	têti	tête
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	têti	têtah	têtah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	têto	têtama	têtami

• “teta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “teta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Borrowed from Old French tete (“nipple”), perhaps an expressive formation or from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).

Compare Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē), Portuguese teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, etc. Similar words are found in many European languages, and there may not be a deeper connection between them.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteta/ [ˈt̪e.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: te‧ta

teta f (plural tetas)

1. boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast

   Synonyms: busto, chichi, lola, mama, pecho, seno

2. nipple

   Synonym: pezón

teta f

1. feminine singular of teto

• “teta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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-teta (infinitive kuteta)

1. to oppose, contradict

Conjugation of -teta
Positive present -nateta Subjunctive -tete Negative -teti Imperative singular teta
Infinitives
Positive kuteta Negative kutoteta
Imperatives
Singular teta Plural teteni
Tensed forms
Habitual huteta Positive past positive subject concord + -liteta Negative past negative subject concord + -kuteta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nateta) Singular Plural 1st person ninateta/nateta tunateta 2nd person unateta mnateta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anateta wanateta other classes positive subject concord + -nateta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -teti) Singular Plural 1st person siteti hatuteti 2nd person huteti hamteti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hateti hawateti other classes negative subject concord + -teti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tateta Negative future negative subject concord + -tateta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tete) Singular Plural 1st person nitete tutete 2nd person utete mtete 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atete watete other classes positive subject concord + -tete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitete Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeteta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeteta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliteta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliteta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ateta) Singular Plural 1st person nateta twateta 2nd person wateta mwateta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateta wateta m-mi(III/IV) wateta yateta ji-ma(V/VI) lateta yateta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chateta vyateta n(IX/X) yateta zateta u(XI) wateta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwateta pa(XVI) pateta mu(XVIII) mwateta
Perfect positive subject concord + -meteta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshateta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jateta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiteta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoteta Consecutive kateta / positive subject concord + -kateta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katete
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niteta -tuteta 2nd person -kuteta -wateta/-kuteteni/-wateteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mteta -wateta m-mi(III/IV) -uteta -iteta ji-ma(V/VI) -liteta -yateta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiteta -viteta n(IX/X) -iteta -ziteta u(XI) -uteta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuteta pa(XVI) -pateta mu(XVIII) -muteta Reflexive -jiteta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -teta- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tetaye -tetao m-mi(III/IV) -tetao -tetayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tetalo -tetayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tetacho -tetavyo n(IX/X) -tetayo -tetazo u(XI) -tetao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tetako pa(XVI) -tetapo mu(XVIII) -tetamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -teta) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeteta -oteta m-mi(III/IV) -oteta -yoteta ji-ma(V/VI) -loteta -yoteta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choteta -vyoteta n(IX/X) -yoteta -zoteta u(XI) -oteta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koteta pa(XVI) -poteta mu(XVIII) -moteta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tetea (“fight for”)
  • Causative: -teteleza (“antagonise, aggravate”)
  • Reciprocal: -tetana (“quarrel”)

• mteta

-teta (infinitive kuteta)

1. to lie

   Synonyms: gulizga (“-gulizga”), myatika (“-myatika”)

2. to speak falsely, even by mistake

• -tesi (“untrue”)

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[3], Central Africana Limited, page 225

From Late Latin titta, titia; compare Italian tetta.

teta f (plural tete)

1. breast, tit

From Proto-Finnic *teetädäk.

teta

1. to know (to have knowledge of a piece of information)

Inflection of teta (inflection type 9/kogota)
1st infinitive	teta
present indic.	tedab
past indic.	tezi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	tedan	tezin	—
2nd singular	tedad	tezid	teda
3rd singular	tedab	tezi	tekaha
1st plural	tedam	tezim	tekam
2nd plural	tedat	tezit	tekat
3rd plural	tetas tedaba	teziba	tekaha
sing. conneg.1	teda	tedand	teda
plur. conneg.	tekoi	tenugoi	tekoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	tedaižin	tenuižin	tedanen
2nd singular	tedaižid	tenuižid	tedaned
3rd singular	tedaiži	tenuiži	tedaneb
1st plural	tedaižim	tenuižim	tedanem
2nd plural	tedaižit	tenuižit	tedanet
3rd plural	tedaižiba	tenuižiba	tedaneba
connegative	tedaiži	tenuiži	tedane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	teta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	tetes	inessive	tedamas
instructive	teten	illative	tedamaha
participles		elative	tedamaspäi
present active	tedai	adessive	tedamal
past active	tenu	abessive	tedamat
past passive	tetud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

• tedo
• tetab

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teta

1. abessive singular of te

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “знать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika