teina

See also: teinä, teină, tēina, teína, and teiną

Italian

Noun

teina f (plural teine)

  1. theine
  2. caffeine (when in tea)

Anagrams

Maori

Noun

teina (irregular plural tēina)

  1. younger brother of a male
  2. younger sister of a female

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; wicker basket”), derived from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Cognates include Middle English tenel.

Noun

teina f

  1. basket made of twigs, wicker basket
Declension
  Declension of teina (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative teina teinan teinur teinurnar
accusative teinu teinuna teinur teinurnar
dative teinu teinunni teinum teinunum
genitive teinu teinunnar teinna teinnanna
  • teinn m (“twig, sprout”)
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teine m or f

Noun

teina

  1. inflection of teinn:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

References
  • “teina”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛˈi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: te‧i‧na

Noun

teina f (related adjective teinowy)

  1. theine (caffeine when present in tea)

Declension
Declension of teina
singular
nominative teina
genitive teiny
dative teinie
accusative teinę
instrumental teiną
locative teinie
vocative teino

Further reading
  • teina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • teina in PWN's encyclopedia

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

*te- (“animal”) +‎ Proto-Mixtec *ínà (“dog”). Cf. Alcozauca Mixtec tìnà, Tezoatlán Mixtec ti̱na.

Noun

teina

  1. dog

Derived terms
  • teina coho
  • teina dzundu
  • teina idzitaa
  • teina yanda naydzi
  • teinandee
  • teinandeque

References
  • Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 166v
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