teca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teca"

Catalan

Etymology 1

Probably deverbal from encatacar-se (“to eat”), in turn a cross between atacar-se (“to attack”), encarcanyar-se, and Old Catalan entecar-se (“to be contagious”), alteration of *eticar-se, from ètic (“phthisic, tuberculosis”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

teca f (plural teques)

  1. (colloquial) food

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Spanish teca; in turn from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

teca f (plural teques)

  1. (botany) teak

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin thēca (“case, envelope, sheath”), from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

Pronunciation

Noun

teca f (plural teques)

  1. (biology) theca

References

  1. ^ “teca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026.

Further reading

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *teeka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïkaC.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teːka/

Verb

tēca

  1. (transitive) To lay (something) down; spread (something) out on a flat surface.
  2. (reflexive) To lie down.
  3. (transitive, of a man) To have sex with.
  4. (transitive) To pour.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1744. *tïka/i or *tïkaC ‘put lying down, stretched/spread flat’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 284
  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 250
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 215
  • Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 232

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin theca (16th century),[1] from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of the inherited tega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ca

Noun

teca f (plural teche)

  1. a small reliquary

References

  1. ^ tèca in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.kɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: te‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Noun

teca f (plural tecas)

  1. teak (Tectona grandis)
Descendants
  • → Dutch: teak
  • → English: teak
  • → Spanish: teca, teka (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti
Proto-Hellenic *títʰēmi
Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)
Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor.
Latin thēcalbor.
Portuguese teca

    Learned borrowing from Latin thēca, borrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

    Noun

    teca f (plural tecas)

    1. (anatomy) theca (covering or membrane, usually of a fibrous nature, that surrounds certain organs)
    2. (botany) theca (each of the dilated parts of an anther within which are the pollen sacs)
    3. quantity of fish belonging to each of the fishermen, in a haul (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    4. (informal) money
      Synonym: dinheiro
    5. (Brazil, Roman Catholicism) pyx (small container used to carry viaticum to the sick)
      Synonym: caixa-cibório

    Further reading

    Serbo-Croatian

    Noun

    teca f (Cyrillic spelling теца)

    1. (Kajkavian) aunt
      Synonym: teta

    Declension

    Kajkavian declension of teca
    singular plural
    nominative teca tece
    genitive tece tec
    dative tece tecam
    accusative tecu tece
    vocative - -
    locative tece tecah
    instrumental tecu tecami

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈteka/ [ˈt̪e.ka]
    • Rhymes: -eka
    • Syllabification: te‧ca

    Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-redup.
    Proto-Indo-European *-ti
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti
    Proto-Hellenic *títʰēmi
    Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)
    Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor.
    Latin thēcalbor.
    Portuguese tecabor.
    Spanish teca

      Borrowed from Portuguese teca.

      Noun

      teca f (plural tecas)

      1. teak
      Alternative forms

      Etymology 2

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-redup.
      Proto-Indo-European *-ti
      Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti
      Proto-Hellenic *títʰēmi
      Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)
      Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor.
      Latin thēcader.
      Spanish teca

        Derived from Latin thēca.

        Noun

        teca f (plural tecas)

        1. (biology) theca

        Further reading

        Welsh

        Etymology

        From teg +‎ -a.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtɛka/

        Adjective

        teca

        1. (colloquial) informal form of tecaf (“fairest”)

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of teca
        radical soft nasal aspirate
        teca deca nheca theca

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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