teh

See also: téh, tèh, Teh, TEH, and těh

English

Etymology

Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕ, IPA^(key): /tɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Article

teh

1. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.

   This is teh game for your new box!

   You are teh haxor!

   • 2007 October, GameAxis Unwired, SPH Magazines, page 14:

     This Beowulf is based on a new animated movie of the same name... so yes, this counts as yet another game based on a movie, which basically relegates it to teh suck status in the minds of most.

   • 2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 10:

     Spending Fridays at school was teh suck anyway, and I was glad of the excuse to make my escape.

   • 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 78:

     Awl teh booze got drink, an Happy Cat's momz was liek, “Dey gotz no booze. Dis parti iz teh suck!”

Usage notes

• Teh is sometimes used in deliberately ungrammatical ways compared to the word the. For example, teh can be applied to adjectives; "He is teh stupid" is an acceptable sentence within the universe of teh usage, whereas ordinarily "He is the stupid" is not.

See also

• bak kut teh

Anagrams

• the, eth-, Eth., ETH, Eth, het, EHT, HET, eth, the-, -eth

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed derivative of eh.

Noun

teh m (plural teha, definite teha, definite plural tehat)

1. blade

Related terms

• eh

Bahnar

Alternative forms

• tĕh

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *t(n)ɛh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iʔ ~ *t₁ih ~ *t₁iəh (“earth, ground”); cognate with Koho tiah (“earth, ground”), Mon တိ (tɔeˀ, “earth, ground, land”), Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth, ground, land”), Semai tiiq (“earth, ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛh/

Noun

teh

1. earth, ground
2. dirt

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teʔ/

Pronoun

teh

1. (emphatic) you (singular), thou

Synonyms

• tehhuatl

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 咧 (“in the process of; currently”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧).

For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 硩 (“to press; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 硩).

Indonesian

Teh

Etymology

From Malay teh (“tea”), from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛh/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tèh

Noun

tèh (first-person possessive tehku, second-person possessive tehmu, third-person possessive tehnya)

1. tea

Derived terms

• mengeteh
• teh-tehan

 

• teh botol
• teh celup
• teh herbal
• teh hijau
• teh hitam
• teh hutan
• teh jahe merah
• teh kampung
• teh kotak
• teh kulit manggis
• teh kuning
• teh makau
• teh manis
• teh merah
• teh obeng
• teh oolong
• teh pahit
• teh paraguai
• teh pelangsing
• teh putih
• teh ragi
• teh talua
• teh tarik
• teh tawar
• teh tubruk

 

Further reading

• “teh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Noun

teh (Jawi spelling تيه, informal 1st possessive tehku, 2nd possessive tehmu, 3rd possessive tehnya)

1. tea

Synonyms

• ca

Derived terms

• teh tarik

Descendants

• Indonesian: teh

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɛ̀(h)]
• Hyphenation: teh

Noun

teh (stem -teh-)

1. (in compounds) bed of water

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184