teina

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

Italian

Noun

teina f (plural teine)

1. theine
2. caffeine (when in tea)

Anagrams

• Tinea, aneti, etani, etnia, natie, tenia

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

Related terms

• teinn m (“twig, sprout”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: teine f
• Norwegian Bokmål: teine m or f

Etymology 2

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