teh
English
editEtymology
editMistyping of the on a computer keyboard.
Pronunciation
editArticle
editteh
- (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.
Usage notes
edit- 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
editAnagrams
editAlbanian
editEtymology
editA prefixed derivative of eh.
Noun
editteh m (plural teha, definite teha, definite plural tehat)
Related terms
editBahnar
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editteh
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editteh
Synonyms
editHokkien
editFor 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
editEtymology
editFrom Malay teh (“tea”), from Hokkien
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittèh (first-person possessive tehku, second-person possessive tehmu, third-person possessive tehnya)
- tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)
- Synonym: tanaman teh
- tea (drink made thereof)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editFrom Hokkien
Noun
editteh (Jawi spelling تيه, informal 1st possessive tehku, 2nd possessive tehmu, 3rd possessive tehnya)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Indonesian: teh
South Slavey
editPronunciation
editNoun
editteh (stem -teh-)
- (in compounds) bed of water
References
edit- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184
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