teh
Translingual
Symbol
tehCategory:Translingual lemmas#TEHCategory:Translingual symbols#TEHCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#TEHCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
See also
English
Etymology
Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.
Pronunciation
Article
tehCategory:English lemmas#TEHCategory:English articles#TEHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
- (Internet slangCategory:English internet slang#TEH, datedCategory:English dated terms#TEH) Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effectCategory:English deliberate misspellings#TEH.
- This is teh game for your new box!Category:English terms with usage examples#TEH
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#TEH
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#TEH
- 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!”Category:English terms with quotations#TEH
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 scope of teh usage, whereas ordinarily "He is the stupid" is not.
Anagrams
Achang
Pronunciation
- (Myanmar) /tɛ˦˧/
Verb
tehCategory:Achang lemmas#TEHCategory:Achang verbs#TEHCategory:Achang entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
- to be like, resemble
- 2010, “2 Samuel 14:2”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible, Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:
- Shishenh nyangh nyangh svsoh kuk nyeis dah vmesbih teh kuot aq.Category:Achang terms with quotations#TEH
- Act like a woman who has been grieving for a very long time.
- 2010, “Deuteronomy 15:23”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible, Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:
- Suih gas vzo goh, jeis huot teh nyeisjvng mas huot chah.Category:Achang terms with quotations#TEH
- Do not eat the blood; [you] must pour [it] out on the ground like pouring water.
Further reading
Albanian
Etymology
A prefixed derivative of eh.
Noun
teh m (plural tehe, definite tehu, definite plural tehet)Category:Albanian lemmas#TEHCategory:Albanian nouns#TEHCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Albanian masculine nouns#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
Declension
Related terms
Bahnar
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-BahnaricCategory:Bahnar terms inherited from Proto-Bahnaric#TEHCategory:Bahnar terms derived from Proto-Bahnaric#TEH *t(n)ɛh, from Proto-Mon-KhmerCategory:Bahnar terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer#TEHCategory:Bahnar terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer#TEH *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
Noun
tehCategory:Bahnar lemmas#TEHCategory:Bahnar nouns#TEHCategory:Bahnar entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tehCategory:Classical Nahuatl lemmas#TEHCategory:Classical Nahuatl pronouns#TEHCategory:Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
Synonyms
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

Etymology
From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#TEHCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#TEH teh (“tea”), from HokkienCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien#TEH 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ/ [ˈt̪ɛ]Category:Indonesian 1-syllable words#TEHCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#TEH
Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation#TEHAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛ#TEHCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛ/1 syllable#TEH
- Syllabification: teh
Noun
tèh (plural teh-teh)Category:Indonesian lemmas#TEHCategory:Indonesian nouns#TEHCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
- tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)
- Synonym: tanaman teh
- tea (drink made thereof)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “teh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈteh/ [ˈt̪eh]Category:Malay 1-syllable words#TEHCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#TEH
- (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA(key): /ˈteh/ [ˈt̪ɛh]Category:Malay 1-syllable words#TEHCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#TEH
- Hyphenation: teh
Etymology 1
Borrowed from HokkienCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Hokkien#TEHCategory:Malay terms derived from Hokkien#TEH 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Noun
teh (Jawi spelling تيه, uncountable)Category:Malay lemmas#TEHCategory:Malay nouns#TEHCategory:Malay uncountable nouns#TEHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
- Tea:
- Synonym: ca
- The tea plant; Camelia sinensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Camelia%20sinensis.
- Synonym: pokok teh
- The leaves of a tea plant.
- Synonym: daun teh
- The tea drink.
- Synonym: air teh
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Clipping of putihCategory:Malay clippings#TEH.
Noun
teh (Jawi spelling تيه, uncountable)Category:Malay lemmas#TEHCategory:Malay nouns#TEHCategory:Malay uncountable nouns#TEHCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
- (dialectalCategory:Malay dialectal terms#TEH, PerakCategory:Perak Malay#TEH) A title of address for the sixth child in a family.
- (dialectalCategory:Malay dialectal terms#TEH, PahangCategory:Pahang Malay#TEH) A title of address for the fourth child in a family.
Further reading
- "teh" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
South Slavey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʰɛ̀(h)]Category:South Slavey terms with IPA pronunciation#TEH
- Hyphenation: teh
Noun
teh (stem -teh-)Category:South Slavey lemmas#TEHCategory:South Slavey nouns#TEHCategory:South Slavey entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH
- (in compounds) bed of water
References
- Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
teh (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#TEHCategory:Tagalog nouns#TEHCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#TEHCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#TEHCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#TEHCategory:Pages with entries#TEHCategory:Pages with 11 entries#TEH (colloquialCategory:Tagalog colloquialisms#TEH)
- alternative spelling of te
