teve

See also: tevé, téve, tévé, tevê, and təvə

Galician

Verb

teve

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person singular preterite indicative of ter

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛvɛ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: te‧ve
• Rhymes: -vɛ

Etymology 1

First attested in c. 1395. Borrowed from a Turkic language. Compare Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

Noun

teve (plural tevék)

1. camel

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	teve	tevék
accusative	tevét	tevéket
dative	tevének	tevéknek
instrumental	tevével	tevékkel
causal-final	tevéért	tevékért
translative	tevévé	tevékké
terminative	tevéig	tevékig
essive-formal	teveként	tevékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tevében	tevékben
superessive	tevén	tevéken
adessive	tevénél	tevéknél
illative	tevébe	tevékbe
sublative	tevére	tevékre
allative	tevéhez	tevékhez
elative	tevéből	tevékből
delative	tevéről	tevékről
ablative	tevétől	tevéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	tevéé	tevéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tevééi	tevékéi

Possessive forms of teve
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tevém	tevéim
2nd person sing.	tevéd	tevéid
3rd person sing.	tevéje	tevéi
1st person plural	tevénk	tevéink
2nd person plural	tevétek	tevéitek
3rd person plural	tevéjük	tevéik

Derived terms

• tevegel
• tevés

 

Expressions

• egypúpú teve

 

See also

• dromedár

Etymology 2

From the tev- stem of tesz +‎ -e (archaic past-tense suffix).

Verb

teve

1. Archaic third-person singular indicative past indefinite form of tesz (“to do; to put”). For the full paradigm, see the usage template.

   Synonyms: (modern form) tett, (obsolete) tőn

Further reading

• (camel): teve in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Mbyá Guaraní

Adverb

teve

1. unfortunately, regretfully

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.bɨ/ [ˈte.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: te‧ve

Etymology 1

From Latin tenuit, third person singular preterite indicative of tenēre. As with the other forms, the N was lost, resulting in teuit, which became tēvit. The I became an E to prevent confusion with tive, the first person singular preterite form of ter.

Verb

teve

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ter
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

     Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.

     Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.

Etymology 2

Shortening of esteve, third-person singular preterite indicative of estar.

Verb

teve

1. Eye dialect spelling of esteve.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• tv

Etymology

From the word television, the abbreviation tv (“TV”) written out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˌveː/, /ˈteːˌvɛ/

Noun

teve c

1. television
2. a TV set, a telly

Declension

Declension of teve

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	teve	teves
	definite	teven	tevens
plural	indefinite	tevear	tevears
	definite	tevearna	tevearnas

Further reading

• teve in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• vete