# teia
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* tea, teda, tesa

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tea, from Latin taeda. Compare Spanish tea, teda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈtɛ.jə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈtə.jə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈte.ja]

### Noun

teia f (plural teies)
* resinous wood from the pith of a pine or other similar trees
* small torch, spill
* (cant) knife
* (figurative) constitution, makeup

#### Derived terms

* teiera

#### See also

* torxa

### Further reading

* “teia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “teia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Hawaiian
### Determiner

teia
* Niʻihau form of kēia (“this”)
    O Hawaii teia.This is Hawaii.

#### Usage notes

* In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēia.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tɛɪːa/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

#### Alternative forms

* tegja (pre-1938)
* teie (e-infinitive)

#### Verb

teia (present tense teier, past tense tagde, past participle tagd or tagt, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
* to become silent
* to be silent
* to not tell anyone, to keep secret
    Du teier vel om dette?You'll keep this secret, right?

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse tæja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido) from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.

#### Alternative forms

* teie (e- and split infinitives)
* tæ
* (non-standard since 1938): tæja

#### Verb

teia (present tense teier, past tense teidde, past participle teidd, passive infinitive teiast, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
* to separate, to tear apart, to solve something complicated
* to pick up
* to explain
    Synonym: greia
    Teia ut alt samanExplain everything
* to look carefully (for something)

### References

* “teia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* teya (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtej.ɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtej.ɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtej.a/ [ˈteɪ̯.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɐj.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɐj.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈtej.ɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈtej.ɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈte.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: tei‧a

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of tela (“canvas; screen”).

#### Noun

teia f (plural teias)
* web; spider web
    Synonym: teia de aranha
** 1986, Sérgio Godinho (lyrics and music), “Lisboa Que Amanhece”, in Na Vida Real:Ao Cais dos Miradoiros / Vão chegando dos bares os navegantes / Amantes / Das teias que o amor e o fumo tecem(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (weaving) woof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
    Synonyms: trama, urdidura
* network (any interconnected group or system)
    Synonyms: emaranhado, rede
* (figurative, literature) plot (general course of a story)
    Synonyms: enredo, trama

##### Derived terms

* teia alimentar
* teia de aranha
* teia de Penélope
* teia trófica

##### Related terms

* tear
* tecer
* tela

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin taeda (“torch”).

#### Noun

teia f (plural teias)
* torch
    Synonyms: tocha, archote