# te-
## Classical Nahuatl
### Prefix

tē-
* Indefinite animate object: someone; somebody; everyone; people.
* Indefinite animate possessor: someone's; somebody's.

#### See also

| | Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | no- | to- |
| 2nd person | mo- | amo- |
| 3rd person | ī- | īm- |
| impersonal | tē- | tē- |
| | Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | nēch- | tēch- |
| 2nd person | mitz- | amēch- |
| 3rd person | qu-, c- | quim-, quin- |
| impersonal | tē-, tla- | tē-, tla- |

### See also

* tla-

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch te-, from Old Dutch *ti-, from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwis-. Compare German zer-.

### Prefix

te-
* (obsolete, no longer productive) Created verbs with a sense of ‘in pieces, apart, asunder’, or with intensive force.
    tekappen (“to hew into pieces”)
    terijten (“to rip apart”)
    tesplitsen (“to split into pieces”)

## Indonesian
### Prefix

te-
* Alternative form of ter-

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

unknown

### Prefix

te-
* to form the permissive mood English Wikipedia has an article on:Permissive moodWikipedia
    tedirbie (“let him work”)
    teaugie (“let it grow”)

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *ti-, from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwis-.

### Prefix

te-
* Creates verbs with a sense of ‘in pieces, apart, asunder’, or with intensive force.

#### Derived terms
## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Prefix

te-
* Alternative form of to- (“towards”)

### Etymology 2
#### Prefix

te-
* Alternative form of to- (“apart”)

## Mohawk
### Alternative forms

* dualic
** tew- (before a-stem nouns)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-North Iroquoian *teʔ.

#### Prefix

te-
* negation prefix, used with iah

### Etymology 2

From Proto-North Iroquoian *te, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *teː.

#### Prefix

te-
* dualic prefix
** with nouns, indicates two of something
** forms superlatives with aonhá’a

### References

* Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages 57, 146, 205-206

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Prefix

te-
* Alternative form of tō-

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwis-.

### Prefix

te-
* Creates verbs with a sense of ‘apart, in piece, asunder’, or with intensive force.
    tebrekan (“to break apart”)
    tebrestan (“to tear up”)
    tedēlian (“to separate”)
    tefallan (“to decay”)
    tefaran (“to decay, to consume”)
    tegangan (“to dissolve”)
    teglīdan (“to glide away”)
    tekīnan (“to dissolve”)
    tekliovan (“to tear apart”)
    telātan (“to disperse”)
    telōsian (“to resolve”)
    teskrīdan (“to dissolve”)
    teslahan (“to destroy”)
    tesprengian (“to smash”)
    testōrian (“to destroy”)
    testōtan (“to pound”)
    teswingan (“to disperse”)
    tewerpan (“to disperse, to destroy”)

#### Derived terms
## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [te-]

### Prefix

te-
* Allomorph of t- used for stems that begin with a consonant other than w and have a first vowel e.

#### Inflection

| | pronoun | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | postposition object | postposition object | series I verb argument | series I verb argument | series I verb argument | series I verb argument | series I verb argument |
| | pronoun | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | noun possessor/ series II verb argument | postposition object | postposition object | transitive patient | intransitive patient-like | intransitive patient-like | intransitive agent-like | transitive agent |
| first person | ewü | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | y-, ∅-, ü-, u-$^1$ | w-, wi- | w-, wi- | w-, wi- |
| first person dual inclusive | küwü | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kii-, ki-$^1$ |
| second person | amödö | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | m-, mi- | m-, mi- |
| first person dual exclusive | nña | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | chö- | ∅- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- |
| third person | tüwü | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-$^1$ | chö- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- | n-, ni- |
| distant past third person | tüwü | — | — | — | — | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- | kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- |
| coreferential/reflexive | — | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- | — | — | — | — | — |
| reciprocal | — | — | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- | öö- |
| With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable. |||||||||||
| | series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient |
| first person > second person | mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- |
| first person dual exclusive > second person | mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- |
| second person > first person | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- |
| second person > first person dual exclusive | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- |
| third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person | see person X in the chart above |