# teh
## English
### Etymology

Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: tĕ, IPA: /tɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛ

### Article

teh
* (Internet slang) A 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.
** 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!”

#### 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 universe of teh usage, whereas ordinarily "He is the stupid" is not.

### Anagrams

* the, eth-, Eth., ETH, Eth, het, EHT, HET, eth, the-, -eth

## Albanian
### Etymology

A prefixed derivative of eh.

### Noun

teh m (plural teha, definite teha, definite plural tehat)
* blade

#### Related terms

* eh

## Bahnar
### Alternative forms

* tĕh

### Etymology

From 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

* IPA: /tɛh/

### Noun

teh
* earth, ground
* dirt

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* te

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teʔ/

### Pronoun

teh
* (emphatic) you (singular), thou

#### Synonyms

* tehhuatl

## 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 Malay teh (“tea”), from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛh/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: tèh

### Noun

tèh (plural teh-teh)
* tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)
    Synonym: tanaman teh
* tea (drink made thereof)

#### Derived terms

* mengeteh
* teh-tehan
* teh botol
* teh celup
* teh herbal
* teh hijau
* teh hitam
* teh hutan
* teh jahe merah
* teh kampung
* teh kotak
* teh kulit manggis
* teh kuning
* teh makau
* teh manis
* teh merah
* teh obeng
* teh oolong
* teh pahit
* teh paraguai
* teh pelangsing
* teh putih
* teh ragi
* teh talua
* teh tarik
* teh tawar
* teh tubruk

### Further reading

* “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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teh/
** (Johor-Riau) IPA: [teh]
*** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA: [tɛh]
*** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eh
* Hyphenation: teh

### Etymology 1

From Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

#### Noun

teh (Jawi spelling تيه, informal 1st possessive tehku, 2nd possessive tehmu, 3rd possessive tehnya)
* Tea:
    Synonym: ca
** The tea plant; Camelia sinensis.
    Synonym: pokok teh
** The leaves of a tea plant.
    Synonym: daun teh
** The tea drink.
    Synonym: air teh

##### Compounds

* teh encer
* teh hutan / teh kampung
* teh kosong
* teh O
* teh O beng
* teh susu
* teh tarik

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: teh

### Etymology 2

Clipping of putih.

#### Noun

teh
* (Perak) A title of address for the sixth child in a family.
* (Pahang) A title of address for the fourth child in a family.

### Further reading

* “teh” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## South Slavey
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰɛ̀(h)]
* Hyphenation: teh

### Noun

teh (stem -teh-)
* (in compounds) bed of water

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184