# teta
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

teta f
* aunt
    Coordinate terms: strýc, synovec, neteř

#### Derived terms

* prateta
* tetička
* tetka

### Further reading

* “teta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “teta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “teta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

teta (Piemontais)
* Alternative form of téta (“head”)

### References

* teta in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a West Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it.
Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette. Cf. also Late Latin titta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteta̝/

### Noun

teta f (plural tetas)
* a mammary gland, teat
    Synonyms: chucha, mama, teto
* (chiefly in the plural) tit, a woman's breast
    Synonyms: peito, seo
** 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV., page 218:Quem creyria que Abraã averia fillo emçima de sua velleçe, de sua moller Sarra, et ella sééndo outrosi vella queo criaria aas suas tetas?Who would have think that Abraham would have a son in spite of his age and that of his wife Sarah, and that she being also old would feed her son with her tits?

#### Derived terms

* bico da teta (“nipple”)
* tetudo (“having big breasts”, adjective)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “teta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “teta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Hyphenation: tè‧ta

### Noun

teta m or f (invariable)
* Greek letter theta, θ

### Anagrams

* -etta, atte, etta-, tate

## Kikuyu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛta/

### Verb

teta (infinitive gũteta)
* to grumble

#### Derived terms

* ndeto class 9/10

#### See also

* kwaria, kuuga

### References

* ↑ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Imitative of children's first syllables, similar to tė̃tis (“daddy”) and tė́vas (“father”).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

tetà f (plural tẽtos) stress pattern 4
* aunt

#### Declension
### See also

* dė̃dė (“uncle”)

### References

* ↑ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tetà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 673
* ↑ “teta”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English theta, from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [te.tä]

### Noun

teta (Jawi spelling تيتا, plural teta-teta, informal 1st possessive tetaku, 2nd possessive tetamu, 3rd possessive tetanya)
* theta; the θ (th) character.
    Huruf teta
       The theta character

#### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Latin thēta, in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”).

#### Alternative forms

* theta (pre-standardization spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
* Hyphenation: te‧ta

#### Noun

teta m (plural tetas)
* theta (name of the Greek letter Θ θ)

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta, possibly from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation.
Compare Spanish teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta.

#### Alternative forms

* têta (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -etɐ
* Hyphenation: te‧ta

#### Noun

teta f (plural tetas)
* (vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland)
    Synonyms: mama, peito, seio, teto, tetina, úbere

##### Derived terms

* teta de nega
* teta-de-cabra

### Further reading

* “teta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “teta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “teta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “teta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Greek θήτα (thíta).

### Noun

teta m (uncountable)
* theta

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /têta/
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* Hyphenation: te‧ta

### Noun

tȅta f (Cyrillic spelling те̏та)
* (hypocoristic) aunt by blood; the sister of one’s parent
    Synonym: tȅtka

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “teta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈceta]
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### Noun

teta f
* aunt (a parent's sister)

#### Derived terms

* tetka
* tetuška

### Further reading

* “teta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛ̀ːta/
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### Noun

téta f
* aunt (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “teta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “teta”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tete (“nipple”), perhaps an expressive formation or from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).
Compare Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē), Portuguese teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, etc. Similar words are found in many European languages, and there may not be a deeper connection between them.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteta/ [ˈt̪e.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: te‧ta

### Noun

teta f (plural tetas)
* boob (colloquial), tit (slightly vulgar), breast
    Synonyms: busto, chichi, lola, mama, pecho, seno
* nipple
    Synonym: pezón

#### Derived terms

* arreglo de tetas
* dar la teta
* destetar
* pasarlo teta
* quitar la teta
* teta de vaca
* tetaza
* tetón
* tiran más dos tetas que dos carretas

#### Related terms

* tetudo

### Adjective

teta f
* feminine singular of teto

### Further reading

* “teta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-teta (infinitive kuteta)
* to oppose, contradict

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -teta :
| Positive present | -nateta |
| Subjunctive | -tete |
| Negative | -teti |
| Imperative singular | teta |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuteta |
| Negative | kutoteta |
Imperatives :
| Singular | teta |
| Plural | teteni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huteta |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liteta |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuteta |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tateta |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tateta |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitete |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeteta |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeteta |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliteta |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliteta |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meteta |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshateta |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jateta |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiteta |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoteta |
| Consecutive | kateta / positive subject concord + -kateta |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katete |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -tetea (“fight for”)
** Causative: -teteleza (“antagonise, aggravate”)
** Reciprocal: -tetana (“quarrel”)

#### See also

* mteta

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Late Latin titta, titia; compare Italian tetta.

### Noun

teta f (plural tete)
* breast, tit

## Veps
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *teetädäk.

#### Verb

teta
* to know (to have knowledge of a piece of information)

##### Derived terms

* tedo
* tetab

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

teta
* abessive singular of te

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “знать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika