tega

From Galician tega, variant of earlier talega, from Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة (taʕlíqa, “hanging thing”).

tega (plural tegas)

1. (historical) Synonym of ferrado, a traditional Galician unit of dry measure, mass, and land area

 

Variant of earlier talega, from Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة (taʕlíqa, “hanging thing”). Doublet of taleiga and teiga. Cognate with Spanish talega.^[1]

• Hyphenation: te‧ga

tega f (plural tegas)

1. (historical) Synonym of ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure, mass, and land area

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “teega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “teega” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tega”, 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), “tega”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tega”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Sanskrit त्याग (tyāga, “withdrawal, abandonment”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛɡa]
• Hyphenation: tè‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a

tega

1. insensitive, not caring about others

• “tega” 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.

From Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of teca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: té‧ga

tega f (plural teghe)

1. pod (of a bean etc.)
2. (vulgar, slang) penis
3. fishbone

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-tega (infinitive kutega)

1. to set a trap or other device; to entrap

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tegea
  • Conversive: -tegua
  • Other formations: -tega sikio (“to listen carefully”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtego (“trap”)