teh

See also: téh, tèh, Teh, and TEH

English

Etymology

Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tĕ, IPA(key): /tɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Article

teh

  1. (Internet slang, dated) 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

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed derivative of eh.

Noun

teh m (indefinite plural teha, definite singular teha, definite plural tehat)

  1. blade

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(key): /tɛh/

Noun

teh

  1. earth, ground
  2. dirt

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teʔ/

Pronoun

teh

  1. (emphatic) you (singular), thou

Synonyms

Indonesian

Teh

Etymology

From Malay teh (“tea”), from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛh/
  • Hyphenation: tèh

Noun

tèh (first-person possessive tehku, second-person possessive tehmu, third-person possessive tehnya)

  1. tea

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

Malay

Etymology

From Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Noun

teh (Jawi spelling تيه‎, informal 1st possessive tehku, 2nd possessive tehmu, 3rd possessive tehnya)

  1. tea

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: teh

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 咧 (“in the process of; currently”).
(This character, teh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧.)
For pronunciation and definitions of teh – see 硩 (“to press; etc.”).
(This character, teh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 硩.)

Slavey

Noun

teh

  1. water

References

  • Keren Rice, A grammar of Slave (1989)
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