te-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Classical Nahuatl

Prefix

tē-

  1. Indefinite animate object: someone; somebody; everyone; people.
  2. Indefinite animate possessor: someone's; somebody's.

Derived terms
Classical Nahuatl terms prefixed with te-

See also

Dutch

Etymology

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

Prefix

te-

  1. (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-

  1. Alternative form of ter-

Maquiritari

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [te-]

Prefix

te-

  1. Allomorph oft- used for stems that begin with a consonant other than w and have a first vowel e.

Inflection
Maquiritari personal markers (Ye’kwana dialect)
pronoun noun possessor/
series II verb argument		 postposition object series I verb argument
transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent
first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u- w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-
second person amödö ö-, öy-, o-, oy-, a-, ay- m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive nña y-, ch-, ∅-, i- chö- ∅- n-, ni-
third person tüwü n-, ni-
distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- —
reciprocal — — öö-
series I verb argument:
transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person see person X in the chart above

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Prefix

te-

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

Derived terms
Middle Dutch terms prefixed with te-

Middle English

Prefix

te-

  1. Alternative form of to- (“towards”)

Prefix

te-

  1. Alternative form of to- (“apart”)

Mohawk

Alternative forms
  • dualic
    • tew- (before a-stem nouns)

Prefix

te-

  1. negation prefix, used withiah

Prefix

te-

  1. dualic prefix
    1. with nouns, indicates two of something
    2. forms superlatives withaonhá’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(key): /te/

Prefix

te-

  1. Alternative form of tō-

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Prefix

te-

  1. 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
Old Saxon terms prefixed with te-
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