teja

From Malay teja, from Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛd͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: tè‧ja

tèja (first-person possessive tejaku, second-person possessive tejamu, third-person possessive tejanya)

1. sunset ray
2. rainbow

   Synonym: pelangi

• “teja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛja/, [ˈteja], [ˈtɛja]

teja

1. inflection of tej:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

From Pali teja, from Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”).

• IPA^(key): /te.d͡ʒa/

teja (Jawi spelling تيجا‎, plural teja-teja, informal 1st possessive tejaku, 2nd possessive tejamu, 3rd possessive tejanya)

1. foreglow or afterglow, reddish or yellowish ray observed during sunset or sunrise
2. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

• bangun-bangun
• benang raja
• bianglala
• ganu
• kuwung
• pelangi
• ular danu
• ular mengiang

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

teja n

1. Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of tejas (“brilliance”)

teja

1. vocative singular of tejas (“brilliance”)

Clipping of esteja, a possible conjugation of the verb estar.

teja

1. Eye dialect spelling of esteja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtexa/ [ˈt̪e.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: te‧ja

From Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula, whence English tile through the Latin word's Proto-Germanic descendant. Doublet of tarro.

teja f (plural tejas)

1. roof tile
2. a type of noodle
3. a type of chocolate from Peru
4. (Costa Rica, slang) a 100-colón coin

   media teja ― a 50-colón coin

See tejer

teja

1. inflection of tejar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of tejer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “teja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014