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tegu

See also: tégu

English

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Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)

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Etymology

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From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Noun

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tegu (plural tegus)

  1. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
    1. especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.

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Esperanto

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Verb

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tegu

  1. imperative of tegi

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

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tegu (genitive teo, partitive tegu)

  1. action, deed, doing

Declension

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Declension of tegu (type nägu)
singular plural
nominative tegu teod
genitive teo tegude
partitive tegu tegusid
illative tekku / teosse tegudesse
inessive teos tegudes
elative teost tegudest
allative teole tegudele
adessive teol tegudel
ablative teolt tegudelt
translative teoks tegudeks
terminative teoni tegudeni
essive teona tegudena
abessive teota tegudeta
comitative teoga tegudega

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From an earlier te-gùl < te-gùli, from tè (“let, may”) the 3rd person singular present indicative form of gulė́ti (“to lie”), literally "let (it) lie".[1]

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Particle

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tegù

  1. let, may

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tegù”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 664-5

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *teko.

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tegu

  1. (Salaca) deed

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: te‧gu

Noun

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tegu m (plural tegus)

  1. Alternative form of teiú

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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tegu class V (plural mategu class VI)

  1. tapeworm
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