teatha

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.ə/, /ˈtʰe.e/[1][2]

Noun

teatha f (plural teathachan) (chiefly Lewis, Harris, Wester Ross)

  1. tea
    Synonym: tì
    A bheil e ag iarraidh copan teatha? ― Does he want a cup of tea?

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 63
  2. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 719
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