tesu

Inherited from Old Leonese teso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtesu/ [ˈt̪e.su]
• Rhymes: -esu
• Syllabification: te‧su

tesu m (plural tesos)

1. (a small) hill

   Synonym: llomba

2. hilltop

   Near-synonyms: cumal, cume

3. a stone placed on a hilltop

   Synonym: celembru

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “tesu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “tesu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛsu]

tesu m inan

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of tes

• teosu, teso, *teisu, tæso
• teissum — dative plural (< *teiswum)

From Proto-West Germanic *taswi. Further etymology unknown. Perhaps related to Old English tǣsan (“to tear up, pull apart, tease”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.su/, [ˈte.zu]
• Rhymes: -esu

tesu m or n

1. hurt, injury, damage
2. wrong, wrongdoing, fraud

• The exact gender is unknown. Based on the inflection, it is either masculine, neuter, or either.

Inflection 1 (masculine): Strong wa-stem:

Inflection 2 (neuter): Strong wa-stem:

• tesusprǣċ

• tǣsan
• teswian

tesu

1. (demonstrative) locative plural masculine/neuter of ta (“that”)

tesu

1. locative plural of ta (“he; it”)