thea

See also: Thea

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Hokkien 茶bor.

Old Malay tehbor.

Latin thea

Derived from Hokkien 茶 (tê) through Old Malay teh. The ⟨th⟩ is a faux-Greek spelling.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰe.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.a]

Noun

thea f (genitive theae); first declension

(New Latin) tea
Theam bibō.
I drink tea.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	thea	theae
genitive	theae	theārum
dative	theae	theīs
accusative	theam	theās
ablative	theā	theīs
vocative	thea	theae

Descendants

⇒ Latin: herba thea (“herb tea”)
- → Polish: herbata, arbata (Poznań, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Bory Tucholskie, Near Masovian, Płock Voivodeship, Kuyavia)
  - → Belarusian: гарба́та (harbáta)
  - → Kashubian: arbata, rabata, erbata, rebata
  - → Lithuanian: arbata
  - → Samogitian: erbeta
  - → Ukrainian: герба́та (herbáta)

References

Licoppe, Guy; Deraedt, Francisca (2002) Calepinus novus, Belgium: Fundatio Melissa