teh

Etymology

Mistyping of the on a computer keyboard.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕ, IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛ

Article

teh

1. (Internet slang) A deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.

   This is teh game for your new box!

   You are teh haxor!

   • 2007 October, GameAxis Unwired, SPH Magazines, page 14:

     This Beowulf is based on a new animated movie of the same name... so yes, this counts as yet another game based on a movie, which basically relegates it to teh suck status in the minds of most.

   • 2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 10:

     Spending Fridays at school was teh suck anyway, and I was glad of the excuse to make my escape.

   • 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 78:

     Awl teh booze got drink, an Happy Cat's momz was liek, “Dey gotz no booze. Dis parti iz teh suck!”

Anagrams

• the, eth-, Eth., ETH, Eth, het, EHT, HET, eth, the-, -eth

Etymology

A prefixed derivative of eh.

Noun

teh m (plural teha, definite teha, definite plural tehat)

1. blade

Alternative forms

• tĕh

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *t(n)ɛh, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iʔ ~ *t₁ih ~ *t₁iəh (“earth, ground”); cognate with Koho tiah (“earth, ground”), Mon တိ (tɔeˀ, “earth, ground, land”), Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth, ground, land”), Semai tiiq (“earth, ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛh/

Noun

teh

1. earth, ground
2. dirt

Alternative forms

• te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teʔ/

Pronoun

teh

1. (emphatic) you (singular), thou

Etymology

From Malay teh (“tea”), from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛh/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tèh

Noun

tèh (plural teh-teh)

1. tea (plant; Camellia sinensis)

   Synonym: tanaman teh

2. tea (drink made thereof)

Further reading

• “teh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teh/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [teh]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

  • (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): [tɛh]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

• Rhymes: -eh
• Hyphenation: teh

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Etymology 2

Clipping of putih.

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɛ̀(h)]
• Hyphenation: teh

Noun

teh (stem -teh-)

1. (in compounds) bed of water

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 184