teito

See also: teitō

Galician

teitos (thatched roofs)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese teito, from Latin tēctum, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”). Cognate with Portuguese teto and Spanish techo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtejto̝/

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

  1. ceiling (the upper part of a cavity or room)
  2. roof (the cover at the top of a building)
    • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 60:
      Jtem hũa cassa ẽna rrúa da Fonte da Rreýna que sson tres cassas so hũu teyto
      Item, a house in Queen's Fountain Street, that are three houses [sic] under a roof
    Synonyms: lousado, tellado

Adjective

teito m (feminine singular teita, masculine plural teitos, feminine plural teitas)

  1. having a roof

Derived terms

  • Fonteita, place name, lit. "Roofed Fountain"
  • teitar (“to roof”)
  • teito da boca (“palate”)

References

  • “teito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “teyt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “teito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “teito” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “teito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteito/, [ˈt̪ei̯t̪o]

Noun

teito m (plural teitos)

  1. (Asturias, León) dwelling with a thatched roof
  2. the thatched roof itself
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