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teko

  1. locative singular of te

From Polish teka and Yiddish טעקע (teke), from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

  • IPA(key): [ˈteko]
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Hyphenation: te‧ko

teko (accusative singular tekon, plural tekoj, accusative plural tekojn)

  1. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
    Synonym: aktujo

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Equivalent to teke- (to do) +‎ -o. Compare teho.

  • IPA(key): /ˈteko/, [ˈt̪e̞ko̞]
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Hyphenation(key): te‧ko

teko

  1. act, deed (something done)
  2. achievement, deed (act of achieving or performing)
    Synonym: saavutus
    Se oli mahtava teko.It was a great achievement.
  3. (in compounds) refers to a deed, especially in a legal context.
    tekopaikkathe location where an act takes place; crime scene
    tekotapaway of doing something, method
    tekovälineany object that is used as the means of committing a crime

teko ngo

  1. (Pulaar) whooping cough
  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

teko (dependent form reko, third-person possessed form heko)

  1. culture, way of life

    Guaraní reko

    Guaraní culture

From Hokkien 茶鈷茶钴 (tê-kó͘, têe-kó͘).

  • IPA(key): [ˈteko]
  • Hyphenation: té‧ko

téko (plural teko-teko)

  1. teapot.
    Synonym: kipsiau

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Cognates include Finnish teko and Estonian tegu.

teko

  1. deed
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

      Ensimäisees sanomuksees vaaƶnoimpanna assianna ono ken tekköö, toisees sanomuksees vaaƶnoimpanna assianna ono mitä tekköö, a kolmannees teon objekta ono vaaƶnoimpanna assianna.

      In the first sentence the most important issue is who does it, in the second syllable the most important issue is what he does, and in the third one the object of the deed is the most important issue.
Declension of teko (type 4/koivu, k- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative teko teot
genitive teon tekkoin, tekoloin
partitive tekkoa tekoja, tekoloja
illative tekkoo tekkoi, tekoloihe
inessive teos teois, tekolois
elative teost teoist, tekoloist
allative teolle teoille, tekoloille
adessive teol teoil, tekoloil
ablative teolt teoilt, tekoloilt
translative teoks teoiks, tekoloiks
essive tekonna, tekkoon tekoinna, tekoloinna, tekkoin, tekoloin
exessive1) tekont tekoint, tekoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 579

teko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てこ

From Hokkien 茶鈷茶钴 (tê-kó͘, têe-kó͘).

  • IPA(key): [teko]
  • Hyphenation: té‧ko

téko (informal 1st possessive tekoku, 2nd possessive tekomu, 3rd possessive tekonya)

  1. teapot

tëko

  1. woodpecker
  • Hernández Cruz, Luis, Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎[3] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 318

teko

  1. Alternative form of tego

From Proto-Finnic *teko.

teko

  1. act, deed
  2. corvee
Declension of teko (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative teko tegod
genitive tego tekojõ, tekoi
partitive tekkoa tekoitõ, tekoi
illative tekkosõ, tekko tekoisõ
inessive tegoz tekoiz
elative tegossõ tekoissõ
allative tegolõ tekoilõ
adessive tegollõ tekoillõ
ablative tegoltõ tekoiltõ
translative tegossi tekoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “teko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn