teaz

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Basque

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Noun

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teaz

  1. instrumental singular of te

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Probably related to Asturian tiez, and also perhaps to Spanish and Portuguese tez, but the etymology proposed for Coromines[1] can't explain the Galician forms.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /teˈaθ/ [t̪eˈaθ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /teˈas/ [t̪eˈas]

 

Noun

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teaz f (plural teaces)

  1. membrane, peel, especially one found inside a body, nut, egg
    Synonym: teaxe
    1. pericardium
    2. chorion
    3. pleura
    4. peritoneum

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tez”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos