tego

See also: teĝo and tęgo

English

Noun

tego (plural tegos)

1. Alternative form of toego.

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der.

Proto-Italic *tegō

Latin tegōbor.

Esperanto tegi

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Old Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto tego

From tegi + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɡo/
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: te‧go

Noun

tego (accusative singular tegon, plural tegoj, accusative plural tegojn)

1. sheet, pillow case, bedtick

Further reading

• “tego”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tego”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tegō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”). Cognate with English thatch and English deck.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː.ɡo]

Verb

tegō (present infinitive tegere, perfect active tēxī, supine tēctum); third conjugation

1. to cover; to clothe

   Synonyms: vēlō, obvolvō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 1.5–7:

     Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelum
     ūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,
     quem dīxēre chaos: […]

     Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,
     there was one face of nature in the whole world,
     which they called chaos: […]

2. (transferred) to conceal, hide, protect

   Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, tueor, mūniō, servō, prohibeō

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.123:

     “Diffugient comitēs et nocte tegentur opācā [...].”

     “Their retinue will scatter, and [everything] will have been hidden in murky darkness [...].”
     (Juno will send a storm to conceal the union of Dido and Aeneas.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tegō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tegō		tegis		tegit		tegimus		tegitis		tegunt
	imperfect	tegēbam		tegēbās		tegēbat		tegēbāmus		tegēbātis		tegēbant
	future	tegam		tegēs		teget		tegēmus		tegētis		tegent
	perfect	tēxī		tēxistī		tēxit		tēximus		tēxistis		tēxērunt, tēxēre
	pluperfect	tēxeram		tēxerās		tēxerat		tēxerāmus		tēxerātis		tēxerant
	future perfect	tēxerō		tēxeris		tēxerit		tēxerimus		tēxeritis		tēxerint
passive	present	tegor		tegeris, tegere		tegitur		tegimur		tegiminī		teguntur
	imperfect	tegēbar		tegēbāris, tegēbāre		tegēbātur		tegēbāmur		tegēbāminī		tegēbantur
	future	tegar		tegēris, tegēre		tegētur		tegēmur		tegēminī		tegentur
	perfect	tēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tegam		tegās		tegat		tegāmus		tegātis		tegant
	imperfect	tegerem		tegerēs		tegeret		tegerēmus		tegerētis		tegerent
	perfect	tēxerim		tēxerīs		tēxerit		tēxerīmus		tēxerītis		tēxerint
	pluperfect	tēxissem		tēxissēs		tēxisset		tēxissēmus		tēxissētis		tēxissent
passive	present	tegar		tegāris, tegāre		tegātur		tegāmur		tegāminī		tegantur
	imperfect	tegerer		tegerēris, tegerēre		tegerētur		tegerēmur		tegerēminī		tegerentur
	perfect	tēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		tege		—		—		tegite		—
	future	—		tegitō		tegitō		—		tegitōte		teguntō
passive	present	—		tegere		—		—		tegiminī		—
	future	—		tegitor		tegitor		—		—		teguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tegere			tegī			tegēns			—
future		tēctūrum esse			tēctum īrī			tēctūrus			tegendus, tegundus
perfect		tēxisse			tēctum esse			—			tēctus
future perfect		—			tēctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tēctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tegendī		tegendō		tegendum		tegendō		tēctum		tēctū

Derived terms

• contegō
• dētegō
• integō
• obtegō
• pertegō
• praetegō
• prōtegō
• retegō
• subtegō
• supertegō
• tector
• tectum
• tectus
• teges
• tēgula
• tegulum
• tegumen
• tegumentum

Related terms

• toga
• tugurium

References

• “tego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • not to betray one's feelings by one's looks: sententiam fronte celare, tegere
    

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɡɔ/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ
• Syllabification: te‧go

Pronoun

tego m

1. inflection of ten:
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular
   3. personal accusative singular

Pronoun

tego n

1. genitive singular of to

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tego class IX (plural tego class X)

1. a (false) sexually transmitted disease said to be contracted by adultery
2. a board used for circumcision

Swedish

Verb

tego

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of tiga

Anagrams

• toge

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.ɡo]

Verb

tego (Jawi تىݢو)

1. (intransitive) to sit

   tego toma kurusi ― to sit on a chair

2. (intransitive) to live, reside
3. (intransitive) to be situated

   Kie Gamalama itego toma kie makonora ― Mount Gamalama sits in the center of the island

Conjugation

Conjugation of tego

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totego	fotego	mitego
2nd person		notego	nitego
3rd person	masculine	otego	itego yotego (archaic)
	feminine	motego
	neuter	itego

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps

Alternative forms

• teko

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Equivalent to tehta +‎ -o.

Noun

tego

1. deed, act
2. action
3. task
4. work, product
5. (as a modifier in compounds) artificial, man-made, prosthetic

Inflection

Inflection of tego (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	tego
genitive sing.	tegon
partitive sing.	tegod
partitive plur.	tegoid
	singular	plural
nominative	tego	tegod
accusative	tegon	tegod
genitive	tegon	tegoiden
partitive	tegod	tegoid
essive-instructive	tegon	tegoin
translative	tegoks	tegoikš
inessive	tegos	tegoiš
elative	tegospäi	tegoišpäi
illative	tegoho	tegoihe
adessive	tegol	tegoil
ablative	tegolpäi	tegoilpäi
allative	tegole	tegoile
abessive	tegota	tegoita
comitative	tegonke	tegoidenke
prolative	tegodme	tegoidme
approximative I	tegonno	tegoidenno
approximative II	tegonnoks	tegoidennoks
egressive	tegonnopäi	tegoidennopäi
terminative I	tegohosai	tegoihesai
terminative II	tegolesai	tegoilesai
terminative III	tegossai	—
additive I	tegohopäi	tegoihepäi
additive II	tegolepäi	tegoilepäi

Derived terms

• aigtego
• arvtego
• azjtego
• heinäntego
• hüväntego
• kerdtego
• lugutego
• tegonsatuz
• tegopä
• tegosatuz
• tegotukad
• tegovägi
• tervehtoituztego
• uradindtego
• urohontego
• vigatego

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “акт, действие, деяние, жест, задание, искусственный, поступок, произведение, происшествие, протез”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Equivalent to tegemä +‎ -o.

Noun

tego (genitive teo, partitive teko)

1. deed, act
2. action
3. fact

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• tegonimi
• tegosyna