tegu

See also: tégu

English

Alternative forms

• teju

Etymology

From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪɡuː/

Noun

tegu (plural tegus)

1. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
   1. especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.

Synonyms

• salipenter (Guyana), jacuaru

Derived terms

• Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
• Argentine giant tegu (Salvator merianae)
• Argentine red tegu (Salvator rufescens)
• Argentine tegu
• black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)
• black and yellow tegu
• black tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
• Colombian black and white tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
• common tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
• crocodile tegu
• gold tegu, golden tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
• huge tegu (Salvator merianae)
• red tegu (Salvator rufescens)
• yellow tegu (Salvator duseni)

Translations

lizard of the genus Tupinambis

Portuguese: teiú (pt) m, teju (pt) m Russian: те́гу m (tégu), тупина́мбис m (tupinámbis)

Further reading

• Tupinambis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tupinambis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Esperanto

Verb

tegu

1. imperative of tegi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

tegu (genitive teo, partitive tegu)

1. action, deed, doing

Declension

Declension of tegu (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	tegu	teod
genitive	teo	tegude
partitive	tegu	tegusid
illative	tekku / teosse	tegudesse
inessive	teos	tegudes
elative	teost	tegudest
allative	teole	tegudele
adessive	teol	tegudel
ablative	teolt	tegudelt
translative	teoks	tegudeks
terminative	teoni	tegudeni
essive	teona	tegudena
abessive	teota	tegudeta
comitative	teoga	tegudega