tera

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tera"

Abaga

Numeral

tera

1. two

References

Greenhill, Simon (2017). "Language: Abaga". TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

Albanian

Verb

tera

1. first-person plural aorist indicative of ter

Ao

Noun

tera

1. (Chungli) root

   Synonym: (Mongsen) tezüng

Further reading

• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 155

Basque

Noun

tera

1. allative singular of te

Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin

Etymology

From Malay [Term?].

Adverb

tera

1. not

References

• William McGregor (2004), The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia (in Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin), Taylor & Francis

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtera/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: ter‧a

Adjective

tera (accusative singular teran, plural teraj, accusative plural terajn)

1. earthen, telluric, terrestrial

Synonyms

• (terrestrial): surtera, tergloba

Related terms

• terano (“Terran”)
• tero (“earth”)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *terä.

Noun

tera (genitive tera, partitive tera)

1. blade, edge
2. grain

Inflection

Declension of tera (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tera	terad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tera
genitive			terade
partitive		tera	teri terasid
illative		terra terasse	teradesse terisse
inessive		teras	terades teris
elative		terast	teradest terist
allative		terale	teradele terile
adessive		teral	teradel teril
ablative		teralt	teradelt terilt
translative		teraks	teradeks teriks
terminative		terani	teradeni
essive		terana	teradena
abessive		terata	teradeta
comitative		teraga	teradega

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification^(key): te‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): te‧ra

Noun

tera (colloquial)

1. (computing) ellipsis of teratavu (“terabyte”)

Declension

Inflection of tera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tera	terat
genitive		teran	terojen
partitive		teraa	teroja
illative		teraan	teroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tera	terat
accusative	nom.	tera	terat
	gen.	teran
genitive		teran	terojen terain rare
partitive		teraa	teroja
inessive		terassa	teroissa
elative		terasta	teroista
illative		teraan	teroihin
adessive		teralla	teroilla
ablative		teralta	teroilta
allative		teralle	teroille
essive		terana	teroina
translative		teraksi	teroiksi
abessive		teratta	teroitta
instructive		—	teroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative terani terani accusative nom. terani terani gen. terani genitive terani terojeni teraini rare partitive teraani terojani inessive terassani teroissani elative terastani teroistani illative teraani teroihini adessive terallani teroillani ablative teraltani teroiltani allative teralleni teroilleni essive teranani teroinani translative terakseni teroikseni abessive terattani teroittani instructive — — comitative — teroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative terasi terasi accusative nom. terasi terasi gen. terasi genitive terasi terojesi teraisi rare partitive teraasi terojasi inessive terassasi teroissasi elative terastasi teroistasi illative teraasi teroihisi adessive terallasi teroillasi ablative teraltasi teroiltasi allative terallesi teroillesi essive teranasi teroinasi translative teraksesi teroiksesi abessive terattasi teroittasi instructive — — comitative — teroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative teramme teramme accusative nom. teramme teramme gen. teramme genitive teramme terojemme teraimme rare partitive teraamme terojamme inessive terassamme teroissamme elative terastamme teroistamme illative teraamme teroihimme adessive terallamme teroillamme ablative teraltamme teroiltamme allative terallemme teroillemme essive teranamme teroinamme translative teraksemme teroiksemme abessive terattamme teroittamme instructive — — comitative — teroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative teranne teranne accusative nom. teranne teranne gen. teranne genitive teranne terojenne terainne rare partitive teraanne terojanne inessive terassanne teroissanne elative terastanne teroistanne illative teraanne teroihinne adessive terallanne teroillanne ablative teraltanne teroiltanne allative terallenne teroillenne essive terananne teroinanne translative teraksenne teroiksenne abessive terattanne teroittanne instructive — — comitative — teroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative teransa teransa accusative nom. teransa teransa gen. teransa genitive teransa terojensa terainsa rare partitive teraansa terojaan terojansa inessive terassaan terassansa teroissaan teroissansa elative terastaan terastansa teroistaan teroistansa illative teraansa teroihinsa adessive terallaan terallansa teroillaan teroillansa ablative teraltaan teraltansa teroiltaan teroiltansa allative teralleen terallensa teroilleen teroillensa essive teranaan teranansa teroinaan teroinansa translative terakseen teraksensa teroikseen teroiksensa abessive terattaan terattansa teroittaan teroittansa instructive — — comitative — teroineen teroinensa

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese terra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu téra.

Noun

tera

1. earth (soil)
2. earth (our planet)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

tera

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Sanskrit तर (tara, “surpassing, excelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪əˈra]
• Hyphenation: tê‧ra

Noun

têra (plural tera-tera)

1. stamp, seal,
   1. as sign of standarisation and calibration

   Synonyms: cap, segel, stempel

Derived terms

• bertera
• menera
• menerakan
• penera
• peneraan
• perteraan
• teraan
• tertera

Compounds

• tera ulang

Further reading

• “tera”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

tera

1. Rōmaji transcription of てら

Ladin

Alternative forms

• tiera (Gherdëina)

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Noun

tera f (plural teres)

1. (Maró, Fascian, Fascia, Anpezo, Fodom) earth; ground; soil

Livonian

Noun

tera

1. obsolete spelling of tierā

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin terra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ra/

Noun

tera f (plural terr)

1. earth
2. ground
3. soil

Malay

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kedah Malay tera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tera/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [terə]
• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: té‧ra

Adjective

tera (Jawi spelling ترا, comparative lebih tera, superlative paling tera)

1. smart; intelligent.

   Synonyms: bijak, pandai

2. (colloquial) amazing; awesome.

   Synonyms: gempak, hebat

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təra/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [tərə]
• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: te‧ra

Noun

tera (Jawi spelling ترا, plural tera-tera or tera²)

1. seal; stamp.

   Synonyms: cap, mohor, cap mohor

   Tera rasmi kerajaan

   The official government seal

Verb

tera (Jawi spelling ترا)

1. to stamp; to put a seal on a document.

   Synonym: cetak

2. to print (book).

   Synonyms: cap, cetak

Further reading

• "tera" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *teraną.

Verb

tera

1. to consume

Old Tupi

Noun

tera

1. absolute form of era

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese terra and Spanish tierra and Kabuverdianu téra.

Noun

tera

1. earth
2. land
3. soil

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ra/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ.ra]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: te‧ra
• Homophone: tera-

Etymology 1

Clipping of teraz. Compare zara.

Adverb

tera (not comparable)

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Eastern Lublin, Krynice and Kryniczki) now
   • 2000, Aneta Majkowska, Polszczyzna mówiona mieszkańców Częstochowy, page 187:

     Dostają tera po dziesięć milionów, po osiem milionów, bo się poupominali.

     They are now getting eight to ten million each [as compensation], because they spoke up.

   • 2018, Irytujacy Irygator vel Karbonylek, soc.culture.polish, Usenet‎:

     20 lat temu walczyli z niedoborem ozonu, tera słyszę w tivi, walczą z jego nadmiarem.

     20 years ago they fought ozone deficienty, now I hear on the TV that they're fighting its excess.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 寺.

Noun

tera f

1. (Buddhism) tera (Buddhist temple in Japan)

Declension

Declension of tera

	singular	plural
nominative	tera	tery
genitive	tery	ter
dative	terze	terom
accusative	terę	tery
instrumental	terą	terami
locative	terze	terach
vocative	tero	tery

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tera

1. third-person singular present of terać

Further reading

• tera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tera in PWN's encyclopedia
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “tera”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 310
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “tera”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 258

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧ra

Noun

tera m (plural teras or tera)

1. (informal) clipping of terabyte

Further reading

• “tera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-têra (infinitive gutêra, perfective -têye)

1. to sow, to plant
2. to set up, to lay out
3. to attack
4. to hit, to stab
5. to drop, to discard
6. to be popular
7. (of a hen) to lay (eggs)
8. (of a heart) to beat
9. to be shaped (a certain way)

Derived terms

• interahamwe

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

tera (Cyrillic spelling тера)

1. third-person singular present of terati

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.ɾa]

Verb

tera

1. (intransitive) to perch, alight

Conjugation

Conjugation of tera

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totera	fotera	mitera
2nd person		notera	nitera
3rd person	masculine	otera	itera yotera (archaic)
	feminine	motera
	neuter	itera

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin terra. Compare Italian terra.

Noun

tera f (plural tere)

1. ground
2. terrain

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *terä.

Noun

tera

1. blade
2. edge

Inflection

Inflection of tera (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	tera
genitive sing.	teran
partitive sing.	terad
partitive plur.	teroid
	singular	plural
nominative	tera	terad
accusative	teran	terad
genitive	teran	teroiden
partitive	terad	teroid
essive-instructive	teran	teroin
translative	teraks	teroikš
inessive	teras	teroiš
elative	teraspäi	teroišpäi
illative	teraha	teroihe
adessive	teral	teroil
ablative	teralpäi	teroilpäi
allative	terale	teroile
abessive	terata	teroita
comitative	teranke	teroidenke
prolative	teradme	teroidme
approximative I	teranno	teroidenno
approximative II	terannoks	teroidennoks
egressive	terannopäi	teroidennopäi
terminative I	terahasai	teroihesai
terminative II	teralesai	teroilesai
terminative III	terassai	—
additive I	terahapäi	teroihepäi
additive II	teralepäi	teroilepäi

Derived terms

• käzitera
• säritera

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лезвие, лопасть, остриё, полотнище”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika