tee

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (uncountable) tea dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis
  • (uncountable) tea drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water
  • (countable) tea variety of the tea plant
  • (uncountable) tea any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants
  • (countable) tea, cup of tea cup of any one of these drinks

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish te (tea, appear) derived from Dutch, Flemish thee (tea) derived from 茶 (t, nan, tea) derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf, tea, flat thing).

Origin

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

*s-la

Gloss

leaf, tea, flat thing

Concept
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Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

葉

Emoji
🌿 🍀 🍁 🍂 🍃

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