/ˈtejma/, [ˈt̪ej.mɐ]
OrixeAttested since 1671. Perhaps from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma); the diphthong would be an irregular development, maybe due to the influx of other learned words.
- feminineobstinacy, persistence
- femininemania, obsession; idée fixe
“E Vos non vedes à teima
En que deu à mia gente,
Que ey de glossar de repente
Sin ter geño nin freima:
Vàn à Madril eu a Reyma,” — Don't you see the mania
my people have caught
that I'm going to gloss at the moment
having no temper or phlegm?
They are going to Madrid, I to the paper,
- femininespite
- femininewhim
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular present indicative
- form-of, imperative, second-person, singularsecond-person singular imperative
Formasteimas(plural)