ter

Portuguese

/teɾ/, /te(ʁ)/, /t̪e(ɾ)/, /t̪e(ɾ)/, /t̪e(h)/

verb
Definitions
  • to have
  • must; to have to
  • (auxiliary) to have
  • (impersonal) there be to exist, physically or abstractly
  • (transitive) to give birth to
  • to consider assign some quality to
  • to go to; to interact with somebody

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese tẽer inherited from Latin tenēre (hold, have) inherited from Proto-Italic *tenēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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