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teak

Today it means: An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). Full definition →

Portuguese teca ← Malayalam തേക്ക് ← Tamil தேக்கு

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Tamil · derived fromதேக்கு
Malayalam · derived fromതേക്ക്
Portuguese · derived fromteca
English todayteak

Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Words from the same roots

Portugueseteca all →

Malayalamതേക്ക് all →

Tamilதேக்கு all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.