tekla

See also: Tekla and Teklą

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tecla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tekla/ [t̪e.kla]
• Rhymes: -ekla, -a
• Hyphenation: te‧kla

Noun

tekla inan

1. key (button in a keyboard of a device or instrument)
   • 1954, Jon Mirande, chapter 1, in Haur besoetakoa [Child of [my] Arms], Lur, published 1970, page 16:

     […] haren idun-ezurtxoak senditzen zituen behatz-puntaren pean, eta jokatzen zituen, piano baten teklak bailiren.

     […] he felt the small vertebrae under his fingertips, and pressed as if they were the keys of a piano.

Declension

Declension of tekla (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	tekla	tekla	teklak	teklok
ergative	teklak	teklak	teklek	teklok
dative	teklari	teklari	teklei	tekloi
genitive	teklaren	teklaren	teklen	teklon
comitative	teklarekin	teklarekin	teklekin	teklokin
causative	teklarengatik	teklarengatik	teklengatik	teklongatik
benefactive	teklarentzat	teklarentzat	teklentzat	teklontzat
instrumental	teklaz	teklaz	teklez	teklotaz
innesive	teklatan	teklan	tekletan	teklotan
locative	teklatako	teklako	tekletako	teklotako
allative	teklatara	teklara	tekletara	teklotara
terminative	teklataraino	teklaraino	tekletaraino	teklotaraino
directive	teklatarantz	teklarantz	tekletarantz	teklotarantz
destinative	teklatarako	teklarako	tekletarako	teklotarako
ablative	teklatatik	teklatik	tekletatik	teklotatik
partitive	teklarik	—	—	—
prolative	teklatzat	—	—	—

Related terms

• teklatu (“keyboard”)

Further reading

• “tekla”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “tekla”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkla]

Participle

tekla

1. inflection of téct:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tikla

Etymology

Unknown. See also Spanish teca, Portuguese teca, Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ), and Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtekla/ [ˈt̪ɛk.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ekla
• Syllabification: tek‧la

Noun

tekla (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎ)

1. teak (Tectona grandis, a tropical hardwood tree)

   Synonyms: hati, teka

2. teakwood; teak (wood of the teak tree)

   Synonyms: hati, teka

Further reading

• “tekla”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• lekat