tio

Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).

• (Singapore English) IPA^(key): /tɪo/

tio (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, colloquial) correct

• tio bo

tio (indeclinable) (Singapore, colloquial)

1. to get, receive, experience, suffer or be affected by

   He tio virus

   She tio money

2. to win a game, especially a game of chance

   She play lottery and tio

3. Used before a verb to indicate the passive voice.

   I tio banned

(to get, passive voice marker): In contrast to kena, which is exclusively negative, tio can be used to indicate both positive and negative effects.

• -iot, ITO, IoT, Ito, OIT, OIt, TOI

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈti.u/

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia)

1. (regional) uncle

   Synonyms: oncle, (colloquial) tiet

2. (colloquial) dude; pal, when addressing them

• tiet

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtio]
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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

tio (plural tioj, accusative singular tion, accusative plural tiojn)

1. that [thing] (demonstrative correlative of objects)

As with other correlatives of objects, and unlike English that, tio always functions as a pronoun, never an adjective.

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tio or tio ĉi means "this [thing]".

• ĉi
• tia, tial, tiam, tie, tiel, ties, tiom, tiu
• kio, ĉio, io, nenio

From Old French clos, from Latin clausus (compare French clos, Norman clios)), perfect passive participle of claudō, claudere (“shut, close”).

tio m (plural tios)

1. (agriculture) enclosure, field

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

• Hyphenation: ti‧o
• IPA^(key): /ˈtijo/, [ˈti.jo]

tio (feminine tia)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: uliteg, angkel

Borrowed from Italian zio, from Latin thius.

tio f

1. uncle

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian kio, Malay tiram).

tio

1. oyster

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

tio m

1. uncle
   • 13th century, Estoria de España, volume 2, page 64v:

     fuera / se pora Pamplona a conseiar se con / aquel su tio Rey don Garçia.

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• Spanish: tío
• Ladino: tio

• tīu

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

tīo

1. ten

• Swedish: tio

From Portuguese tio and Spanish tío and Kabuverdianu tiu.

tio

1. uncle

• thio (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese tio, tyo, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

• (Northeastern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtiw/
• Rhymes: -iu
• Homophone: til (Brazil, ignoring syllable breaks)
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

1. uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)
2. (Brazil, slang, often considered disrespectful) uncle (term of address for any adult)
   1. (usually in the diminutive) guy; bloke

      Tinha dois tiozinhos no ponto. ― There were two guys at the bus stop.

   2. an employee who performs a given activity

      tio da limpeza ― janitor (literally, “uncle of the cleaning”)

• tiozinho (diminutive)
• tiozão (augmentative)
• tio do pavê

• Kabuverdianu: tiu

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Norwegian ti, Danish ti and English ten.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌʊ/, /ˈtiːˌɛ/

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tio

1. ten

• tia
• tionde

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

• tio in Svensk ordbok.