tio

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tio"

Translingual

Symbol

tio

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Teop.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Teop terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [tjoʔ˨˩], (sentence-final, or as an interjection) [tjoʔ˦˧]

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

tio

1. (Singlish, uncommon) Correct; that's right.

Related terms

• tio bo

Verb

tio (invariable)

1. (Singlish, transitive) To get, receive, experience, suffer or be affected by.

   He tio virus

   She tio money

2. (Singlish, intransitive) To win a game, especially a game of chance.

   She play lottery and tio

3. (Singlish, auxiliary, rare) Used before a verb to indicate the passive voice.

   I tio banned

Usage notes

• (correct): Typically only used among speakers familiar with Hokkien.
• (to get, passive voice marker): In contrast to kena, which is exclusively negative, tio can be used to indicate both positive and negative effects.

Anagrams

• -iot, ITO, IoT, Ito, OIT, OIt, TOI

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈti.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈti.o]

Noun

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

1. (regional) uncle

   Synonyms: oncle, (colloquial) tiet

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

   Synonym: soci

Derived terms

• tiet

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tío (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtio/, [ˈt̪i.o]
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Noun

tio

1. uncle

   Coordinate term: tia

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtio/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: ti‧o

Pronoun

tio (accusative tion)

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

Usage notes

• 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]".
• The plural forms tioj and tiojn are nonstandard and rare.

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Further reading

• “tio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tio”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Gallo

Etymology

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

Noun

tio m (plural tios)

1. (agriculture) enclosure, field

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tio (feminine tia)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: uliteg, angkel

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Noun

tio f

1. uncle

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tio (“oyster”), from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom (“oyster”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm (“oyster”). Compare Hawaiian kio (“worm snail”), Malay tiram (“oyster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtio/ [ˈtiɔ]

Noun

tio

1. ice
2. rock oyster (Saccostrea spp.)
3. rough tree fern (Alsophila australis)

Derived terms

• Tiorangi (“icy skies, Iceland”)

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “tio”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin thīum, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos) Cognate with Old Spanish tio.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈti.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ʊ/
• Rhymes: -io

Noun

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

1. uncle

Descendants

• Galician: tío
• Portuguese: tio

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese tio.

Noun

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Spanish: tío
  • → Catalan: tio
• Ladino: tio

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• tīu

Etymology

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

Numeral

tīo

1. ten

Descendants

• Swedish: tio

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese tio and Spanish tío and Kabuverdianu tiu.

Noun

tio

1. uncle

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• thio (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tio, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Galician and Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.u/, /ˈt͡ʃiw/ [ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.u/

• (Northeast Brazil, Lisbon) IPA^(key): /ˈtiw/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -iu
• Homophone: til (Brazil, ignoring syllable breaks)
• Hyphenation: ti‧o

Noun

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, colloquial, 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”)

3. (colloquial, Brazil) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro

   Synonyms: cara, mano, velho

4. (Alentejo, Algarve) an informal form of address for older people

   Synonym: (Brazil) seu

5. (colloquial, Portugal) a posh, usually snobby, person

   Synonym: (Portugal) queque

Usage notes

When used as a form of address in Southern Portugal, the last syllable is clipped, followed by the popular form (if there is one) of the name: tio Manuel > ti'Manel, tio Joaquim > ti'Jaquim, tio António > ti'ntóino.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: tiu
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tiu
• → Aukan: tiyu
• → Saramaccan: tio

Further reading

• “tio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tio (“oyster”), from Proto-Oceanic *tiʀom (“oyster”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm (“oyster”).

Noun

tio

1. worm snail (family Vermetidae)

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 266

Swedish

Swedish numbers ^(edit)

		100
[a], [b] ←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1[a], [b]
Cardinal: tio     Ordinal: tionde     Ordinal abbreviation: 10:e     Multiplier: tiofaldig     Fractional: tiondel

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms

• ti (Piteå)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌʊ/, /ˈtiːˌɛ/

• Audio:

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Numeral

tio

1. ten

Coordinate terms

Swedish cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	noll	ett, en	två	tre	fyra	fem	sex	sju	åtta	nio
10—	tio	elva	tolv	tretton	fjorton	femton	sexton	sjutton	arton	nitton
20—	tjugo	tjugoett, tjugoen	tjugotvå	tjugotre	tjugofyra	tjugofem	tjugosex	tjugosju	tjugoåtta	tjugonio
30—	trettio	trettioett, trettioen	trettiotvå	trettiotre	trettiofyra	trettiofem	trettiosex	trettiosju	trettioåtta	trettionio
40—	fyrtio	fyrtioett, fyrtioen	fyrtiotvå	fyrtiotre	fyrtiofyra	fyrtiofem	fyrtiosex	fyrtiosju	fyrtioåtta	fyrtionio
50—	femtio	femtioett, femtioen	femtiotvå	femtiotre	femtiofyra	femtiofem	femtiosex	femtiosju	femtioåtta	femtionio
60—	sextio	sextioett, sextioen	sextiotvå	sextiotre	sextiofyra	sextiofem	sextiosex	sextiosju	sextioåtta	sextionio
70—	sjuttio	sjuttioett, sjuttioen	sjuttiotvå	sjuttiotre	sjuttiofyra	sjuttiofem	sjuttiosex	sjuttiosju	sjuttioåtta	sjuttionio
80—	åttio	åttioett, åttioen	åttiotvå	åttiotre	åttiofyra	åttiofem	åttiosex	åttiosju	åttioåtta	åttionio
90—	nittio	nittioett, nittioen	nittiotvå	nittiotre	nittiofyra	nittiofem	nittiosex	nittiosju	nittioåtta	nittionio

Swedish cardinal numbers from 100 onward

• 100: hundra
• 10³: tusen
• 10⁴: tiotusen (myriad)
• 10⁶: miljon
• 10⁹: miljard
• 10¹²: biljon
• 10¹⁵: biljard
• 10¹⁸: triljon
• 10²¹: triljard
• 10²⁴: kvadriljon
• 10²⁷: kvadriljard
• 10³⁰: kvintiljon
• 10³³: kvintiljard
• 10³⁶: sextiljon
• 10³⁹: sextiljard
• 10⁴²: septiljon
• 10⁴⁵: septiljard
• 10⁴⁸: oktiljon
• 10⁵¹: oktiljard
• 10⁵⁴: noniljon
• 10⁵⁷: noniljard
• 10⁶⁰: deciljon
• 10⁶³: deciljard
• 10⁶⁶: undeciljon
• 10⁶⁹: undeciljard
• 10⁷²: duodeciljon
• 10⁷⁵: duodeciljard
• 10⁷⁸: tredeciljon
• 10⁸¹: tredeciljard
• 10⁸⁴: quattuordeciljon
• 10⁸⁷: quattuordeciljard
• …
• 10¹⁰⁰: googol
• …
• 10¹²⁰: vigintiljon
• 10¹²³: vigintiljard
• …

Related terms

• tia
• tionde
• tiotal
• tiotals

See also

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

References

• “tio”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tio”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tio”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• tïo

Etymology

Borrowed from English tee +‎ -o.

Verb

tio (first-person singular present tiaf)

1. to tee

Mutation

Mutated forms of tio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tio	dio	nhio	thio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin