Lemizh / English dictionary

txà.

to make/prepare (black) tea from Camellia sinensis or other plants (see connotations)

txÌ. tea (beverage)
txì. tea ([dried] leaves)

txilàbv. to make/prepare white tea
txilàxw. to make green tea
txiwràf. to make black tea
txiflàc. to make oolong
(all with inner acc for the beverage and inner dat for the leaves)

Usage notes

This is the word for tea from the plant Camellia sinensis and, by extension, for other strongly aromatic sorts of tea, especially spiced teas.

Etymology

< NLem tha‑a ‘black tea’
< Man 茶
< OCh 荼 /*rlaː, laː, ɦlja/ ‘a bitter tasting plant, tea’
< PST *s-la ‘leaf, tea?, flat object’

The MLem word was li‑yr < OTroy ϲλι‑α /ˈhlia/ < OCh, before it was re-loaned from Man.

Cognates

Eng tea, chai