teios

From tei (“linden tree”) +‎ -os; the comparison rests on the properties of said tree’s wood.

• IPA^(key): /teˈjos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: te‧ios

teios m or n (feminine singular teioasă, masculine plural teioși, feminine and neuter plural teioase) (regional)

1. (of produce) stringy and woody
2. rugged, rough

• teios in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1982), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 11, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 157

From tai (“houses”) +‎ -os.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈteɨ̯.ɔs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.ɔs/

teios pl

1. (plural only) little houses, hovels, (expressing small size and sometimes poor quality)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “teios”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies