tay
English
Etymology
Spelling form indicating original pronunciation of tea. The digraph ea represented /eː/ in Early Modern English; it later merged chiefly with ee, but regionally or sporadically with ay (in standard English break, great, steak). Compare the song Polly put the kettle on, where tea rhymes with away.
Pronunciation
Noun
tay (plural tays)
- (obsolete or dialect) Tea.
- 1856 October 18, The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator, Sydney, page 6, column 1:
- "[T]hen the Tulip, - ah! didn't the Tulip die hard, - he fout hard for it, even after he had a hole in his head as big as a tay cup."
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 袋 (dʌiH).
Noun
tay (definite accusative tayı, plural taylar)
- sack (usually used for grains or potatoes)
- bag
- counter for bags of grain or potato
Declension
Declension of tay | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | tay |
taylar | ||||||
definite accusative | tayı |
tayları | ||||||
dative | taya |
taylara | ||||||
locative | tayda |
taylarda | ||||||
ablative | taydan |
taylardan | ||||||
definite genitive | tayın |
tayların |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 對 (tuʌiH).
Noun
tay (definite accusative tayı, plural taylar)
- something equal to another thing
- Bu qızın tayı yoxdur.
- This girl doesn't have any equal.
- pair
- eşşək anqırar tayını tapar (folk idiom)
- donkey brays and finds its pair
- one side of something; especially bank (of a river etc.)
- 1941, Əhliman Axundov, Qaçaq Nəbi:
- Arazın o tayı da, bu tayı da, mənim doğma el obamdır
- Both this side and that side of Aras river is my homeland.
Declension
Declension of tay | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | tay |
taylar | ||||||
definite accusative | tayı |
tayları | ||||||
dative | taya |
taylara | ||||||
locative | tayda |
taylarda | ||||||
ablative | taydan |
taylardan | ||||||
definite genitive | tayın |
tayların |
Synonyms
Kalasha
Etymology
Determiner
tay
- your (singular)
Coordinate terms
Kwaza
Noun
tay
References
- Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Middle French taye, and its source, Latin tēca, thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “covering, sheath”).
Noun
tay (plural tays)
- The outer membrane of the brain.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum 4”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- ryght so he smote hys fadir, Kynge Arthure, with hys swerde holdynge in both hys hondys, uppon the syde of the hede, that the swerde perced the helmet and the tay of the brayne.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- “tei and teie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 September 2020.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
tay
- Alternative form of þei
Paipai
Adjective
tay
Pipil
Alternative forms
- (Izalco) tey (/ˈteːj/)
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tla-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tlein (“what”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tay
- (interroɡative) what
- (relative) what; that which; the thing that
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (tay), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Kazakh тай (tai), Chuvash тиха (tih̬a), тӑйха (tăjh̬a), Azerbaijani dayça.
Pronunciation
Noun
tay (definite accusative tayı, plural taylar)
- colt (horse)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *siː. Cognate with Thavung ซี.
The relationship between this root and the root represented by Khmer ដៃ (day), Bahnar ti, Juang iti is uncertain. Sora siˀi is likely a post-Proto-Munda development, as other Munda reflexes show /t/.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [taj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ta(ː)j˧˧]
- Homophone: tai (in some Southern accents)
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
- (colloquial) a hand
- (colloquial) an arm
- tay áo ― a sleeve
- (informal) a guy; a dude
- Tay này không phải vừa đâu!
- He’s not the type to be trifled with!
See also
- bàn tay
- bao tay
- bắt cá hai tay
- bắt tay
- bó tay
- cánh tay
- cao tay
- cẳng tay
- chân tay
- chỉ tay
- chỉ tay năm ngón
- chia tay
- chung tay
- cổ tay
- cùi tay
- đầu tay
- găng tay
- khăn tay
- khéo tay
- khuỷu tay
- liền tay
- lòng bàn tay
- mát tay
- móng tay
- nặng tay
- ngón tay
- ngứa tay
- nhẹ tay
- nuôi ong tay áo
- phổng tay trên
- quay tay
- ra tay
- sổ tay
- tay cầm
- tay chân
- tay đôi
- tay làm hàm nhai, tay quai miệng trễ
- tay mơ
- tay nải
- tay trắng
- tay trong
- tận tay
- vân tay
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