tay
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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."
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 207:
- "There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.
Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 袋 (dʌiH).
Noun edit
tay (definite accusative tayı, plural taylar)
- sack (usually used for grains or potatoes)
- bag
- counter for bags of grain or potato
Declension edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 對 (tuʌiH).
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
Kalasha edit
Etymology edit
Determiner edit
tay
- your (singular)
Coordinate terms edit
Kwaza edit
Noun edit
tay
References edit
- Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French taye, and its source, Latin tēca, thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “covering, sheath”).
Noun edit
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 edit
- “tei and teie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 September 2020.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
tay
- Alternative form of þei
Paipai edit
Adjective edit
tay
Pipil edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Izalco) tey (/ˈteːj/)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *tla-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tlein (“what”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
tay
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (tay), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Kazakh тай (tai), Chuvash тиха (tih̬a), тӑйха (tăjh̬a).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tay (definite accusative tayı, plural taylar)
- colt (horse)
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [taj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ta(ː)j˧˧]
- Homophone: tai (in some Southern accents)
Noun edit
- (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 edit
- 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