Egyptian

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Etymology

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Derived from tw.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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twii

 f sg copular/vocative demonstrative determiner

  1. (Middle Egyptian) this is…
  2. (Middle Egyptian) O (vocative reference)

Usage notes

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This demonstrative was always a determiner and could not stand alone as a pronoun. It follows the noun it describes.

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Middle English

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Adverb

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twy

  1. Alternative form of twie

Yola

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Yola cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : twy

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Etymology

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From Middle English tweyne, from Old English twēġen, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-. Cognates include English two and Scots twa.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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twy

  1. two
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 46:
      Twy histfullès.
      Two fistfulls.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73