different between kye vs tye

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English c? (“cows”), plural of c? (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/

Noun

kye

1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of cow
   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1

     Ay, that I do, to my cost. She and her black cat, too, live owre near my milk kye, Brindle and Hawky gi' but half the milk they should gi', and we wat weel whare the ither half gangs to.

   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 23:

     devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ki
• ky

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/

Noun

kye (uncountable)

1. (Britain, naval slang) Cocoa (the drink).
   • 2013, David Arnold, Hursey in Conflict: A Story of Love and Victory (page 73)

     Then he walked back to the wheelhouse. Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast.

Etymology 3

From Korean ?(?) (gye).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kje?/

Noun

kye (plural kyes)

1. A Korean fundraising meeting.

Anagrams

• Key, key

Middle English

Noun

kye

1. Alternative form of kie

Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English c?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kae/

Noun

kye

1. plural of coo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?j/

Noun

kye (plural kyes)

1. (South Scots) a key

English

Etymology

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Noun

tye (plural tyes)

1. A knot; a tie.
2. (Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
3. (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
4. (mining) A trough for washing ores.

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Translations

References

• 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 6.

  the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye

Verb

tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed)

1. Obsolete form of tie.

Anagrams

• -ety, ety, tey, yet

Afrikaans

Noun

tye

1. plural of tyd

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

tye

1. oh