different between teetee vs teethe

English

Etymology 1

Noun

teetee (plural teetees)

1. Pronunciation spelling of titty.

Etymology 2

Noun

teetee (plural teetees)

1. Archaic form of titi.
   • 1907, The New International Encyclopædia, volume 13:

     The principal kinds of American monkeys are the howlers, sakis, uakaris, teetees, squirrel-monkeys, spider-monkeys, barrigudos, and sapajous.

Etymology 3

Noun

teetee (plural teetees)

1. Alternative form of tee-tee (“urine”)

Verb

teetee (third-person singular simple present teetees, present participle teeteeing, simple past and past participle teeteed)

1. Alternative form of tee-tee (“urinate”)

'Are'are

Noun

teetee

1. mother

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

English

Alternative forms

• teeth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tethen, from Old English t?þan (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþijan? (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”). Cognate with German zähnen (“to provide with teeth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?ð/
• Rhymes: -i?ð

Verb

teethe (third-person singular simple present teethes, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. (intransitive) To grow teeth.

   Babies typically start teething at about six months.

2. (intransitive) To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

   She'll teethe on anything that she can get into her mouth.

Synonyms

• (grow teeth): dentize, cut new teeth, breed teeth

Derived terms

• teething ring

Translations