different between tew vs tfw

English

Alternative forms

• tue

Etymology

From Middle English tewen, a variant of tawen (“to taw, prepare”). More at taw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tju?/, /tu?/

Noun

tew (plural tews)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A rope or chain for towing a boat.
2. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A cord; a string.
3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Trouble; worry.

Verb

tew (third-person singular simple present tews, present participle tewing, simple past and past participle tewed)

1. To tow along, as a vessel.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 12 p. 197[1]:

     By which the Danes had then their full-fraught Navies tew’d:

2. To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.
3. (by extension) To beat; to scourge.
4. To pull about; to maul.
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)(Britain, Scotland, obsolete, dialect) To tease; to vex.
6. To work hard; to strive.

Anagrams

• ewt, wet

Cornish

Numeral

tew

1. Hard mutation of dew.
2. Mixed mutation of dew.

K'iche'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?e??/

Adjective

tew

1. cold

Noun

tew

1. cold
2. frost
3. chills

Related terms

• abäj tew (“frost; ice; snow”)
• ch’aqi’ tew (“malaria”)
• ja’ tew (“frozen”)
• kowirik r-umal tew (“to freeze”)
• q’osibal tew (“cold (illness)”)
• räx tew (“malaria”)
• saq tew (“frost; snow”)
• tewal (“coldness; chilliness”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, K?iche-English dictionary

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (taila).

Noun

tew

1. oil

Scots

Preposition

tew

1. to

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *te?, from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /te?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /t?u?/

Adjective

tew (feminine singular tew, plural tewion, equative tewed, comparative tewach, superlative tewaf)

1. thick, fat

Mutation

English

Phrase

tfw

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of that feel/feeling when....

Anagrams

• FTW, WTF, ftw, wtf