different between tey vs tay

English

Etymology

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

Noun

tey (plural teys)

1. (historical) An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

Anagrams

• -ety, Tye, ety, t'ye, tye, yet

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??i]

Pronoun

tey n pl

1. they

Declension

Kayapó

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t???x]

Noun

tey

1. stinger
2. bird tail

Yurok

Noun

tey

1. brother-in-law

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?, IPA^(key): /te?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology

Spelling form indicating original pronunciation of tea.

Noun

tay (plural tays)

1. (obsolete or dialect) Tea.

Anagrams

• AYT, Yat, yat

Kalasha

Determiner

tay

1. your (singular)

Coordinate terms

• mími

Kwaza

Noun

tay

1. woman

References

• Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle French taye, and its source, Latin t?ca, th?ca, from Ancient Greek ???? (th?k?, “covering, sheath”)

Noun

tay (plural tays)

1. The outer membrane of the brain.

   • 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.

References

• “tei and teie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 September 2020.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tay

1. Alternative form of þei

Paipai

Adjective

tay

1. big

Pipil

Alternative forms

• (Izalco) tey (/?te?j/)

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *tla-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tlein (“what”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?j/

Pronoun

tay

1. (interro?ative) what

   Tay tikwaj yalua?

   What did you eat yesterday?

2. (relative) what; that which; the thing that

   Tesu nikmati ne tay inak

   I dont't know what she/he said

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (tay), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Kazakh ??? (tay).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?j/

Noun

tay (definite accusative tay?, plural taylar)

1. colt (horse)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *si?, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sii(?) (Shorto). Cognate with Thavung ??. Compare Sora si?i.

The relationship between this root and the root represented by Khmer ?? (day), Bahnar ti, Juang iti is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [taj??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [taj??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta(?)j??]
• Homophone: tai (in some Southern accents)

Noun

tay • (????)

1. (colloquial) a hand
2. (colloquial) an arm

3. (informal) a guy; a dude

Derived terms