tey

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.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171:

     The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.

Anagrams

• -ety, Tye, ety, t'ye, tye, yet

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɛi]

Pronoun

tey n pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of tað; they

See also

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
accusative	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
dative	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
genitive	tess	teirrar	tess
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	teir	tær	tey
accusative	teir (tá)†
dative	teimum (teim)†
genitive	teirra

† obsolete

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Kayapó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈɯx]

Noun

tey

1. stinger
2. bird tail

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tey

1. alternative form of teye (“cord, chain”)

Etymology 2

Verb

tey

1. alternative form of teyen

Yurok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tej/

Noun

tey

1. brother-in-law

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tej/

Noun

tey

1. One without a mother and father; an orphan or a bastard (illegitimate child)
2. (archaic) life

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad