different between teg vs keg

English

Etymology

First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

teg (plural tegs)

1. (Britain, dialect, dated) a sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

2. (Britain, dialect, dated) a doe in its second year

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• GTE, Get, TGE, get

Cornish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Numeral

teg

1. Hard mutation of deg.
2. Mixed mutation of deg.

Etymology 2

From the same source as Welsh teg (“fair, pretty”)

Adjective

teg

1. pretty, attractive

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

teg sg

1. accusative singular of tú (“you”)

Declension

Synonyms

• tjeg (dialectal)

Derived terms

• eg elski teg (“I love you”)

Hupdë

Noun

teg

1. tree

References

• 1979, Barbara J. Moore, Gail L. Franklin, Mary L. Daniel (translator), Breves notícias da língua maku-hupda, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 11.

Livonian

Pronoun

teg

1. nominative plural of sin?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tèg

1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of tegja

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?e?/

Noun

teg n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige)

1. Alternative form of tech

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *t?g?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tê??/

Noun

t?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. weight (weightlifting)
2. weight (block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

Declension

Synonyms

• (Croatia) úteg

Slavomolisano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tê??/

Noun

teg m

1. work, employment
   • 2010, Rino John Gliosca, “Bonifacio en Amérique”:

Declension

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te??/
• Rhymes: -e??

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish tegher, from Old Norse teigr.

Noun

teg c

1. a small farm field, a part of a larger field

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

teg

1. past tense of tiga.

Anagrams

• get

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish teg; further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te??/

Adjective

teg (feminine singular teg, plural teg, equative teced, comparative tecach, superlative tecaf)

1. fair (pretty, attractive)
2. fair, just
3. impartial, unbiased

   Antonym: annheg

Derived terms

• chwarae teg

Mutation

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k??/
• (dated, Southeastern Midwest of the U.S.) IPA^(key): /kæ?/
• (dated, New England, Virginia, South Carolina) IPA^(key): /ke??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

keg (plural kegs)

1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

Coordinate terms

• sixtel

Derived terms

• kegger
• keg stand
• pony keg
• powder keg

Translations

Verb

keg (third-person singular simple present kegs, present participle kegging, simple past and past participle kegged)

1. (transitive) To store in a keg.
   • 2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas (page 116)

     He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.

   • 2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew (page 228)

     Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.

References

Anagrams

• EKG