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teg
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)
- (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?)
- (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
- Hard mutation of deg.
- Mixed mutation of deg.
Etymology 2
From the same source as Welsh teg (“fair, pretty”)
Adjective
teg
- pretty, attractive
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophone: te
Pronoun
teg sg
- accusative singular of tú (“you”)
Declension
Synonyms
- tjeg (dialectal)
Derived terms
- eg elski teg (“I love you”)
Hupdë
Noun
teg
- 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
- nominative plural of sin?
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
tèg
- (non-standard since 1938) imperative of tegja
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?e?/
Noun
teg n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige)
- Alternative form of tech
Mutation
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *t?g?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tê??/
Noun
t?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- weight (weightlifting)
- 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
- work, employment
- 2010, Rino John Gliosca, “Bonifacio en Amérique”:
- 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
- a small farm field, a part of a larger field
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
teg
- 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)
- fair (pretty, attractive)
- fair, just
- impartial, unbiased
- Antonym: annheg
Derived terms
- chwarae teg
Mutation
References
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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)
- (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
- they
Declension
Kayapó
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [t???x]
Noun
tey
- stinger
- bird tail
Yurok
Noun
tey
- brother-in-law
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