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. they

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

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