tay
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forAtayal.
Spelling form indicating original pronunciation oftea. The digraphea represented/eː/ in Early Modern English; it later merged chiefly withee, but regionally or sporadically withay (in standard Englishbreak,great,steak). Compare the songPolly put the kettle on, wheretea rhymes withaway.
tay (pluraltays)
- (obsolete or dialect)Tea.
1856 October 18,The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator, Sydney, page 6, column 1:"[T]hen the Tulip, - ah! didn't the Tulip die hard, - he fout hard for it, even after he had a hole in his head as big as atay cup."
1930, Norman Lindsay,Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1965,→OCLC, page207:"There's yourtay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.
Ultimately fromMiddle Chinese袋(dʌiH).
tay (definite accusativetayı,pluraltaylar)
- sack (usually used for grains or potatoes)
- bag
- counter for bags of grain or potato
Ultimately fromMiddle Chinese對(tuʌiH).
tay (definite accusativetayı,pluraltaylar)
- something equal to another thing
Bu qızıntayı yoxdur.- This girl doesn't have anyequal.
- pair
eşşək anqırartayını tapar(folk idiom)- donkey brays and findsits pair
- one side of something; especiallybank(of a river etc.)
1941, Əhliman Axundov,Qaçaq Nəbi:Arazın otayı da, butayı da, mənim doğma el obamdır- Both thisside and thatside ofAras river is my homeland.
FromSanskritत्वम्(tvam).
tay
- your (singular)
tay
- woman
- Hein van der Voort,A Grammar of Kwaza
FromMiddle Frenchtaye, and its source,Latintēca,thēca, fromAncient Greekθήκη(thḗkē,“covering, sheath”).
tay (pluraltays)
- The outermembrane of thebrain.
1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “Capitulum 4”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book XXI, [London: […] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC: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 thetay of the brayne.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
tay
- Alternative form ofþei
tay
- big
FromProto-Nahuan*tla-. CompareClassical Nahuatltlein(“what”).
tay
- (interroɡative)what
- (relative) what; that which; the thing that
- Tesunikmati netayinak
- I don't knowwhat she/he said
FromOld Anatolian Turkish[script needed](tay), fromProto-Turkic[Term?]. Cognate withKazakhтай(tai),Chuvashтиха(tih̬a),тӑйха(tăjh̬a),Azerbaijanidayça.
tay (definite accusativetayı,pluraltaylar)
- colt (horse)
FromProto-Vietic*siː. Cognate withTho [Cuối Chăm]siː¹,Thavungซี.
The relationship between this root and the root represented byKhmerដៃ(day),Bahnarti,Juangiti is uncertain.Sorasiˀi is likely a post-Proto-Munda development, as other Munda reflexes show/t/.
The "Northern" Austroasiatic branches (Khmuic, Palaungic, Khasian) occasionally show forms with a fricative, affricate, or palatal stop that correspond to*t in the non-Northern branches. Vietic, as a non-"Northern" branch, shows alveolar stop (cf.Khmu [Cuang]caŋ vs. Vietnameseđắng(“bitter”),Malsam vs. Vietnameseđăm(“right”), possiblyKhmu [Cuang]psɨəm vs. Vietnameseđêm(“night”)). Yet here, the "Northern" branches all show/t/ (Khmu [Cuang]tiʔ,Parauktaix,Khasikti), but Vietic languages uniformly point to*s.
tay• (𢬣,𪮏,拪,揌)
- (colloquial) ahand
- quẹo bêntayphải ―to turn right (to the right-hand side)
- (colloquial) anarm
- tay áo ―a sleeve
- (informal) aguy; adude
Tay này không phải vừa đâu!- He’s not the type to be trifled with!