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Tay
Tay
English
Proper noun
Tay
- A township in Ontario, Canada
- The longest river in Scotland, at 188 km; it originates on the slopes of Ben Lui in the north-west of the country, and flows eastwards through the city of Perth before becoming an estuary, the Firth of Tay. Its estuary separates the north of Fife from the city of Dundee, and flows into the North Sea.
Derived terms
tay
tay
English
Noun
tay (plural tays)
- (obsolete) The outer membrane of the brain.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.XXI, Ch.4:
- 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 the tay of the brayne.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.XXI, Ch.4:
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tla-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tlein (“what”)
Alternative forms
- (Izalco) tey (/ˈteːj/)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaːj/
Pronoun
tay
- (interroɡative) what
- (relative) what; that which; the thing that
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic tay, from Proto-Turkic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑ·ɪ/
Noun
tay (definite accusative tayı, plural taylar)
- colt (horse)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *siː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sii
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɐj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɐj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɐj˧˥]
- Homophone: tai (in some Southern accents)
Noun
tay (𢬣)
Derived terms
- bàn tay ("hand")
- cánh tay ("arm")
- chỉ tay ("palm line; to point")
- cổ tay ("fist")
- cùi tay ("elbow")
- gan bàn tay ("palm")
- găng tay ("glove")
- khéo tay ("skilled, handy")
- khuỷu tay ("elbow")
- lòng bàn tay ("palm")
- móng tay ("fingernail")
- ngón tay ("finger)
- tay bắn tỉa ("sniper")
- tay kiếm ("swordsman")
- tay làm hàm nhai, tay quai miệng trễ
- tay mặt ("right hand/arm")
- tay súng ("gunner")
- tay trong ("insider; spy")