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Tay

//teɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The longest river in Scotland, United Kingdom, originating on the slopes of Ben Lui and flowing eastwards through the city of Perth before becoming an estuary, the Firth of Tay.

    "A Metro-Cammell diesel multiple-unit from Dundee approaches Perth on the single-line bridge over the Tay in July, 1961."

  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, a left tributary of the Rideau.
  5. 5
    A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    Tea. dialectal, obsolete

    ""[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 a tay cup.""

  2. 2
    a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in central and northeast Vietnam, near China border, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai, and Hai Duong provinces, Bac Thai, Quang Ninh, Ha Bac, south in Lam Dong Province,Tung Nghia and Song Mao and possibly in Laos wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Spelling form indicating original pronunciation of tea. The digraph ea represented /ɛː/ in Early Modern English; it later merged chiefly with ee, but regionally or sporadically with ay (in standard English break, great, steak). Compare the song Polly put the kettle on, where tea rhymes with away.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tēⁿ), Teochew 鄭／郑 (dên7), Hokkien 戴 (Tè), or a variant of the English surname Tee.

Etymology 3

Clipping of Taylor.

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