Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)Tea.

More definitions
  • 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

Origin

Spelling form indicating original pronunciation of tea. The digraph ea represented /ɛː/ in

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.

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Forms

plural: tays
Singulartay
Pluraltays

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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