tyi

Abbreviation of English Tsaayi.

tyi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Teke-Tsaayi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Teke-Tsaayi terms

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ti(y), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”).

• IPA^(key): /təj/

tyi (Bengali script তেঃয় or তেঃই)

1. water
2. (fruit) juice
3. sweat

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

tyi n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ty