tiee

See also: tiée and tįʼę́ę

Limburgish

Alternative forms

tieë (Veldeke spelling)
tie̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
tsää (Eupen, borrowed from German)
tieech (older variant, still prevalent in Selfkant)

Etymology

From earlier tiech (whence also Selfkant tieech), from *tēh, from *tāhi (cf. Old High German zāhi), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī). Compare German zäh, Dutch taai, English tough.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiə̯/
Rhymes: -iə̯

Adjective

tiee (masculine tiee, feminine tiee, neuter tiee, comparative tieer or tier, superlative tieeste) (German-based spelling)

not easily yielding, resilient
1. (of beings) tough, tenacious, dogged
2. (of food) chewy, stringy
3. (of liquids) viscous, thick

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