thei

== English == === Pronoun === thei Obsolete spelling of they. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronoun ==== thei alternative spelling of þei (“they”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== thei alternative spelling of þei (“thy”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronoun ==== thei (Northern) alternative spelling of þei (“thee”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== thei (plural theies) alternative spelling of þei (“thigh”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Adverb ==== thei (Early Middle English) alternative spelling of þei (“though”) ==== Conjunction ==== thei (Early Middle English) alternative spelling of þei (“though”) === Etymology 6 === ==== Numeral ==== thei alternative spelling of þei (“two”) == Mizo == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thay (“to know, be able”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjəj (“to know”). ==== Verb ==== thei (stem II theih) can, may, be able to [with a preceding stem I verb] ==== Adverb ==== thei habitually ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thay (“fruit”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“fruit”). ==== Noun ==== thei fruit ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθei̯/ === Noun === thei aspirate mutation of tei === Mutation ===