Tane

[ tah-ney ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

His first care was to restore the tail of the bird so as to avoid the anger of Tane.

The rice is first exposed to moist air so as to change the starch into paste, and then mixed with grains of the "Tane Kosi."

And this is what they ca' explaining—the tane gies up a bit, and the tither gies up a bit, and a' friends again.

She has tane the scales o gowd frae her head, She's followed him, to beg her bread.

When she had tane the mantle, And all was with it cladde, From top to toe it shiver'd down, As tho' with sheers beshradde.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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