Shetland Words:T
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- ta = to
- taatie = (n) potato
- tae = tea
- taft = (n) seat in boat
- taing = headland
- tak = (v) take
- tammie norie = (n) puffin
- tane = one (Tane fornenst da tidder)
- tangle = (n) seaweed (of the species Laminaria digitalia)
- tidder = other
- tiftin simmond = A piece of rope mounted at the head of a box-bed, used to pull oneself ahead, improving forward thrust during sexual intercourse (see also dröltin tree and simmerin toms)
- tilfer = (n) flooring boards in boat
- tink = (v) think
- tirn = (adj) angry (He hed a tirn look upo his face.)
- tirrick = (n) Arctic tern
- tome = (n) line on piltock waand
- tö = too, also
- traan = (adj) twisted, akward
- trachle = (v) hard work (Hit wis a trachle gettin da paets cast.)
- track = period, spell (An ill track o wadder)
- traivle = (v) walk
- tree = three
- treed = thread (A pirm o treed)
- trinkie = passage, gap between rocks
- trivle = fondle, feel
- trooker = naughty person/child
- trow = elf, imp
- trowe = through
- tröni = snout, nose
- truck = trample
- truncher = large plate
- truss = oddments
- tuk = (v) took
- tully = (n) knife
- tumalt = (adj) heavy rain
- tushker = (n) peat cutting device
- twa = two
- twall = twelve, midday
- twartbaak = (n) cross beam in roof
- twartree = two or three, a few
- tweet = (v) carve wood with knife
- twilt = (n) quilt, duvet
- tystie = (n) black guillemot
