Here's the original quote: 3) For the sense of being close (or not close) or having (or not having)
wiggle room or leeway (e.g. a comfortable distance away [from something] or a comfortable victory), use *tey* (*"scrape"*) or *teybe'*. (*teybe' yay* *"the victory didn't scrape"* or *"the victory was comfortable."* If you were victorious, but just barely or made it at the last minute or something like that, you could say *tey yay*.)
https://www.kli.org/activities/qepmey/qepa-chamah-losdich/qepa-chamah-losdic... He translates this usage of *tey *as *"scrape"* twice, which suggests to me that this is intended as just an idiomatic usage of *tey* and not a new homonym. On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:16 AM, Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com> wrote:
ghItlhpu' Voragh, jatlh:
N.B. do not confuse with the homonym {tey} "be uncomfortable, be close".
jangpu' nIqolay, jatlh:
Is this really a homonym? When the word was revealed, I got the impression
it was more of an idiomatic meaning of {tey} rather than a separate word.
I suppose the answer would lie in whether or not one can say ??{yay tey} "a close victory".
jang je SuStel, jatlh:
It's probably a reference to shaving.
Perhaps, though I think more likely is the phrasal verb "scrape by". From Merriam-Webster:
1: to live with barely enough money; to be able to buy only the things most needed. *Money was tight, but we somehow managed to scrape by.* 2 : to succeed at doing something but just barely. *He didn't study for the exam and just barely scraped by.*
QeS 'utlh
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