enteete

Yola

Alternative forms

• enteeth, enteet

Etymology

Derived from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd (“time”), from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtiːt/

Noun

enteete

1. A siesta or sleep at noon.

   Synonyms: nonteet, saasty

Coordinate terms

• arich (“morning”)
• eatheet (“evening”)
• neeght (“night”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38