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tane

pronounpeople

a particular person or thing

a specific person or thing — 'the one' (used where Standard English uses 'the one' or 'one of them')

Example in use

Gie the tane tae me

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/TAYN/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: taken

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