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tethera

tethera numeral: three in Celtic sheep counting.

Numeral

tethera

  1. (Cumbria) three in Celtic sheep counting

Origin of tethera

From Brythonic numerals, extended from a root *tri.

Words formed from tethera

Questions about tethera

What does tethera mean?
Tethera means three in Celtic sheep counting.
What part of speech is tethera?
Tethera is a numeral.

Words near tethera in the dictionary

  1. Teters
  2. Teterses
  3. Tetford
  4. teth
  5. tether
  6. tethera
  7. tethera-a-bumfit
  8. tethera-a-dick
  9. tetherable
  10. tetherball
  11. tetherballer

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