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tyan-a-bumfit

tyan-a-bumfit numeral: seventeen in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Numeral

tyan-a-bumfit

  1. (Cumbria) Seventeen in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Origin of tyan-a-bumfit

From Brythonic numerals. Literally tyan a (and) bumfit.

Questions about tyan-a-bumfit

What does tyan-a-bumfit mean?
Tyan-a-bumfit means seventeen in Cumbrian sheep counting.
What part of speech is tyan-a-bumfit?
Tyan-a-bumfit is a numeral.

Words near tyan-a-bumfit in the dictionary

  1. Tyagi
  2. Tyagis
  3. Tyalgum
  4. Tyalgum Creek
  5. tyan
  6. tyan-a-bumfit
  7. tyan-a-dick
  8. tyanzi
  9. tyanzis
  10. Tyap
  11. Tyapic

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