Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: methy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Canadian usage; American usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"The occow, or river perch, termed also horn-fish, piccarel, or doré, is common, but is not so much esteemed as the attihhawmeg. It attains the length of twenty inches in these lakes. The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe."
"In addition to the sturgeon, the fishery occasionally yields the white-fish, pike, various kinds of trout, the methy, and several sucking-carp."
"Our Loche or Methy is not a fashionable fish, […]"

Etymology

From Woods Cree mathay (“burbot”); compare Cree miyay.

Word Breakdown

Root: mathay

Usage

Inflected Forms

methies (plural)

Questions

What does methy mean?: The burbot.
Where does methy come from?: From Woods Cree mathay (“burbot”); compare Cree miyay.

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