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[ tʰɛj ]
Verb (slang)

English: be uncomfortably close

German: eng, unbequem, unsicher, ohne Spielraum sein

Source:

qep'a' 24

KLCP:

Level 3
Notes

qep'a' 24:

For the sense of being close (or not close) or having (or not having) wiggle room or leeway (e.g. a comfortable distance away [from something] or a comfortable victory), use tey ("scrape") or teybe'. (teybe' yay "the victory didn't scrape" or "the victory was comfortable." If you were victorious, but just barely or made it at the last minute or something like that, you could say tey yay.)

Usage for tey

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