tannien.

Brit.

/ˈtani/, U.S.

/ˈtæni/, South African English

/ˈtʌni/

Forms: Also Tannie.

Etymology: Diminutive of Afrikaans tante: see tante n. 2.

South African colloquial.

1. An informal mode of address used to an aunt or any older woman. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun]

old wifeeOE

old womanOE

trota1375

carlinec1375

cronec1386

vecke1390

monea1393

hagc1400

ribibec1405

aunt?a1425

crate14..

witchc1475

mauda1500

mackabroine1546

grandam?1550

grannam1565

old lady1575

beldam1580

lucky1629

granny1634

patriarchess1639

runta1652

harridan1699

grimalkin1798

mama1810

tante1815

wifie1823

maw1826

old dear1836

tante1845

Mother Bunch1847

douairière1869

dowager1870

veteraness1880

old trout1897

tab1909

bag1924

crow1925

ma1932

Skinny Liz1940

old bag1947

old boot1958

tannie1958

LOL1960

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > aunt > [noun]

auntc1300

momea1325

naunta1400

auntie1672

tante1815

tante1845

tannie1958

tita1963

the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > as term of address

motherc1275

aunt1750

tante1815

tante1845

old dear1866

ouma1904

auntie1938

tannie1958

tita1963

1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari i. 16 ‘Old tannie sea-cow’ was our endearing way of naming the hippopotamus, so called because it was there in the surf of the sea to welcome my people when they first landed in Africa.

1958 R. Collins Four-coloured Flag 16 ‘Good afternoon, Tannie,’ he mumbled, from a distance of twenty feet.

1969 I. Vaughan Last of Sunlit Years ix. 77 I am finding that most Afrikaans children call one ‘Aunty’, or ‘Tannie’, and are most charmingly co-operative.

2. A prim elderly woman.

ΚΠ

1958 Cape Times 10 Dec. 11/3 The radiologist told him of the shrieks from alarmed tannies in from the country when they found themselves being elevated on high.

1980 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 15 Apr. 8/3 So tasteful one feels sure one's most uptight Victorian tannie from Tweetackie~slippersfontein would be pleased to receive her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tannie
释义	tannien. Brit. /ˈtani/, U.S. /ˈtæni/, South African English /ˈtʌni/ Forms: Also Tannie. Etymology: Diminutive of Afrikaans tante: see tante n. 2. South African colloquial. 1. An informal mode of address used to an aunt or any older woman. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] old wifeeOE old womanOE trota1375 carlinec1375 cronec1386 vecke1390 monea1393 hagc1400 ribibec1405 aunt?a1425 crate14.. witchc1475 mauda1500 mackabroine1546 grandam?1550 grannam1565 old lady1575 beldam1580 lucky1629 granny1634 patriarchess1639 runta1652 harridan1699 grimalkin1798 mama1810 tante1815 wifie1823 maw1826 old dear1836 tante1845 Mother Bunch1847 douairière1869 dowager1870 veteraness1880 old trout1897 tab1909 bag1924 crow1925 ma1932 Skinny Liz1940 old bag1947 old boot1958 tannie1958 LOL1960 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > aunt > [noun] auntc1300 momea1325 naunta1400 auntie1672 tante1815 tante1845 tannie1958 tita1963 the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > as term of address motherc1275 aunt1750 tante1815 tante1845 old dear1866 ouma1904 auntie1938 tannie1958 tita1963 1958 L. van der Post Lost World of Kalahari i. 16 ‘Old tannie sea-cow’ was our endearing way of naming the hippopotamus, so called because it was there in the surf of the sea to welcome my people when they first landed in Africa. 1958 R. Collins Four-coloured Flag 16 ‘Good afternoon, Tannie,’ he mumbled, from a distance of twenty feet. 1969 I. Vaughan Last of Sunlit Years ix. 77 I am finding that most Afrikaans children call one ‘Aunty’, or ‘Tannie’, and are most charmingly co-operative. 2. A prim elderly woman. ΚΠ 1958 Cape Times 10 Dec. 11/3 The radiologist told him of the shrieks from alarmed tannies in from the country when they found themselves being elevated on high. 1980 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 15 Apr. 8/3 So tasteful one feels sure one's most uptight Victorian tannie from Tweetackie~slippersfontein would be pleased to receive her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1958
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