tally stick

English

Etymology

From tally +‎ stick.

Noun

tally stick (plural tally sticks)

1. (historical) A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.

   Synonyms: nickstick, tally

   Hyponyms: single tally, split tally

Coordinate terms

• tally mark

Translations

piece of wood with notches or scores

• Armenian: հաշվեփայտ (hy) (hašvepʻayt)

  Middle Armenian: փայտ համարոյ (pʻayt hamaroy)

• Catalan: pal de recompte m, pal de comptar m, bastó de recompte m
• Czech: vrubovka f
• Dutch: kerfstok (nl) m
• Finnish: pulkka (fi), pirkka (fi), pykäläpuu
• French: bâton de comptage m, bâton de taille m
• German: Kerbholz (de) n, Kerbstock m, Zählholz n, Zählstab m
• Greek: τσέτουλα (el) f (tsétoula)
• Ingrian: birkka
• Italian: bastone da conteggio m
• Occitan: òsca (oc) f
• Ottoman Turkish: چتله (çetele)
• Persian: چوب‌خط (čub-xat)
• Polish: rabosz m
• Romanian: răboj (ro) n
• Russian: би́рка (ru) f (bírka)
• Spanish: palo tallado m, palo de cómputo m

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• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} talha (pt) f