çhengey
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāss, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
çhengey f (genitive singular çhengey, plural çhengaghyn)
- language, speech
- 2003, Carn, volumes 118-132, Celtic League:
- Son Bretyn, va Jeremy Turner credjal dy lajer dy vel ellyn ny aght niartal ry hoi aavioghey çhengey.
- For Wales, Jeremy Turner believed strongly that art is a powerful method for reviving a language.
- (anatomy) tongue
Derived terms edit
- çhengagh (“of or relating to tongues; linguistic”, adjective)
- çhengeyder (“linguist”)
- çhengoaylleeaght (“linguistics”)
- daa-hengagh (“bilingual”, adjective)
- daa-hengaght (“bilingualism”)
- un-çhengagh (“monolingual, unilingual”, adjective)
- yl-çhengagh (“polyglot”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| çhengey | hengey | jengey |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tengae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language