tafod
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh tauaut, from Proto-Brythonic *tavọd, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāt- (compare Cornish taves, Breton teod, Old Irish tengae), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtavɔd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈta(ː)vɔd/
- Rhymes: -avɔd
Noun
edittafod m (plural tafodau)
Usage notes
editNot to be confused with taflod (“palate, roof of the mouth”).
Derived terms
edit- blaen y tafod (“tongue tip”)
- corff y tafod (“tongue body”)
- diflewyn-ar-dafod (“outspoken, candid”)
- gwasgwr tafod (“tongue depressor”)
- gwraidd y tafod (“tongue root”)
- llafn y tafod (“blade of the tongue”)
- tafod a rhych (“tongue and groove”)
- tafod tew (“rhotacism, inability to pronounce R”)
- tafod tywod (“sand spit”)
- tafod y bytheiad (“hound's-tongue”)
- tafod y gors (“butterwort”)
- tafod y llew (“oxtongue”)
- tafod y neidr (“adder's-tongue fern”)
- tafod yr hydd (“hart's-tongue fern”)
- tafod yr ych (“borage”)
- tafodiaith (“dialect”)
- tafodig (“uvula”)
- uchder y tafod (“tongue height”)
- uniad tafod a rhigol, uniad tafod a rhych (“tongue-and-groove joint”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tafod | dafod | nhafod | thafod |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tafod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/avɔd
- Rhymes:Welsh/avɔd/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns