tagu
See also: tagú
Limos Kalinga
editNoun
edittagu
Lubuagan Kalinga
editNoun
edittagu
Nias
editVerb
edittagu (imperfective managu)
- (transitive) to sew
References
edit- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 197.
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh tagu, from Proto-Celtic *tageti. Compare Irish tacht (“to choke”), Latin taceō (“I am silent”), Old Norse þegja (“to be silent, to hold one's tongue”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan, “to be silent”).
Verb
edittagu (first-person singular present tagaf)
- to choke, to strangle
- to choke, to choke up, to falter, to stutter
- (North Wales, Northwest Wales) to cough
- Synonym: pesychu
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | tagaf | tegi | taga | tagwn | tegwch, tagwch | tagant | tegir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
tagwn | tagit | tagai | tagem | tagech | tagent | tegid | |
preterite | tegais | tegaist | tagodd | tagasom | tagasoch | tagasant | tagwyd | |
pluperfect | tagaswn | tagasit | tagasai | tagasem | tagasech | tagasent | tagasid, tagesid | |
present subjunctive | tagwyf | tegych | tago | tagom | tagoch | tagont | tager | |
imperative | — | taga | taged | tagwn | tegwch, tagwch | tagent | tager | |
verbal noun | tagu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | tagedig tagadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | taga i, tagaf i | tagi di | tagith o/e/hi, tagiff e/hi | tagwn ni | tagwch chi | tagan nhw |
conditional | tagwn i, tagswn i | taget ti, tagset ti | tagai fo/fe/hi, tagsai fo/fe/hi | tagen ni, tagsen ni | tagech chi, tagsech chi | tagen nhw, tagsen nhw |
preterite | tagais i, tages i | tagaist ti, tagest ti | tagodd o/e/hi | tagon ni | tagoch chi | tagon nhw |
imperative | — | taga | — | — | tagwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- tag (“choking, strangulation”)
- tagiad (“choking, strangulation; occlusion, obstruction”)
- tagwr (“choker, strangler”)
- tagydd (“choke”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
tagu | dagu | nhagu | thagu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tagu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Limos Kalinga lemmas
- Limos Kalinga nouns
- Lubuagan Kalinga lemmas
- Lubuagan Kalinga nouns
- Nias lemmas
- Nias verbs
- Nias transitive verbs
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh verbs
- North Wales Welsh