See also: tagú

Limos Kalinga

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Noun

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tagu

  1. person

Lubuagan Kalinga

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Noun

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tagu

  1. person

Nias

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Verb

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tagu (imperfective managu)

  1. (transitive) to sew

References

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  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 197.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From 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

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tagu (first-person singular present tagaf)

  1. to choke, to strangle
  2. to choke, to choke up, to falter, to stutter
  3. (North Wales, Northwest Wales) to cough
    Synonym: pesychu

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • tag (choking, strangulation)
  • tagiad (choking, strangulation; occlusion, obstruction)
  • tagwr (choker, strangler)
  • tagydd (choke)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tagu
radical 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

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  • 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