taw
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).
Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.
VerbEdit
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
- (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
- (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
- (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
taw
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Unknown.
NounEdit
taw (plural taws)
- A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
- (square dancing) A dance partner.
- Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.
- A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
VerbEdit
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To shoot a marble.
Etymology 3Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
taw (plural taws)
- The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
TranslationsEdit
Further readingEdit
Etymology 4Edit
Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.
Alternative formsEdit
- tawe (obsolete)
VerbEdit
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To push; to tug; to tow.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for taw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
ReferencesEdit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
AnagramsEdit
Ili TurkiEdit
NounEdit
taw
ReferencesEdit
- Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.
TatarEdit
NounEdit
taw
WelshEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *tāti (compare Old Irish at·tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /taːu̯/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /tau̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ta/, /tə/
ConjunctionEdit
taw
- (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
- 1990, Y Faner, p. 8[1]:
- Gadewch imi ddatgan taw gwaith caled fydd y cyfan.
- Let me declare that hard work it will all be.
- 1990, Y Faner, p. 8[1]:
SynonymsEdit
- (formal) (North Wales, colloquial) mai
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Celtic *tawsos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm, “silently”)).
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /taːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯/
NounEdit
taw m (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
- distaw (“quiet, silent”)
- rhoi taw ar (“to silence”)
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
taw
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| taw | daw | nhaw | thaw |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
ReferencesEdit
WolofEdit
VerbEdit
taw
- to rain