thoin
Manx
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish tón (“anus”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.[2] Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin and Irish tóin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editthoin f (genitive singular thoin, plural thoinyn)
- arse, bum, buttocks
- backside, posterior, rear
Mutation
edit| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| thoin | hoin | dhoin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
Categories:
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms with IPA pronunciation
- Manx lemmas
- Manx nouns
- Manx feminine nouns