tutla
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tutla, among a class of words with similar beginnings such as þjóta (“to make a whistling sound”), tauta (“to murmur”), þys (“din, disturbance”), all related to Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”).
Verb edit
tutla (third person singular past indicative tutlaði, third person plural past indicative tutlað, supine tutlað)
- to whisper
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of tutla (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tutla | |
| supine | tutlað | |
| participle (a6)1 | tutlandi | tutlaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | tutli | tutlaði |
| second singular | tutlar | tutlaði |
| third singular | tutlar | tutlaði |
| plural | tutla | tutlaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | tutla! | |
| plural | tutlið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1097, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1097