tafod

Welsh

Tafod dynol

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tauaut, from Proto-Brythonic *tavọd, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāt- (compare Cornish taves, Breton teod, Old Irish tengae), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtavɔd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈta(ː)vɔd/
• Rhymes: -avɔd

Noun

tafod m (plural tafodau)

1. tongue

Usage notes

Not to be confused with taflod (“palate, roof of the mouth”).

Derived terms

• blaen y tafod (“tongue tip”)
• corff y tafod (“tongue body”)
• diflewyn-ar-dafod (“outspoken, candid”)
• gwasgwr tafod (“tongue depressor”)
• gwraidd y tafod (“tongue root”)
• llafn y tafod (“blade of the tongue”)
• tafod a rhych (“tongue and groove”)
• tafod tew (“rhotacism, inability to pronounce R”)
• tafod tywod (“sand spit”)
• tafod y bytheiad (“hound's-tongue”)
• tafod y gors (“butterwort”)
• tafod y llew (“oxtongue”)
• tafod y neidr (“adder's-tongue fern”)
• tafod yr hydd (“hart's-tongue fern”)
• tafod yr ych (“borage”)
• tafodiaith (“dialect”)
• tafodig (“uvula”)
• uchder y tafod (“tongue height”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tafod	dafod	nhafod	thafod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tafod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies