tagu

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Limos Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

tagu

  1. person

Lubuagan Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

tagu

  1. person

Nias[edit]

Verb[edit]

tagu (imperfective managu)

  1. (transitive) to sew

References[edit]

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

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

tagu (first-person singular present tagaf)

  1. to choke, to strangle
  2. to choke, to choke up, to falter, to stutter

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tagu dagu nhagu thagu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • 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