talgià

Istriot

Etymology

From Late Latin taliāre, present active infinitive of taliō, from Latin talea. Compare Italian tagliare, Dalmatian taljur, Venetan tajar, Friulian taiâ.

Verb

talgià

1. to cut
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:

     Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,

     I have not found a sword that would cut me,