taro untrew

Welsh

Alternative forms

• taro untro, taro entrew, taro entro

Etymology

Literally “to strike a sneeze”. N.b. also a similarity in the inflected forms of taro (“to strike”) (trawa i, trawi di…) to those of the verb trewi (“to sneeze”) (trewa i, trewi di…).

Verb

taro untrew (first-person singular present trawaf untrew)

1. (idiomatic) to sneeze

Related terms

• taro cnec, taro rhech (“to fart”)

Further reading

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