tafod

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tafod

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)

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

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