tafod

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tafod

Tafod dynol

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tauaut, from Proto-Brythonic *tavọd, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāss (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 (“tip of the tongue”)
diflewyn-ar-dafod, heb flewyn ar dafod (“outspoken, candid”)
gwasgwr tafod (“tongue depressor”)
gwraidd y tafod (“root of the tongue”)
llafn y tafod (“blade of the tongue”)
tafod oen (“goosefoot”)
tafod tew (“pronouncing /r/ as an uvular consonant”)
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”)
uniad tafod a rhigol, uniad tafod a rhych (“tongue-and-groove joint”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tafod*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tafod	dafod	nhafod	thafod

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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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