tagu

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See also: tagú

Limos Kalinga

Noun

tagu

  1. person

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

tagu

  1. person

Nias

Verb

tagu (imperfective managu)

  1. (transitive) to sew

References

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

Welsh

Etymology

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

tagu (first-person singular present tagaf)

  1. to choke, to strangle
  2. to choke, to choke up, to falter, to stutter
  3. (North Wales, Northwest Wales) to cough
    Synonym: pesychu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future tagaf tegi taga tagwn tegwch, tagwch tagant tegir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		tagwn tagit tagai tagem tagech tagent tegid
preterite tegais tegaist tagodd tagasom tagasoch tagasant tagwyd
pluperfect tagaswn tagasit tagasai tagasem tagasech tagasent tagasid, tagesid
present subjunctive tagwyf tegych tago tagom tagoch tagont tager
imperative — taga taged tagwn tegwch, tagwch tagent tager
verbal noun tagu
verbal adjectives tagedig
tagadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future taga i, tagaf i tagi di tagith o/e/hi, tagiff e/hi tagwn ni tagwch chi tagan nhw
conditional tagwn i, tagswn i taget ti, tagset ti tagai fo/fe/hi, tagsai fo/fe/hi tagen ni, tagsen ni tagech chi, tagsech chi tagen nhw, tagsen nhw
preterite tagais i, tages i tagaist ti, tagest ti tagodd o/e/hi tagon ni tagoch chi tagon nhw
imperative — taga — — tagwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of tagu
radical soft nasal aspirate
tagu dagu nhagu thagu

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), “tagu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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