taw

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).

Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  3. (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
    1. (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
Related terms

Noun

taw

  1. (obsolete) Tawed leather.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown. Attested in English from the 18th century. Compare Old English tāw (“instrument”). Also compare Irish togh (“choose, elect”).

Noun

taw (plural taws)

  2. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
  3. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
  4. (square dancing) A dance partner.
    Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.
  5. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. To shoot a marble.

Etymology 3

Compare Phoenician 𐤕 (tāw), Hebrew ת (tav), Arabic تاء (tāʔ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

taw (plural taws)

  1. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
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Further reading

Etymology 4

Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.

Alternative forms

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

  1. To push; to tug; to tow.
    • 1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium:
      Swans vpon the Streame to tawe me

References

  1. ^ “taw, n3.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “taw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Additional sources

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Ili Turki

Noun

taw

  1. mountain

References

  • Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.

Maguindanao

Etymology

Akin to Tagalog tao.

Noun

taw

  1. a person

Maltese

Pronunciation

Verb

taw

  1. third-person plural perfect of ta

Maranao

Noun

taw

  1. a person, a man or a woman, a human

Tatar

Noun

taw

  1. mountain

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tāyeti (“to be (stative)”) (compare Old Irish at·tá, Irish tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

taw

  1. (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
    • 1990, Y Faner, p. 8:
      Gadewch imi ddatgan taw gwaith caled fydd y cyfan.
      Let me declare that hard work it will all be.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tausos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm, “silently”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

taw m (uncountable)

  1. silence
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taw

  1. second-person singular imperative of tewi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
taw daw nhaw thaw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. ^ Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 353 B, page 377

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *towᶜ (“foot”). Note similarities to Thai เท้า (táao, “id”).

Pronunciation

Noun

taw (classifier: tus)

  1. foot

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 310.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.

Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Fula toɓo, Laalaa fetoɓ, Serer teƥ.

Pronunciation

Verb

taw

  1. to rain

Noun

taw (definite form taw bi)

  1. rain
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