çhengey

Manx

FWOTD – 9 January 2013

Etymology

From Old Irish tengae,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāss, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (usually) /ˈtʃenʲə/, (also) /ˈtʃeŋʲə/, /ˈtʃaŋə/[2]

Noun

çhengey f (genitive singular çhengey, plural çhengaghyn)

  1. language, speech
    • 2003, Carn, volumes 118-132, Celtic League:
      Son Bretyn, va Jeremy Turner credjal dy lajer dy vel ellyn ny aght niartal ry hoi aavioghey çhengey.
      For Wales, Jeremy Turner believed strongly that art is a powerful method for reviving a language.
  2. (anatomy) tongue

Derived terms

  • çhengagh (“of or relating to tongues; linguistic”, adjective)
  • çhengeyder (“linguist”)
  • çhengoaylleeaght (“linguistics”)
  • daa-hengagh (“bilingual”, adjective)
  • daa-hengaght (“bilingualism”)
  • un-çhengagh (“monolingual, unilingual”, adjective)
  • yl-çhengagh (“polyglot”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutation of çhengey
radical lenition eclipsis
çhengey hengey jengey

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tengae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 203
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