tafod

Welsh

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

Noun

tafod m (plural tafodau)

  1. 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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