tafod

Welsh
Tafod dynol

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tauaut, from Proto-Brythonic *tavọd, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāt- (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 (“tongue tip”)
  • corff y tafod (“tongue body”)
  • diflewyn-ar-dafod (“outspoken, candid”)
  • gwasgwr tafod (“tongue depressor”)
  • gwraidd y tafod (“tongue root”)
  • llafn y tafod (“blade of the tongue”)
  • tafod a rhych (“tongue and groove”)
  • tafod tew (“rhotacism, inability to pronounce R”)
  • 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”)
  • uchder y tafod (“tongue height”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tafod dafod nhafod thafod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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