taflu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• taflyd, tawlu, towlu, twlu

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish tewlel and Breton teurel, with further origin unclear. GPC's tentative connection to Ancient Greek πτόλῐς (ptólĭs, “city”) is semantically unconvincing.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtavlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtavli/
• Rhymes: -avlɨ̞

Verb

taflu (first-person singular present taflaf)

1. to throw

   Tafla'r bêl!

   Throw the ball!

2. to throw away, to throw out

   Paid â thaflu'r hen ddillad yna. Rho nhw i siop elusen.

   Don't throw away those old clothes. Give them to a charity shop.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	taflaf	tefli	teifl	taflwn	teflwch, taflwch	taflant	teflir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	taflwn	taflit	taflai	taflem	taflech	taflent	teflid
preterite	teflais	teflaist	taflodd	taflasom	taflasoch	taflasant	taflwyd
pluperfect	taflaswn	taflasit	taflasai	taflasem	taflasech	taflasent	taflasid, taflesid
present subjunctive	taflwyf	teflych	taflo	taflom	tafloch	taflont	tafler
imperative	—	tafla	tafled	taflwn	teflwch, taflwch	taflent	tafler
verbal noun	taflu
verbal adjectives	tafledig tafladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tafla i, taflaf i	tafli di	taflith o/e/hi, tafliff e/hi	taflwn ni	taflwch chi	taflan nhw
conditional	taflwn i, taflswn i	taflet ti, taflset ti	taflai fo/fe/hi, taflsai fo/fe/hi	taflen ni, taflsen ni	taflech chi, taflsech chi	taflen nhw, taflsen nhw
preterite	taflais i, tafles i	taflaist ti, taflest ti	taflodd o/e/hi	taflon ni	tafloch chi	taflon nhw
imperative	—	tafla	—	—	taflwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• alldaflu (“to ejaculate”)
• taflu'r drol (“to give up”, literally “to overturn the cart”)
• taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (“to throw off, to put off, to disconcert”, literally “to throw someone off their axle”)
• taflu i fyny (“to throw up, to vomit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taflu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taflu	daflu	nhaflu	thaflu

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taflu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies