tagu

See also: tagú

Limos Kalinga

Noun

tagu

1. person

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

tagu

1. person

Nias

Verb

tagu (imperfective managu)

1. (transitive) to sew

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 197.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tagu, from Proto-Celtic *tageti. Compare Irish tacht (“to choke”), Latin taceō (“I am silent”), Old Norse þegja (“to be silent, to hold one's tongue”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan, “to be silent”).

Verb

tagu (first-person singular present tagaf)

1. to choke, to strangle
2. to choke, to choke up, to falter, to stutter
3. (North Wales, Northwest Wales) to cough

   Synonym: pesychu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tagaf	tegi	taga	tagwn	tegwch, tagwch	tagant	tegir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	tagwn	tagit	tagai	tagem	tagech	tagent	tegid
preterite	tegais	tegaist	tagodd	tagasom	tagasoch	tagasant	tagwyd
pluperfect	tagaswn	tagasit	tagasai	tagasem	tagasech	tagasent	tagasid, tagesid
present subjunctive	tagwyf	tegych	tago	tagom	tagoch	tagont	tager
imperative	—	taga	taged	tagwn	tegwch, tagwch	tagent	tager
verbal noun	tagu
verbal adjectives	tagedig tagadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	taga i, tagaf i	tagi di	tagith o/e/hi, tagiff e/hi	tagwn ni	tagwch chi	tagan nhw
conditional	tagwn i, tagswn i	taget ti, tagset ti	tagai fo/fe/hi, tagsai fo/fe/hi	tagen ni, tagsen ni	tagech chi, tagsech chi	tagen nhw, tagsen nhw
preterite	tagais i, tages i	tagaist ti, tagest ti	tagodd o/e/hi	tagon ni	tagoch chi	tagon nhw
imperative	—	taga	—	—	tagwch	—

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

Derived terms

• tag (“choking, strangulation”)
• tagiad (“choking, strangulation; occlusion, obstruction”)
• tagwr (“choker, strangler”)
• tagydd (“choke”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tagu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tagu	dagu	nhagu	thagu

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), “tagu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies