tutla

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tutla, among a class of words with similar beginnings such as þjóta (“to make a whistling sound”), tauta (“to murmur”), þys (“din, disturbance”), all related to Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”).

Verb

tutla (third person singular past indicative tutlaði, third person plural past indicative tutlað, supine tutlað)

1. to whisper

Conjugation

Conjugation of tutla (group v-30)
infinitive	tutla
supine	tutlað
participle (a6)1	tutlandi	tutlaður
	present	past
first singular	tutli	tutlaði
second singular	tutlar	tutlaði
third singular	tutlar	tutlaði
plural	tutla	tutlaðu
	imperative
singular	tutla!
plural	tutlið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• teska

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1097”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1097