taw
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɔː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː
- Homophones: tau (one pronunciation); tor (non-rhotic); tore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger); tour (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, pour–poor merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).
Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.
Verb
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
- (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
- (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
- (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
Related terms
Noun
taw
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Unknown. Attested in English from the 18th century.[1] Compare Old English tāw (“instrument”).[2] Also compare Irish togh (“choose, elect”).
Noun
taw (plural taws)
- A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.
- A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
- (square dancing) A dance partner.
- Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.
- A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
Derived terms
Verb
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To shoot a marble.
Etymology 3
Compare Phoenician 𐤕 (tāw), Hebrew ת (tav), Arabic تاء (tāʔ).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
taw (plural taws)
- The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
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Further reading
Etymology 4
Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.[2]
Alternative forms
Verb
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To push; to tug; to tow.
- 1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium:
- Swans vpon the Streame to tawe me
References
- ^ “taw, n3.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “taw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Additional sources
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
Ili Turki
Noun
taw
References
- Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.
Karakalpak
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tāg.
Noun
taw
References
- N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “таў”, in Karakalpaksko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija Nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN
Maguindanao
Etymology
Noun
taw
- a person
Maltese
Pronunciation
Verb
taw
Maranao
Noun
taw
Tatar
Noun
taw
Welsh
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *tāyeti (“to be (stative)”) (compare Old Irish at·tá, Irish tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /taːu̯/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /tau̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ta/, /tə/
- Rhymes: -au̯
Conjunction
taw
- (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
- 1990, Y Faner, p. 8[1]:
- Gadewch imi ddatgan taw gwaith caled fydd y cyfan.
- Let me declare that hard work it will all be.
- 1990, Y Faner, p. 8[1]:
Synonyms
- (formal) (North Wales, colloquial) mai
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *tausos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm, “silently”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /taːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tau̯/
- Rhymes: -au̯
Noun
taw m (uncountable)
Derived terms
- distaw (“quiet, silent”)
- rhoi taw ar (“to silence”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
taw
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
taw | daw | nhaw | thaw |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *towᶜ (“foot”).[1] Note similarities to Thai เท้า (táao, “id”).
Pronunciation
Noun
taw (classifier: tus)
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 310.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.
Wolof
Etymology
Cognate with Fula toɓo, Laalaa fetoɓ, Serer teƥ.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
taw
- to rain
Noun
taw (definite form taw bi)
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