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tawl.

a throw

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/tau̯l/

  1. a throw

    masculine

  2. a take off, a separation, a cut off

    masculine

  3. an interruption

    masculine

  4. a diminishment

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From a surface analysis via tawlbwrdd (“throw board”) and Old Norse taflborð (“game board”), potentially related to Proto-Germanic *tablōną (“to grapple, to fumble”), frequantative of *tabōną (“to grope, to tap, to dab”), as *tabjaną (“to interupt”, causative), and Old Norse tafsa (“to scrape”), Norwegian Bokmål tafse (“to tear up”), Swedish tafsa (“to claw, to crinkle down”).

verb/tau̯l/

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future of tolio

    literary
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