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teanga.

tongue

6 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtʲaŋə/Cork, Waterford/ˈtʲaŋɡə/Galway, Kerry[ˈtʲæːŋɡə]Galway, Kerry, Cois-Fharraige/ˈtʲaŋiː/Mayo, Ulster

  1. tongue

    feminine

  2. language

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāss (compare Welsh tafod), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”). The dative singular form teangaidh as the nominative singular is archaic but still survives in Ulster.

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