çhengey
Manx
FWOTD – 9 January 2013
Etymology
From Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic *tangʷāss, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛnʲə/
Noun
çhengey f (genitive singular çhengey, plural çhengaghyn)
Derived terms
- çhengagh (“of or relating to tongues; linguistic”, adjective)
- çhengeyder (“linguist”)
- çhengoaylleeaght (“linguistics”)
- daa-hengagh (“bilingual”, adjective)
- daa-hengaght (“bilingualism”)
- un-çhengagh (“monolingual, unilingual”, adjective)
- yl-çhengagh (“polyglot”, adjective)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| çhengey | hengey | jengey |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “tengae”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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