thalloo
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic *talamū, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-mon-, root *tel-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔlu], /ˈtalu/
Noun
thalloo m (genitive singular thallooin, plural thallooyn)
- land, country, terrain, territory, shore
- Chionnee mee thalloo lesh yn argid. ― I used the money to buy land.
- Cre'n çheu ta'n thalloo ayn? ― How does the land bear?
- Hug eh e lhong er y thalloo. ― He grounded his ship.
- Hug eh thalloo 'syn ennym eck. ― He assigned the land to her.
- earth, ground, clod, soil
- Beeym er y thalloo kiart nish. ― I'll be on the ground just now.
- Doshil y thalloo foin. ― The ground gave way under us.
- Heeyn eh eh hene er y thalloo. ― He lay flat on the ground.
- Hie y shynnagh 'sy thalloo. ― The fox went to earth.
Derived terms
- cro thallooin (“peanut, groundnut, monkey nut”)
- thallooinagh (“earthborn, earthly, terrestrial; earthy; agrarian; risky; territorial”)
- Thalloo yn Eeast (“Newfoundland”)
- Yn Thalloo Bretnagh (“Wales”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| thalloo | halloo | dhalloo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||