téanam
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈtʲia̯n̪ˠəmˠ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲeːnˠəmˠ/
Verb
téanam
- first-person plural of téana: let's go!
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 197:
- Nuair a tháinigh sí thar n‑ais : « téanam leat ar siubhal anois », ar sise, « tamall ».
- When she came back, “Now let’s go for a walk,” she said, “for a while”.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 197:
Further reading
- Entries containing “téanam” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “téanam” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “téanam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN