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.

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