[MR] Gaelic Translation

[L E Storey]

Greetings!

Irish would be "an tíogar", with a fada over the "i" -- it's a
"borrowed word" from English (i.e., not a "true" Irish word) ...
pronounced "tEE-o-gar" I believe.

>From one of my dictionaries:
tiger = n tíogar m1

As a proper noun, it may need an "h" in there (I'll confirm with
others who Know Better) to be Thíogar ... which would be pronounced
"chEE-oh-gar" or "hEE-oh-gar" depending on where the kitten is from in
Ireland ;-)

Not sure about other Celtic / Gaelic sources (e.g., Welsh, Manx, etc),
but I would guess similar "borrowed words" would appear in those
languages as well.

Cheers,
-Iohanna

On 5/30/07, Steven Chang <moondragn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Isn't Gaelic for Tiger  just Tiogar?
>
> On 5/30/07, Kim Moore <melisent_spinning at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > A co-worker (non-SCA) would like to find a gaelic
> > translation for the word "tiger" (she wants to name a
> > new kitten).
> >
> > If anyone knows such a translation or even something
> > close like "fierce cat" or something (and
> > pronunciation would help me too), I will pass that
> > info on to her.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Melisent
> >
> >
> >
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