toll
Gaelic (Scots)
noun
Definitions
- hole, cavity, puncture, hollow
- crevice, perforation
- pit
- socket
- (nautical) hold of a ship
- (vulgar) arse
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish toll (hole, hollow, buttocks, hindquarters, pierced, perforated, empty).
Origin
Old Irish
toll
Gloss
hole, hollow, buttocks, hindquarters, pierced, perforated, empty
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
尻
Emoji
⛳️ 🕳️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- toll Irish
- toll Old Irish
- cneap Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cneap-tholl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gaoth Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gaoth tro tholl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- litir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- toll-litrichean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- tro Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- towl Manx
- *tullom Proto-Celtic