Saturday, April 04, 2015

Toe, in my words + toes

tig : toe

The Illunse word for toe is tig. Tig is an unusual generally masculine first name or nickname. Tig is an unusual last name. In Swedish tig means be silent, shut up. In Dutch tig means umpteen. Tig is the name of a place in Pakistan. Abu Tig is the name of a place in Egypt.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for toe, , and the Latin word for toe, digitus (a finger, toe).

tigan : toes

The Illunse word for toes (nominative plural) is tigan. Tigan is an unusual to rare last name. Tigan is an unusual to rare generally feminine first name. Tigan is the name of places in Afghanistan and Burkina Faso. Tigan-Bulyak is the name of a place in Russia.

Toes in Latin is digiti. Toes in Old English is tán.

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