Re: Tula

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:30:56 +1200

At 05:58 PM 6/28/04 +1000, you wrote:

>Lest a flurry of googling be accompanied by a roar of frustration, I should
>say that the word is *really* 'teulu'.
>
>Whoopsa.
>
>* Teulu (Welsh, lit. 'family')

Tulla could also be based upon Tuath, because the th is pronounced in Modern Irish as h*. My Celtic Mythology dictionary states that it does have the meaning
of a tract of land but only in Modern Irish.

--Peter Metcalfe

*Irish orthography seems to be designed to confuse the English.

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