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N. neleg n. “tooth” (Category: Tooth)

N. neleg, n. “tooth” (Category: Tooth)
N. #nagol “tooth”
N. naes “tooth”
G. naith “tooth”

The most common word for “tooth”, appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√NELEK of the same meaning (Ety/NÉL-EK). See variant N. nêl “tooth” for further discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NÉL-EK; EtyAC/NÉL-EK; WR/106, 113

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Nelig plural “teeth” ✧ WR/113

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ON. neleki > neleg [nelek] > [neleg] ✧ Ety/NÉL-EK