ティグ
解説 Definition
tig は、主にスコットランドやイングランド北部で、子どもの遊びの「鬼ごっこ」（標準的には tag）を指す名詞です。また、鬼ごっこで相手を捕まえるための軽いタッチや、鬼役を指すこともあります。
Tig is a chiefly Scottish and northern English term for the children’s chasing game more widely called tag, or for the touch by which one player catches another. It can also refer to the player who is currently chasing the others.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tig はイギリス北部・スコットランドなどで、鬼ごっこや相手への軽いタッチを表す語です。「軽く触れる」という古い動詞から生まれた点を押さえ、標準的な tag と結び付けましょう。give someone a tig のような場面なら「ちょんと触ること」です。
Connect tig with tag, the more widely recognized name for the children’s chasing game. Both words focus on the brief touch that transfers the role of chaser from one player to another. Tig is chiefly associated with Scottish and northern English usage, so imagine children running in a playground and one child giving another a quick tig. The old sense of lightly touching provides the useful memory link; it is the small contact, not a hard strike, that matters. Also compare tick, which can describe a similarly slight touch but is not normally the standard name of this game.
例文
The children played tig in the schoolyard.
子どもたちは校庭で鬼ごっこをした。
He caught me with a quick tig on the shoulder.
彼は私の肩にさっと触れて捕まえた。
tig の類義語・関連語
類義語
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tig の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tig は中英語 tiggen「軽く触れる」に由来し、さらに tick「ちょんと触れる」と近い語と考えられる。『軽くタッチすること』がそのまま鬼ごっこやその一撃の名になり、tag と結びつくと意味が見えやすい。関連語は tick、tag。
Tig is recorded in regional British usage and is associated with Middle English tiggen, meaning “to touch lightly.” Its history is commonly linked with other short Germanic words for a light touch, including tick. The game name developed naturally from the action used to catch another player: a quick touch. Its form and meaning are also close to tag, now the more widespread English term for the same children’s game and its identifying touch.
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