cachu
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”). Compare Spanish cacho.
Noun edit
cachu m (plural cachos)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh cachu, from Proto-Brythonic *kax, from Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakko- (compare Latin cacō).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaχɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːχi/, /ˈkaχi/
Verb edit
cachu (first-person singular present cachaf)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cachaf | cechi | cacha | cachwn | cechwch, cachwch | cachant | cechir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cachwn | cachit | cachai | cachem | cachech | cachent | cechid | |
| preterite | cechais | cechaist | cachodd | cachasom | cachasoch | cachasant | cachwyd | |
| pluperfect | cachaswn | cachasit | cachasai | cachasem | cachasech | cachasent | cachasid, cachesid | |
| present subjunctive | cachwyf | cechych | cacho | cachom | cachoch | cachont | cacher | |
| imperative | — | cacha | cached | cachwn | cechwch, cachwch | cachent | cacher | |
| verbal noun | cachu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cachedig cachadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cacha i, cachaf i | cachi di | cachith o/e/hi, cachiff e/hi | cachwn ni | cachwch chi | cachan nhw |
| conditional | cachwn i, cachswn i | cachet ti, cachset ti | cachai fo/fe/hi, cachsai fo/fe/hi | cachen ni, cachsen ni | cachech chi, cachsech chi | cachen nhw, cachsen nhw |
| preterite | cachais i, caches i | cachaist ti, cachest ti | cachodd o/e/hi | cachon ni | cachoch chi | cachon nhw |
| imperative | — | cacha | — | — | cachwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Noun edit
cachu m (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cachu | gachu | nghachu | chachu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cachu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies