crwban
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkrʊban/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkruːban/, /ˈkrʊban/
- Rhymes: -ʊban
Noun edit
crwban m (plural crwbanod)
- tortoise
- Synonyms: crogengranc, crwman, llyffant cragennog, llyry, melwioges
- turtle
- Synonyms: crogengranc, crwman, llyffant cragennog, môr-grwban, melwioges
- crab
- Synonym: cranc
- lobster
- Synonym: cimwch
- hunchback
- Synonym: crwman
Adjective edit
crwban (feminine singular crwban, plural crwban, equative mor grwban, comparative mwy crwban, superlative mwyaf crwban)
Derived terms edit
- crwban môr m (“sea turtle”)
Related terms edit
- crwman (“crouching; hunchback; tortoise, turtle”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| crwban | grwban | nghrwban | chrwban |
| 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), “crwban”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies