hwpo

Welsh

Etymology

hwp (“a push, a shove”) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊpɔ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊpɔ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈʊpɔ/

Verb

hwpo (first-person singular present hwpafaf, not mutable)

1. (South Wales, colloquial) to push, to shove

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hwpa i, hwpaf i	hwpi di	hwpith o/e/hi, hwpiff e/hi	hwpwn ni	hwpwch chi	hwpan nhw
conditional	hwpwn i, hwpswn i	hwpet ti, hwpset ti	hwpai fo/fe/hi, hwpsai fo/fe/hi	hwpen ni, hwpsen ni	hwpech chi, hwpsech chi	hwpen nhw, hwpsen nhw
preterite	hwpais i, hwpes i	hwpaist ti, hwpest ti	hwpodd o/e/hi	hwpon ni	hwpoch chi	hwpon nhw
imperative	—	hwpa	—	—	hwpwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hwpo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies