yw
English edit
Phrase edit
yw
Translations edit
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Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Pronoun edit
yw
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of yow
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯/, /ɨ̞u̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯
Usage notes edit
Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
yw
- (South Wales, literary) third-person singular present of bod (used in identifications and interrogatives)
- Crys Sioned yw hwnna.
- That is Sioned’s shirt.
- Yw’r cwrw ’ma’n gryf? (colloquial)
- Is this beer strong?
- A yw’r cwrw hwn yn gryf? (literary)
- Is this beer strong?
- Beth yw hwn?
- What is this?
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).[1]
Noun edit
yw f (collective, singulative ywen)
- yew trees, coniferous trees of genus Taxus, especially common or English yew trees (Taxus baccata)[2]
Derived terms edit
- meryw (“juniper”)
- trwmped dail ywen (“yew club mushroom, Clavicorona taxophila”)
Noun edit
yw m (collective, singulative ywyn)[3]
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| yw | unchanged | unchanged | hyw |
| 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), “yw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 7[2]
- ^ Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
Zhuang edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Thai ยา (yaa), Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /jɯ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: yw1
- Hyphenation: yw
Noun edit
yw (Sawndip form 𦬎, 1957–1982 spelling yɯ)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
yw (1957–1982 spelling yɯ)