çhellvane

Manx

Etymology

Possibly a nativized borrowing of English telephone.

Noun

çhellvane m (genitive singular çhellvaney, plural çhellvaneyn)

1. telephone

   Row peiagh erbee er y çhellvane? ― Has anyone called on the telephone?

   T'ad gymmyrkey ylleeyn çhellvane. ― They carry telephone calls.

   T'ou goll er shirrey er y çhellvane. ― You are wanted on the telephone.

Derived terms

• çhellvaneagh
• çhellvanee
• çhellvaney
• çhellvaneys

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
çhellvane	hellvane	jellvane
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.