Ynys Manaw
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From ynys (“island”) and a descendant of Proto-Brythonic *manawiā or *manawā.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌənɨ̞s ˈmanau̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌənɪs ˈmaːnau̯/, /ˌənɪs ˈmanau̯/
Proper noun edit
- Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Derived terms edit
- Manaweg (“Manx Gaelic”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| Ynys Manaw | unchanged | unchanged | Hynys Manaw |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Kenneth Jackson, Language and history in early Britain (Dublin: Four Courts, 1994), 376.