buwch goch gota

Welsh

Etymology

From buwch (“cow”) +‎ coch (“red”) +‎ cwta (“short, little”), lit. "little red cow".

Noun

buwch goch gota f (plural buchod coch cwta)

1. ladybug, ladybird, ladycow
   • Nursery rhyme:

     Y fuwch goch gota / P'un glaw ai hindda? / Os taw glaw, cwymp o'm llaw / Os taw teg, hedfana.

     Ladybird / Which [will it be], rain or fine weather? / If rain, fall from my hand / If fine weather, fly away.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
buwch goch gota	fuwch goch gota	muwch goch gota	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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