callio

Welsh

Etymology

From call (“wise, sensible”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɬjɔ/
• Rhymes: -aɬjɔ

Verb

callio (first-person singular present calliaf)

1. to become wise, to wise up, to get one's act together

   Mae angen iddo gallio.

   He needs to get his act together.

   Callia, wnei di.

   Wise up, why don't you.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	calliaf	celli	callia	calliwn	celliwch, calliwch	calliant	cellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	calliwn	cellit	calliai	calliem	calliech	callient	cellid
preterite	celliais	celliaist	calliodd	calliasom	calliasoch	calliasant	calliwyd
pluperfect	calliaswn	calliasit	calliasai	calliasem	calliasech	calliasent	calliasid, calliesid
present subjunctive	calliwyf	celliech	callio	calliom	callioch	calliont	callier
imperative	—	callia	callied	calliwn	celliwch, calliwch	callient	callier
verbal noun	callio
verbal adjectives	calliedig calliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	callia i, calliaf i	calli di	callith o/e/hi, calliff e/hi	calliwn ni	calliwch chi	callian nhw
conditional	calliwn i, callswn i	calliet ti, callset ti	calliai fo/fe/hi, callsai fo/fe/hi	callien ni, callsen ni	calliech chi, callsech chi	callien nhw, callsen nhw
preterite	calliais i, callies i	calliaist ti, calliest ti	calliodd o/e/hi	callion ni	callioch chi	callion nhw
imperative	—	callia	—	—	calliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
callio	gallio	nghallio	challio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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