cusanu

Welsh

Etymology

From cusan (“kiss”, noun) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨ̞ˈsanɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪˈsaːni/, /kɪˈsani/

Verb

cusanu (first-person singular present cusanaf)

1. (transitive) to kiss, touch lightly

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cusanaf	cuseni	cusan, cusana	cusanwn	cusenwch, cusanwch	cusanant	cusenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cusanwn	cusanit	cusanai	cusanem	cusanech	cusanent	cusenid
preterite	cusenais	cusenaist	cusanodd	cusanasom	cusanasoch	cusanasant	cusanwyd
pluperfect	cusanaswn	cusanasit	cusanasai	cusanasem	cusanasech	cusanasent	cusanasid, cusanesid
present subjunctive	cusanwyf	cusenych	cusano	cusanom	cusanoch	cusanont	cusaner
imperative	—	cusan, cusana	cusaned	cusanwn	cusenwch, cusanwch	cusanent	cusaner
verbal noun	cusanu
verbal adjectives	cusanedig cusanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cusana i, cusanaf i	cusani di	cusanith o/e/hi, cusaniff e/hi	cusanwn ni	cusanwch chi	cusanan nhw
conditional	cusanwn i, cusanswn i	cusanet ti, cusanset ti	cusanai fo/fe/hi, cusansai fo/fe/hi	cusanen ni, cusansen ni	cusanech chi, cusansech chi	cusanen nhw, cusansen nhw
preterite	cusanais i, cusanes i	cusanaist ti, cusanest ti	cusanodd o/e/hi	cusanon ni	cusanoch chi	cusanon nhw
imperative	—	cusana	—	—	cusanwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• cusan m or f (“kiss”, noun)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cusanu	gusanu	nghusanu	chusanu
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), “cusanaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies