cusanu
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom cusan (“kiss”, noun) + -u.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɨ̞ˈsanɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪˈsaːni/, /kɪˈsani/
Verb
editcusanu (first-person singular present cusanaf)
- (transitive) to kiss, touch lightly
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
edit- cusan m or f (“kiss”, noun)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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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
edit- 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