cwm

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A cwm on the south side of Rhinog Fawr, in Wales.

§EtymologyEdit

From Welsh cwm (“valley”).

§PronunciationEdit

• British: IPA^(key): /kʊm/^[1]
• American: enPR: ko͞om, IPA^(key): /kuːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm

§NounEdit

cwm (plural cwms)

1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

§SynonymsEdit

• (valley): cirque, coombe, corrie

§TranslationsEdit

§ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Oxford Dictionaries. "Cwm". Accessed 7 Sept. 2013.

§EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Breton komm (“trough”), Irish com, coim (“chest cavity”), French combe), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- (compare Latin incumbere (“to lie down”), English coomb and Old English cumb (“hollow; narrow valley”), Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”)).

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [kʊm]

§NounEdit

cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd)

1. valley, dale, glen

§DescendantsEdit

• English: cwm

§MutationEdit