dwylaw
Welsh
editEtymology
editUniverbation of dwy law (“two hands”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdʊɨ̯lau̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdʊi̯lau̯/
Noun
editdwylaw f pl
- literary form of dwylo (“hands”)
Quotations
edit- 1920, Robert Griffith, “Prawfion (Ordeals)”, in Chwedl a Hanes o Ynys y Merthyron [History and Stories from the Island of Martyrs], London: Cymdeithas Gynhadol Llundain, page 33:
- Mentrodd rhai o'r bobl ar y lan guro dwylaw […]
- Some of the people on the shore started clapping their hands […]