gwaun
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh gwawn, from Old Welsh guoun, from Proto-Celtic *wāgno- (“slope, depression, hollow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwaɨ̞n/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial also) IPA(key): /ɡwei̯n/
- Homophone: gwain (“vagina”) (South Wales)
Noun
editgwaun f (plural gweunydd)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gwaun | waun | ngwaun | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wagno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-02
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