hwylio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• hwylo

Etymology

hwyl (“sail”) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊɨ̯ljɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊi̯ljɔ/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ljɔ

Verb

hwylio (first-person singular present hwyliaf, not mutable)

1. to sail
2. to attack, charge
3. to tune (a musical instrument)
4. to push (e.g. a wheelbarrow)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hwyliaf	hwyli	hwylia	hwyliwn	hwyliwch	hwyliant	hwylir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	hwyliwn	hwylit	hwyliai	hwyliem	hwyliech	hwylient	hwylid
preterite	hwyliais	hwyliaist	hwyliodd	hwyliasom	hwyliasoch	hwyliasant	hwyliwyd
pluperfect	hwyliaswn	hwyliasit	hwyliasai	hwyliasem	hwyliasech	hwyliasent	hwyliasid, hwyliesid
present subjunctive	hwyliwyf	hwyliech	hwylio	hwyliom	hwylioch	hwyliont	hwylier
imperative	—	hwylia	hwylied	hwyliwn	hwyliwch	hwylient	hwylier
verbal noun	hwylio
verbal adjectives	hwyliedig hwyliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hwylia i, hwyliaf i	hwyli di	hwylith o/e/hi, hwyliff e/hi	hwyliwn ni	hwyliwch chi	hwylian nhw
conditional	hwyliwn i, hwylswn i	hwyliet ti, hwylset ti	hwyliai fo/fe/hi, hwylsai fo/fe/hi	hwylien ni, hwylsen ni	hwyliech chi, hwylsech chi	hwylien nhw, hwylsen nhw
preterite	hwyliais i, hwylies i	hwyliaist ti, hwyliest ti	hwyliodd o/e/hi	hwylion ni	hwylioch chi	hwylion nhw
imperative	—	hwylia	—	—	hwyliwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• hwylio allan (“to sail out to sea”)
• hwylio at (“to start (a task)”)
• hwylio bwrdd (“to lay the table”)
• hwylio bwyd (“to prepare a meal”)
• hwylio i lawr (“to fall (of wind)”)
• hwylio ymlaen (“to cause to advance”)

 

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hwylio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies