pabi

Comanche

Noun

pabi (following a vowel -babi)

1. older brother

See also

• tami

Welsh

Pabïau

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English papy, popy, ultimately from Latin papāver.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpabɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpa(ː)bi/

Noun

pabi m (plural pabïau)

1. poppy (flowering plant of genus Papaver or Meconopsis)

Derived terms

• pabi bychan (“long prickly-headed poppy”)
• pabi coch, pabi'r gwenith, pabi gwyllt (“red poppy, common poppy”)
• pabi corniog (“horned poppy”)
• pabi crynben gwrychog (“round prickly-headed poppy”)
• pabi crynben pigog (“round prickly-headed poppy”)
• pabi Cymreig, pabi melyn (“Welsh poppy”)
• pabi dof, pabi gwyn, pabi opiwm, pabi'r gardd, pabi'r gerddi (“opium poppy, white poppy”)
• pabi du (“black poppy”)
• pabi gwrychog (“rough poppy”)
• pabi hirben gwrychog (“long prickly-headed poppy”)
• pabi hirben llyfn (“long-haired poppy”)
• pen pabi (“poppy head”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pabi	babi	mhabi	phabi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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