tewyn
Cornish
editEtymology
editRelated to Welsh tywyn (“seashore”).
Noun
edittewyn m (plural tewynnow)
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAphetic form of older etewyn, from Proto-Celtic *ati-dawinos (compare Breton etev, Cornish yttew), from *dawyo- (“to kindle, burn”) (modern deifio). More at deifio.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛu̯ɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛu̯ɪn/
Noun
edittewyn m (plural tewynion)
Synonyms
editMutation
editYao (South America)
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *tôwinô. Compare Ye'kwana tooni, tawini, Kari'na òwin.
Numeral
edittewyn
Further reading
edit- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642
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- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish nouns
- Cornish masculine nouns
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- Yao (South America) terms inherited from Proto-Cariban
- Yao (South America) terms derived from Proto-Cariban
- Yao (South America) lemmas
- Yao (South America) numerals