trawstrefa

Welsh

Etymology

From traws- +‎ hendrefa (“to live in a winter abode”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /trau̯sˈdrɛva/, [tr̥ʰau̯sˈtrɛva]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /trau̯sˈdreːva/, [tr̥ʰau̯sˈtreːva], /trau̯sˈtrɛva/, [tr̥ʰau̯sˈtrɛva]

Verb

trawstrefa (first-person singular present trawstrefaf)

1. to practice transhumance (to move seasonally with livestock to new pastures)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	trawstrefaf	trawstrefi	trawstrefa	trawstrefwn	trawstrefwch	trawstrefant	trawstrefir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	trawstrefwn	trawstrefit	trawstrefai	trawstrefem	trawstrefech	trawstrefent	trawstrefid
preterite	trawstrefais	trawstrefaist	trawstrefodd	trawstrefasom	trawstrefasoch	trawstrefasant	trawstrefwyd
pluperfect	trawstrefaswn	trawstrefasit	trawstrefasai	trawstrefasem	trawstrefasech	trawstrefasent	trawstrefasid, trawstrefesid
present subjunctive	trawstrefwyf	trawstrefych	trawstrefo	trawstrefom	trawstrefoch	trawstrefont	trawstrefer
imperative	—	trawstrefa	trawstrefed	trawstrefwn	trawstrefwch	trawstrefent	trawstrefer
verbal noun	trawstrefa
verbal adjectives	trawstrefedig trawstrefadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	trawstrefa i, trawstrefaf i	trawstrefi di	trawstrefith o/e/hi, trawstrefiff e/hi	trawstrefwn ni	trawstrefwch chi	trawstrefan nhw
conditional	trawstrefwn i, trawstrefswn i	trawstrefet ti, trawstrefset ti	trawstrefai fo/fe/hi, trawstrefsai fo/fe/hi	trawstrefen ni, trawstrefsen ni	trawstrefech chi, trawstrefsech chi	trawstrefen nhw, trawstrefsen nhw
preterite	trawstrefais i, trawstrefes i	trawstrefaist ti, trawstrefest ti	trawstrefodd o/e/hi	trawstrefon ni	trawstrefoch chi	trawstrefon nhw
imperative	—	trawstrefa	—	—	trawstrefwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• hafota (“to live in a summer abode”)
• hendrefa (“to live in a winter abode”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trawstrefa	drawstrefa	nhrawstrefa	thrawstrefa
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), “trawstrefa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies