cwm
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
cwm (plural cwms)
- A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
valley head created through glacial erosion
Welsh [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Breton komm ‘trough’, Irish com, coim ‘chest cavity’), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (compare English hump, Latin incumbere ‘to lie down’).
Noun [edit]
cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd)
Mutation [edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cwm | gwm | nghwm | chwm |
Descendants [edit]
- English: cwm